A recent study compared articles in the media on biodiversity loss to those on climate change and found that, as under-reported global environmental catastrophes go, biodiversity is faring rather badly. This is despite the national Biodiversity Week (taking place from May 19th to 27th), the International Day for Biodiversity (May 22nd), and the UN Decade on Biodiversity (this decade, in case you were wondering). Somehow biodiversity loss in distant places is easier to get our heads around. And while that may be true, it’s also true that doing something – anything – about biodiversity loss isn’t rocket science, and that something is always better than nothing. Biodiversity Week is a great time to start figuring out what that something might be.

Source: The Irish Times May 24, 2018 10:05 UTC