Proposed ETS changes miss opportunity to restore our native ecosystems
Posted by Gael Ogilvie onNature-based solutions as the centrepiece of New Zealand’s climate change response.
Posted by Gael Ogilvie onChanging our collision course: Conservation Week 2021 reflections
Posted by Gael Ogilvie onSadly this mahi is largely a rearguard effort, which will make a positive difference, but not be enough to change the overall path. We are currently on a collision course - destroying the natural ecosystems that our economy relies on.
Tragedies of the Horizon
Posted by Gael Ogilvie onMore action to reverse climate change is excellent but let’s also act fast to restore nature – last weeks launch of the Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is a potential accelerant. The objective is to shift future global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes to nature-positive outcomes. The TNFD estimates that more than half of the world's economic output is moderately or highly dependent on nature. The health of our ecosystems on which we, and our economies, depend on is deteriorating more rapidly than ever. The time to act is now.
Planetary Biodiversity loss
Posted by Gael Ogilvie onThe World Economic Forum estimates that more than 50% of the world's economy is moderately or highly dependent on nature. Yet nature loss is now a planetary emergency. Humanity has already wiped out 83% of...
Forest Ringlet Butterfly / Pepe Pouri
Posted by Gael Ogilvie onLearn about the lesser-known endangered geckos, skinks, moths, butterflies and plants featured on our products. Forest Ringlet Butterfly Pepe Pouri The beautiful native forest ringlet butterfly Dodonidia helmsii is rare and found only in...