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New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food, so more forests and other natural ecosystems are cleared, and farms intensify and become less hospitable to many wild animals and…

The Conversation

COP15: three visions for protecting nature on the table at the UN biodiversity conference

With the dust still settling on the UN climate change summit in Egypt, another round of international talks is beginning in Montreal, Canada. The UN biodiversity conference, otherwise known as COP15, will assemble world leaders to agree on new targets for protecting nature.

The Conversation

Governments gather in Canada in bid to boost biodiversity

Environmental leaders are gathering on Montreal to hammer out a framework they hope will help provide much-needed protection for the world's biodiversity

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U.N. chief urges strong global nature deal to end 'orgy of destruction'

As countries prepare to negotiate a new global agreement to protect Earth's environment, the head of the United Nations warned there was no time to lose.

Reuters

Explainer-What's on the agenda at the U.N.'s COP15 nature summit?

A key United Nations summit to halt nature loss begins this week in Montreal, Canada. Delegates from nearly 200 countries will spend two weeks hashing out a new global deal to protect the world's struggling species and fast-vanishing wild places.

Reuters

‘We are at war with nature’: UN environment chief warns of biodiversity apocalypse

Inger Andersen spells out the challenges facing the planet as Cop15 delegates gather in Montreal

The Guardian - UK

COP15: Why does the UN biodiversity conference matter?

Conference aims to lay out plan to tackle ‘unsustainable rate’ of global biodiversity loss. Here’s all you need to know.

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Ambassadors for the strange and queer: Supergrass's Gaz Coombes meets rising star Fernie

Montreal's rising music star Fernie has been making a name for himself with beautiful, sensitive pop and a voice that has been compared to the likes of Frank Ocean. He tells us about bringing his first album to France and working with Patrick Watson. We also chat to Gaz Coombes…

France 24

UN summit: Don't repeat mistakes on nature, scientists warn

Scientists around the world warned governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and urged officials to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation needs in a report Monday

The Independent UK

SI:AM | Watson’s Return: Boos, Turned Backs, Bad Play

After 700 days, he was back on the field.

Sports Illustrated

Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss

At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity’s relationship with nature. The conference logo features a human reaching to embrace a panda – but from an ecological perspective, a weasel or badger would…

The Conversation

Cop15 security operation will be biggest for 20 years, Montreal police say

Protests against oil and mining have been planned, as thousands of delegates arrive for UN biodiversity summit

The Guardian - UK

How pastoral farming can help to avoid a biodiversity crisis

The world is losing its biodiversity. An estimated 41,000 animal species are now threatened with extinction. World leaders will convene at the UN COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal this month to discuss ways of reversing this decline.

The Conversation

Making sense of Cop15: what to look out for in Montreal

Everything you need to know about the once-in-a-decade chance to stop the loss of biodiversity – and how you can help

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Mass extinctions are happening. Can they be stopped?

Scientists, conservationists and government representatives will gather this week in Montreal to decide on a plan to stop a stunning loss of plant and animal life around the globe. The United Nations' COP15 — a conference on biological diversity — offers a rare chance for countries to set mutual commitments…

Daily Mirror

British Airways passenger charged £250 to get her iPad back after leaving it on flight

Janice Gordon had landed in Heathrow Airport, London following a six hour flight from Montreal in Canada, only to realise that she had left her Apple iPad on board the plane

The Guardian - UK

Canada accused of putting its timber trade ahead of global environment

Weeks before Cop15 in Montreal, leaked letter to EU shows host tried to water down deforestation regulations

The Guardian - UK

Nature positive and 30x30 – just soundbites or the foundations of a Cop15 deal?

As participants arrive in Montreal to negotiate this decade’s targets for protecting biodiversity, two themes are getting the lion’s share of attention

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Quebec sets plan to bar most immigrants who don’t speak French

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault, concerned about the decline of the French language in the Canadian province, has set a new goal for immigrants: They should all speak French.

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Kahkonen’s ‘best game of the year’ helps Sharks top Montreal Canadiens

Tomas Hertl and Logan Couture both scored third-period goals and goalie Kaapo Kahkonen led a brilliant penalty kill as the San Jose Sharks opened a four-game road trip Tuesday with a 4-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.

Daily Record

The Celtic and Canada connection that stretches back 90 years and Alistair Johnston is to retrace

Full back Johnston is close to sealing a move to Parkhead from CF Montreal in the MLS and will be the first Canadian since Joe Kennaway in the 1930s.

The Conversation

Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone

As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth’s other crisis: loss of living species.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mexican asylum-seekers increasingly setting their sights on Canada

There’s been a surge in the number of Mexicans who have requested asylum in Canada this year due to the relative ease of obtaining asylum in Canada versus the United States.

The Independent UK

Airport worker goes to hotel to do passenger’s make up after airline lost her luggage

An airline worker offered to do a passenger’s make up for free after her luggage was lost in-transit

The Independent UK

Mexican asylum seekers set their sights north — on Canada

There has been a surge in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum in Canada this year

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