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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

biodiversity

A swallowtail butterfly on a Salvia viridis plant. (Avner Rinot, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 22, 2024, 4:56 pm
World Biodiversity Day report: Israel’s butterflies, birds, reptiles in serious decline
Israel’s habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, invasive species, overexploitation of natural resources and rising temperatures blamed in 2023 State of Nature review
By Sue Surkes
The common blue butterfly. (Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 24, 2023, 12:36 am
Blue and white butterfly voted national icon in run up to Independence Day
The common blue butterfly beats out 139 winged contestants; southern white admiral comes in second, followed by African monarch in third
By Sue Surkes
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Ainsworth (C-L), China's Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu (C-R), Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Elizabeth Maruma Mrema (2nd R) and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (R), during a plenary meeting during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, December 19, 2022. (Lars Hagberg/ AFP)
December 19, 2022, 10:23 pm
Countries reach major deal to safeguard nature at UN summit in Montreal
Envoys at COP15 Biodiversity Conference commit to protect 30% of environment vital for biodiversity by 2030, boost support for poorer countries by tens of millions of dollars
By Michael Casey
From left to right: Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema; Chinese Ecology and Environment Minister, Huang Runqiu; and Canadian Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, hold a joint press confrence at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on December 17, 2022. (ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP)
December 18, 2022, 12:31 am
At UN summit in Montreal, envoys hopeful major deal to save nature is within reach
Chinese chair of conference ‘confident’ global pact to protect biodiversity will be inked; Canadian envoy surprised over steps toward agreement
By Issam Ahmed and Roland Lloyd Parry
Children at the Bi'ne B elementary school near Deir el-Asad in northern Israel crowd around an iguana, November 28, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 10, 2022, 9:29 am
From K-12 and beyond, Israeli children learn they can help the rainforests to heal
Education program based on study and action engages students by having them campaign for one of three endangered ‘biodiversity hotspots’ — and helping to save the winner
By Sue Surkes
Great white pelicans at a water reservoir in the Hefer valley, in central Israel, on October 22, 2021. Pelicans stop off in Israel during their annual migration from the Balkans to Africa, where they enjoy a mild winter before returning to Europe. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 9, 2022, 2:02 pm
Israeli nature loses equivalent of a medium-sized city to development every year
Annual State of Nature report highlights negative consequences of galloping urbanization amid population growth, but notes increase in protected open space
By Sue Surkes
An invasive ring-necked parakeet in Israel. (Doron Hoffman, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 11, 2022, 8:05 pm
89% of Israel’s ecosystems have declined in biodiversity, state comptroller says
Report, which says state has no strategic action plan for dealing with decline, coincides with battle between green organizations, environment minister over biodiversity bill
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A small green sea turtle makes his way through the sand towards the sea after hatching from a nest, at Palmachim Beach on August 17, 2020. (Mila Aviv/Flash90)
May 11, 2022, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing May 11: Israel’s biodiversity is in decline. So are COVID cases
Environment reporter Sue Surkes brings a startling comptroller report; health reporter Nathan Jeffay explains global urgency of vaccine booster and talks of ‘prejudice psychology’
By ToI Staff
In this April 25, 2020 photo, wildflowers bloom at an empty national park overlooking the Sea of Galilee, locally known as Lake Kinneret (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 25, 2021, 2:24 pm
Study finds nature contributes billions to Israel’s economy
First research of its kind says ecosystem services ranging from food, water and pollination to carbon absorption could be worth 8% of GDP, says pricing would help preservation
By Sue Surkes
The once extinct Hula painted frog, native to Israel’s north, was declared extinct and then rediscovered and dubbed a 'living fossil.' (courtesy, Sarig Gafny)
August 27, 2021, 12:31 pm
Humans speeding the extinction of species, study claims
Data science expert Gil David finds that human exploitation of Earth has led to 5,800 years-worth of extinctions from natural causes condensed into just 100 years
By Sue Surkes
Illustration from The Red Book, commissioned by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, written by Shoham Smith and illustrated by Talia Drigues. (INPA)
May 22, 2021, 2:46 am
Illustrated book seeks to enlist the very young in protecting biodiversity
An Israel Nature and Parks Authority idea, the book introduces children to five Israeli animals trying to survive in a human-dominated world and tells them how they can help
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A desalination plant in Hadera, May 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 19, 2021, 2:12 am
2017 oil spill closed three desalination plants for three days, official reveals
Environment Ministry’s marine director says ‘worst nightmare’ disaster threatened national water supply; expert says UAE oil deal spells ‘bleak’ future for Eilat corals
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Fishermen work in the Tapajos river in the Alter do Chao district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, August 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, FILE)
February 2, 2021, 8:57 pm
UK Treasury-commissioned report calls for nature to be at heart of economics
Natural world should be key element in economic planning, urges Cambridge U. economist Partha Dasgupta; says growth and prosperity have ‘come at a devastating cost to nature”
By Pan Pylas
Migrating Gray Cranes at the Agmon Hula Lake in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
August 9, 2020, 5:40 pm
Water authority joins scheme to turn off lights, help wildlife at night
Mekorot to keep most of its plants dark in nighttime hours to save money, minimize light pollution that disrupts animal behavior
By Sue Surkes
Two foxes peer out of the vegetation in the Jerusalem area, May 27, 2020. (Dudu Ben Or, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 8, 2020, 1:17 am
Israel slips to 29th worldwide in biennial environmental performance index
Nation still ranks fairly well in Yale University report, but scores particularly badly on biodiversity and habitat
By Sue Surkes
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