Michael Sievers

May 5, 2024 | goodgoodgood.co | Michael Sievers

Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat — in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, coastal development, climate change and many other human impacts have degraded or destroyed swathes of mangrove forests, saltmarshes, seagrass meadows, macroalgae (seaweed) forests and coral and shellfish reefs. We’ve lost a staggering 85% of shellfish reefs around the world and coral is bleaching globally.

Apr 22, 2024 | phys.org | Michael Sievers |Christopher Brown |Rod Connolly

Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we've destroyed valuable coastal habitat—in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone.

Apr 19, 2024 | theconversation.com | Michael Sievers |Christopher Brown |Rod Connolly

Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, coastal development, climate change and many other human impacts have degraded or destroyed swathes of mangrove forests, saltmarshes, seagrass meadows, macroalgae (seaweed) forests and coral and shellfish reefs. We’ve lost a staggering 85% of shellfish reefs around the world and coral is bleaching globally.

Feb 7, 2024 | nature.com | Emily Nicholson |Angela Macedo Andrade |Ângela Leão Andrade |Thomas Brooks |José R. Ferrer-Paris |David Keith | +5 more

AbstractThe Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity set the agenda for global aspirations and action to reverse biodiversity loss. The GBF includes an explicit goal for maintaining and restoring biodiversity, encompassing ecosystems, species and genetic diversity (goal A), targets for ecosystem protection and restoration and headline indicators to track progress and guide action1.