The Global Safety Net has been named a silver winner in the Best Strategy for Sustainability, Environment, & Climate of the inaugural Anthem Awards. The Anthem Awards was launched in response to the prevalence social good has taken within the national conversation and cultural zeitgeist in recent years. The inaugural competition received nearly 2,500 entries from 36 […]
Following a year’s worth of tough negotiations and a tenuous few weeks in Montreal, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has agreed upon a deal to implement a new Global Biodiversity Framework (Post-2020 GBF). Held at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès, representatives of 188 governments on site (95% of all 196 Parties to the UN CBD, […]
In the final session of the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an overwhelming majority of delegates approved Motion 101, which calls for the protection of half of Earth’s lands and seas with a minimum of 30% by 2030, recognizing the important role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in […]
The GSN1 rankings are derived from supplemental materials provided in the paper, “A Global Safety Net to reverse biodiversity loss and stabilize the Earth’s climate” published in Science Advances (Dinerstein et al. 2020). The rankings are divided into large countries (greater than 250,000 km2 in area), medium-sized countries (from 2,500 km2 to 25,000 km2 in area), and small countries (under […]
The Global Safety Net has been given an Honorable Mention in the AI & Data category as part of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards 2021. Now in their fifth year, these awards honor products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. Published in Science Advances in September 2020, […]
The latest research effort from the Global Safety Net (GSN) initiative, entitled “Conservation Imperatives: Securing the Last Unprotected Terrestrial Sites Harboring Irreplaceable Biodiversity”, was published in Frontiers in Science. The paper identifies biodiversity havens, totaling 1.2% of the Earth’s land, which are home to rare but currently unprotected animal and plant species. The paper makes the case […]