COVID 19: The view from Buglife
How are small, specialist organisations adapting to COVID19? Paul Hetherington from Buglife tells us how they’re adapting and faring.
Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, COVID-19
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COVID-19: The view from MAVA
Across the world, life as we know it was turned on its head these past few months. Unforeseen and previously unimaginable changes were required of us and by and large, we demonstrated our tremendous capacity to adapt.
The tragedy is global and profound, and we will continue to feel its aftereffects for some time to come. However, the situation also provided the impetus for some profound rethinking and I have seen some positive outcomes. At the same time, we need to rethink our relationship with nature and come to an understanding of the linkages between health and nature.
This blog talks about the rethinking we are seeing, MAVA’s response to the crisis, and what we need to do to ensure a healthier relationship with nature.
Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, COVID-19
COVID-19: The view from Greenpeace
The need to act on the pandemic has meant new challenges for much of Greenpeace's core work. Our volunteers aren't out on the streets talking to people about environmental issues; politicians and companies are less open to meetings with our campaigners as they struggle with immediate priorities; many events that would usually be crucial to our fundraising have been cancelled or postponed. Meanwhile, governments are injecting trillions into the global economy to keep it afloat. With this unprecedented amount of money available it is our job to ensure that, rather than propping up old industries that are fuelling the climate and nature crisis, governments direct that money towards a greener, more resilient economy that puts people and the planet first.
Keywords: advocacy, climate change, collaboration, COVID-19, fundraising
COVID-19: The view from CHEM Trust
Hormone disrupting chemicals can undermine the immune system, so the COVID-19 pandemic has really emphasised the need for CHEM Trust's work. Though we have not all been tested, the accepted science acknowledges that the vast majority of us have hormone-disrupting chemicals in our bodies. CHEM Trust is a classic modern online organisation; we have 11 people working remotely in four countries, so our daily modus operandi, though impacted by social distancing, is not totally disrupted. The pandemic has not slowed our work down, but has shown it’s more important than ever before.
Keywords: COVID-19, policy work
COVID-19: The view from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
How do you run a zoo and international conservation programmes during a pandemic? What are conservation leaders doing around the world to help protect their human and wild communities?
Keywords: conservation, COVID-19
COVID-19 and its impact on the eNGO sector: the view from across the UK
In the first of a blog series about the impact of COVID-19 on the environmental sector, we asked the Chief Officers of the environmental NGO networks, the Environment LINKs, how their members were coping.
Keywords: collaboration, COVID-19, effectiveness
Environmental philanthropy and COVID-19: what’s love got to do with It?
What the pandemic has helped bring into focus is the interconnectedness of the social crisis and the environmental calamity unfolding around us. The deeper you go into the causes of both, the more tangled their roots seem to be.
Keywords: biodiversity, climate change, conservation, justice, love, systems change
COVID-19: Emergency funds available to environmental groups
A list of funds open to the environment sector (largely but not exclusively UK-based).
Mission 2020: holding corporations to account for deforestation, and supporting communities on the ground
2020 is a 'Super Year', a year for bold action on forests, amongst other environmental and social issues. Can funders support NGOs as they hold corporations to account and support forest defenders on the ground?
Keywords: biodiversity, climate change, conservation, deforestation, funding overseas, indigenous peoples
Intact forests – securing a bounty the world cannot afford to lose
Even within the trickle of climate finance finding its way into forests, most is directed at restoration or forest conservation in places rewarded for coming down from a high deforestation rate baseline. Intact forests are short-changed. But we need to care for these intact ecosystems as well as fight deforestation hotspots, in the same way that a medical system needs both emergency rooms and preventative health programs.
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