Planet earth is host to a dazzling variety of living organisms. This diversity of life, or – biodiversity, is vital to …. Despite the prodigious amount of biodiversity on earth, human activities have been depleting it at an accelerating rate that … has now reached the level of a mass extinction event. The five greatest threats to biodiversity can be summarized by the …

those benefits while safeguarding the rights and interests of biodiversity-rich countries, and indigenous and local … right questions at the outset should help in this challenging task.This study from the World Intellectual Property …

instrument of choice, the variety of schemes either established or proposed around the world, demonstrates that choosing the …

cooling infrastructure currently in place in the United States (and elsewhere) was developed for a world before climate change … and the increase in intensity and geographic scope of heat waves. That infrastructure must be adapted to a world where … challenges of adapting cooling infrastructure to a warming world is important for U.S. national security, among other goals …