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  1. A quotation from Andrew Oliver

    Politics is the most hazardous of all professions. There is not another in which a man can hope to do so much good to his fellow creatures; neither is there any in which by a mere loss of nerve he may do such widespread harm. Nor is there another in which he may so easily lose his own soul; nor is there another in which a positive and strict veracity is so difficult. But danger is the inseparable companion of honor. With all the temptations and degradations that beset it, politics is still the noblest career any man can choose.

    Andrew Oliver (1706-1774) American Colonial merchant, politician, government official
    Speech (1774?)

    More about this quote: wist.info/oliver-andrew/84550/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andrewoliver #career #corruption #degradation #honor #politician #politics #potential #risk #statesman #temptation

  2. A quotation from Andrew Oliver

    Politics is the most hazardous of all professions. There is not another in which a man can hope to do so much good to his fellow creatures; neither is there any in which by a mere loss of nerve he may do such widespread harm. Nor is there another in which he may so easily lose his own soul; nor is there another in which a positive and strict veracity is so difficult. But danger is the inseparable companion of honor. With all the temptations and degradations that beset it, politics is still the noblest career any man can choose.

    Andrew Oliver (1706-1774) American Colonial merchant, politician, government official
    Speech (1774?)

    More about this quote: wist.info/oliver-andrew/84550/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andrewoliver #career #corruption #degradation #honor #politician #politics #potential #risk #statesman #temptation

  3. A quotation from Andrew Oliver

    Politics is the most hazardous of all professions. There is not another in which a man can hope to do so much good to his fellow creatures; neither is there any in which by a mere loss of nerve he may do such widespread harm. Nor is there another in which he may so easily lose his own soul; nor is there another in which a positive and strict veracity is so difficult. But danger is the inseparable companion of honor. With all the temptations and degradations that beset it, politics is still the noblest career any man can choose.

    Andrew Oliver (1706-1774) American Colonial merchant, politician, government official
    Speech (1774?)

    More about this quote: wist.info/oliver-andrew/84550/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andrewoliver #career #corruption #degradation #honor #politician #politics #potential #risk #statesman #temptation

  4. A quotation from Andrew Oliver

    Politics is the most hazardous of all professions. There is not another in which a man can hope to do so much good to his fellow creatures; neither is there any in which by a mere loss of nerve he may do such widespread harm. Nor is there another in which he may so easily lose his own soul; nor is there another in which a positive and strict veracity is so difficult. But danger is the inseparable companion of honor. With all the temptations and degradations that beset it, politics is still the noblest career any man can choose.

    Andrew Oliver (1706-1774) American Colonial merchant, politician, government official
    Speech (1774?)

    More about this quote: wist.info/oliver-andrew/84550/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andrewoliver #career #corruption #degradation #honor #politician #politics #potential #risk #statesman #temptation

  5. A quotation from Andrew Oliver

    Politics is the most hazardous of all professions. There is not another in which a man can hope to do so much good to his fellow creatures; neither is there any in which by a mere loss of nerve he may do such widespread harm. Nor is there another in which he may so easily lose his own soul; nor is there another in which a positive and strict veracity is so difficult. But danger is the inseparable companion of honor. With all the temptations and degradations that beset it, politics is still the noblest career any man can choose.

    Andrew Oliver (1706-1774) American Colonial merchant, politician, government official
    Speech (1774?)

    More about this quote: wist.info/oliver-andrew/84550/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andrewoliver #career #corruption #degradation #honor #politician #politics #potential #risk #statesman #temptation

  6. It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

    Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).

    The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

    #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil

  7. It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

    Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).

    The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

    #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil

  8. It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

    Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).

    The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

    #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil

  9. It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

    Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).

    The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

    #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil

  10. It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

    Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).

    The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

    #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil

  11. Good morning #mastodon from Byerima communities.The down has come to us all as being a chance to create more impacts in the vulnerable communities especially in promoting #foodsecurity to end #hunger and environmental conservation to end #degradation which may lead to extinction of #physicalfeatures.
    At #greenyouthmovement ,we train local communities how to use even a small available space for food production.
    #gardening #photography #linux #fediverse #nutrition #diet #economics #plants #nature

  12. Good morning #mastodon from Byerima communities.The down has come to us all as being a chance to create more impacts in the vulnerable communities especially in promoting #foodsecurity to end #hunger and environmental conservation to end #degradation which may lead to extinction of #physicalfeatures.
    At #greenyouthmovement ,we train local communities how to use even a small available space for food production.
    #gardening #photography #linux #fediverse #nutrition #diet #economics #plants #nature

  13. Australia’s environmental degradation

    "One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

    "Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

    "It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    #biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

  14. Australia’s environmental degradation

    "One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

    "Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

    "It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    #biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

  15. Eco‑anxiety and mental health

    * What kids told us about eco‑anxiety

    "This is our home.
    If we destroy it, and we can’t build it up,
    then that’s a part of the Earth that’s destroyed,
    and we won’t be able to get it back."
    Matthew, age ten

    "Eco-anxiety is a rational response to a real threat." >>
    theconversation.com/im-mad-at-

    * "Mental health seems to be having a bigger toll on people's ability to work...More than 8 million people rely on income support, driven by a growing number of mental health claims."

    "With around 2 million more people now accessing payments than a decade ago, the surge is being driven by Australians whose physical and mental health has deteriorated to the point they can no longer work." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/inc
    #degradation #ecosystems #pollution #climate #FossilFuels #deforestation #EcoAnxiety #MentalHealth #distress #children #work #IntergenerationalJustice #parenting

  16. Eco‑anxiety and mental health

    * What kids told us about eco‑anxiety

    "This is our home.
    If we destroy it, and we can’t build it up,
    then that’s a part of the Earth that’s destroyed,
    and we won’t be able to get it back."
    Matthew, age ten

    "Eco-anxiety is a rational response to a real threat." >>
    theconversation.com/im-mad-at-

    * "Mental health seems to be having a bigger toll on people's ability to work...More than 8 million people rely on income support, driven by a growing number of mental health claims."

    "With around 2 million more people now accessing payments than a decade ago, the surge is being driven by Australians whose physical and mental health has deteriorated to the point they can no longer work." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/inc
    #degradation #ecosystems #pollution #climate #FossilFuels #deforestation #EcoAnxiety #MentalHealth #distress #children #work #IntergenerationalJustice #parenting

  17. A quotation from Horace

    The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
    But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
    If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
    And lend to good advice a patient ear.
     
    [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
    nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
    si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutality #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath

  18. A quotation from Horace

    The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
    But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
    If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
    And lend to good advice a patient ear.
     
    [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
    nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
    si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutality #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath

  19. A quotation from Horace

    The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
    But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
    If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
    And lend to good advice a patient ear.
     
    [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
    nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
    si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutality #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath

  20. A quotation from Horace

    The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
    But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
    If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
    And lend to good advice a patient ear.
     
    [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
    nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
    si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutality #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath

  21. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt. 2)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    ... "Our findings emphasize that preventing the loss of intact biomes, ecosystems, and species assemblages is the most critical strategy while acknowledging the urgency of extinction prevention and the need for restoration. Additionally, we highlight the importance of incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge systems alongside scientific methods to achieve effective and equitable conservation outcomes. Finally, we discuss the need for economic transformation and the private sector’s role in fostering an NP future."

    "Incorporating Indigenous or traditional knowledge and practices, which are rooted in responsibility to the living world and inherently include awareness of biotic and abiotic processes, is essential to achieving the NP goal."

    "The NP shift requires transforming our economic system to work within the Earth system and equitably support human development.
    Human exploitation of nature driven by prevailing economic systems of production and consumption is causing a rapid and catastrophic decline in biodiversity (1) while simultaneously disrupting the climate system (2). These actions are actively destabilizing the Earth system upon which human health and development depend (3), and the trajectory of environmental degradation is accelerating, placing life as we know it at grave risk" >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #indigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #extinction

  22. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt. 2)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    ... "Our findings emphasize that preventing the loss of intact biomes, ecosystems, and species assemblages is the most critical strategy while acknowledging the urgency of extinction prevention and the need for restoration. Additionally, we highlight the importance of incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge systems alongside scientific methods to achieve effective and equitable conservation outcomes. Finally, we discuss the need for economic transformation and the private sector’s role in fostering an NP future."

    "Incorporating Indigenous or traditional knowledge and practices, which are rooted in responsibility to the living world and inherently include awareness of biotic and abiotic processes, is essential to achieving the NP goal."

    "The NP shift requires transforming our economic system to work within the Earth system and equitably support human development.
    Human exploitation of nature driven by prevailing economic systems of production and consumption is causing a rapid and catastrophic decline in biodiversity (1) while simultaneously disrupting the climate system (2). These actions are actively destabilizing the Earth system upon which human health and development depend (3), and the trajectory of environmental degradation is accelerating, placing life as we know it at grave risk" >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #indigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #extinction

  23. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt. 2)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    ... "Our findings emphasize that preventing the loss of intact biomes, ecosystems, and species assemblages is the most critical strategy while acknowledging the urgency of extinction prevention and the need for restoration. Additionally, we highlight the importance of incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge systems alongside scientific methods to achieve effective and equitable conservation outcomes. Finally, we discuss the need for economic transformation and the private sector’s role in fostering an NP future."

    "Incorporating Indigenous or traditional knowledge and practices, which are rooted in responsibility to the living world and inherently include awareness of biotic and abiotic processes, is essential to achieving the NP goal."

    "The NP shift requires transforming our economic system to work within the Earth system and equitably support human development.
    Human exploitation of nature driven by prevailing economic systems of production and consumption is causing a rapid and catastrophic decline in biodiversity (1) while simultaneously disrupting the climate system (2). These actions are actively destabilizing the Earth system upon which human health and development depend (3), and the trajectory of environmental degradation is accelerating, placing life as we know it at grave risk" >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #indigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #extinction

  24. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt. 2)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    ... "Our findings emphasize that preventing the loss of intact biomes, ecosystems, and species assemblages is the most critical strategy while acknowledging the urgency of extinction prevention and the need for restoration. Additionally, we highlight the importance of incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge systems alongside scientific methods to achieve effective and equitable conservation outcomes. Finally, we discuss the need for economic transformation and the private sector’s role in fostering an NP future."

    "Incorporating Indigenous or traditional knowledge and practices, which are rooted in responsibility to the living world and inherently include awareness of biotic and abiotic processes, is essential to achieving the NP goal."

    "The NP shift requires transforming our economic system to work within the Earth system and equitably support human development.
    Human exploitation of nature driven by prevailing economic systems of production and consumption is causing a rapid and catastrophic decline in biodiversity (1) while simultaneously disrupting the climate system (2). These actions are actively destabilizing the Earth system upon which human health and development depend (3), and the trajectory of environmental degradation is accelerating, placing life as we know it at grave risk" >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #indigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #extinction

  25. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt. 2)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    ... "Our findings emphasize that preventing the loss of intact biomes, ecosystems, and species assemblages is the most critical strategy while acknowledging the urgency of extinction prevention and the need for restoration. Additionally, we highlight the importance of incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge systems alongside scientific methods to achieve effective and equitable conservation outcomes. Finally, we discuss the need for economic transformation and the private sector’s role in fostering an NP future."

    "Incorporating Indigenous or traditional knowledge and practices, which are rooted in responsibility to the living world and inherently include awareness of biotic and abiotic processes, is essential to achieving the NP goal."

    "The NP shift requires transforming our economic system to work within the Earth system and equitably support human development.
    Human exploitation of nature driven by prevailing economic systems of production and consumption is causing a rapid and catastrophic decline in biodiversity (1) while simultaneously disrupting the climate system (2). These actions are actively destabilizing the Earth system upon which human health and development depend (3), and the trajectory of environmental degradation is accelerating, placing life as we know it at grave risk" >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #indigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #extinction

  26. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt 1)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    "Human activities are driving a global decline in biodiversity and are interfering with the natural processes essential for human well-being. Achieving climate and development goals is impossible without keeping nature intact. In this article, we establish the urgent need for a paradigm shift toward a “Nature Positive” (NP) future, where the health and resilience of the Earth system are recognized as the fundamental basis for human prosperity. This requires that humanity acts to halt and reverse the loss of nature by 2030. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) provides a critical roadmap for this NP goal, and global policy increasingly recognizes that environmental targets can only be effective when integrated with global climate, ocean, and human development agreements. This requires a biodiversity conservation approach that accounts for both biotic and abiotic components of the Earth system. We assess the adequacy of GBF targets for stabilizing the Earth system and highlight key gaps. We employ the Three Global Conditions Framework (3Cs), which categorizes landscapes by human impact levels as a practical method for guiding appropriate NP actions, and we extend its application to the marine realm. We outline specific actions and metrics for patterns and processes across all scales needed to achieve biodiversity conservation in synergy with climate stabilization and securing freshwater systems." >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #IndigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #nature #ParadigmShift #ClimateStabilisation

  27. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt 1)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    "Human activities are driving a global decline in biodiversity and are interfering with the natural processes essential for human well-being. Achieving climate and development goals is impossible without keeping nature intact. In this article, we establish the urgent need for a paradigm shift toward a “Nature Positive” (NP) future, where the health and resilience of the Earth system are recognized as the fundamental basis for human prosperity. This requires that humanity acts to halt and reverse the loss of nature by 2030. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) provides a critical roadmap for this NP goal, and global policy increasingly recognizes that environmental targets can only be effective when integrated with global climate, ocean, and human development agreements. This requires a biodiversity conservation approach that accounts for both biotic and abiotic components of the Earth system. We assess the adequacy of GBF targets for stabilizing the Earth system and highlight key gaps. We employ the Three Global Conditions Framework (3Cs), which categorizes landscapes by human impact levels as a practical method for guiding appropriate NP actions, and we extend its application to the marine realm. We outline specific actions and metrics for patterns and processes across all scales needed to achieve biodiversity conservation in synergy with climate stabilization and securing freshwater systems." >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #IndigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #nature #ParadigmShift #ClimateStabilisation

  28. Stop destabilizing the Earth system! (Pt 1)

    Halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability

    "Human activities are driving a global decline in biodiversity and are interfering with the natural processes essential for human well-being. Achieving climate and development goals is impossible without keeping nature intact. In this article, we establish the urgent need for a paradigm shift toward a “Nature Positive” (NP) future, where the health and resilience of the Earth system are recognized as the fundamental basis for human prosperity. This requires that humanity acts to halt and reverse the loss of nature by 2030. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) provides a critical roadmap for this NP goal, and global policy increasingly recognizes that environmental targets can only be effective when integrated with global climate, ocean, and human development agreements. This requires a biodiversity conservation approach that accounts for both biotic and abiotic components of the Earth system. We assess the adequacy of GBF targets for stabilizing the Earth system and highlight key gaps. We employ the Three Global Conditions Framework (3Cs), which categorizes landscapes by human impact levels as a practical method for guiding appropriate NP actions, and we extend its application to the marine realm. We outline specific actions and metrics for patterns and processes across all scales needed to achieve biodiversity conservation in synergy with climate stabilization and securing freshwater systems." >>

    Locke, H., Hauer, R., et al. (2026). Nature Positive: halting and reversing biodiversity loss toward restoring Earth system stability. Frontiers in Science, 4, 1609998. doi.or >>
    frontiersin.org/journals/scien

    #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #NaturePositiv #ecosystems #degradation #risks #transformation #EconomicSystems #IndigenousKnowledge #indigenousPeoples #3Cs #governance #GBF #nature #ParadigmShift #ClimateStabilisation