Biodiversity is declining. Conservation works. So what's holding us back?

We hear a lot about climate change, but far less about another global environmental crisis: biodiversity loss. Species are disappearing, ecosystems are changing and nature is under growing pressure—yet the biodiversity crisis receives much less media attention.

Why aren’t we talking about it more? And could better storytelling, including more coverage of conservation successes, help turn concern about nature into action?

In this episode of Nature Signals, we explore why the biodiversity crisis is overlooked—and why there are reasons for both urgency and hope.

Biodiversity loss is serious, but the story isn't all doom and gloom. Conservation works—and those success stories may be some of the most important environmental stories we can tell.

You can read the written article on my website here.

Key points:

0:56 - We hardly hear about conservation successes.

2:10 - Nature needs our help.

3:46 - Neglect by the media.

5:16 - Climate change vs. biodiversity loss?

6:53 - The public generally values nature.

7:51 - How to deliver the message.

Links to resources:

· United Nations, 5/6/2019: UN report: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented;’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating.‘

· International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.

· ScienceDaily, 1/20/2012: Biodiversity crisis is worse than climate change, experts say.