Topics: Biodiversity & Conservation Archives

September 16, 2021 Jim McClelland

Winners of the BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2021

News: Winners have been announced for the 2021 BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards, celebrating the ethos to ‘Do One Thing’ for #biodiversity.

October 8, 2020 Jim McClelland

Lost is found in fight to tackle ocean plastic

News: Innovative new item-finder design helps tackle the millions of metric tons of ocean plastic entering marine environments.

Marine debris that was washed ashore covers a beach on Laysan Island in the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. (Susan White/USFWS)

July 16, 2020 Jim McClelland

Half million people petition Amazon to offer plastic-free packaging

News: Survey of Amazon customers in UK, US and Canada flags fears about plastic pollution, as 500,000+ people sign petition for plastic-free packaging.

June 3, 2020 Jim McClelland

Football pitch of rainforest lost every 6 seconds

News: In 2019, the Earth lost 3.8 million hectares of primary forest — equivalent to one football pitch of rainforest gone every six seconds.

Tavahiroa School ocean conservation class

May 7, 2020 Jim McClelland

News: Making waves in ocean and marine conservation

News: Celebrating conservation and tackling overfishing, the winners of the Ocean Awards 2020 have been announced by BOAT International and BLUE.

April 22, 2020 Jim McClelland

News: Crowdsourcing AI to fight deforestation

News: Innovative project launched to crowdsource knowledge from citizen scientists and harness power of AI to help fight deforestation in Amazon rainforest.

January 9, 2018 Jim McClelland