Plan unveiled to increase share of land farmed organically in England to 10%
The English government has outlined plans to increase organically farmed land from 3.4% to 10% by 2036, though funding mechanisms for the transition remain uncertain.
COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets
Countries are falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets agreed in 2022, with a UN report warning that action must accelerate rapidly to meet 2030 biodiversity goals.
Fast-moving California wildfire burns homes as people are ordered to leave
A rapidly growing wildfire south of Los Angeles has destroyed six homes and forced evacuations. The Norte Fire spread to 570 acres by Saturday morning amid dangerous Santa Ana winds and critically dry conditions.
The fire retardant in the seafood chain
Ethoxyquin, a fire retardant added to fishmeal since 1967 to prevent spontaneous combustion during shipping, has raised health concerns as a potential carcinogen now banned in Europe but still permitted in the U.S.
Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?
Ethiopia is implementing one of the world’s largest environmental restoration campaigns, aiming to plant 50 billion seedlings by 2030 to reverse decades of deforestation and combat climate vulnerability.
Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP17 biodiversity summit
Diplomats from 196 countries will gather in Yerevan next week to negotiate biodiversity conservation decisions at a UN summit marking the halfway point of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.