thewildpixel
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Recently, it was proposed by the UK and Chile at the UN’s COP16 conference that fungi should receive equal protection rights as animals and plants. The intrinsic fungi of Earth are not nearly as funded as plants by about 16x less. The global scale research carried out at SPUN (Society for the Protection of Underground Networks) aims to identify the fungal communities of Earth and to advocate for their protection. Factors like deforestation, pollution and overexploitation are ongoing while funding sources for biodiversity & conservation have only about 1/4 of the funding required. recent researcher's proposal: Dr. Leho Tedersoo, is proposing a system that credits landowners for integrating biodiversity into carbon offset projects, using advanced tools like eDNA to monitor ecosystems. The system provides incentives for restoring/conserving local biodiversity alongside carbon sequestration. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10405 (Continued in comments)
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thewildpixel
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To expand on that two days ago an article was posted where ecologists and other scientists again are trying to define what a unit of nature is. There are many challenges involved with this type of system I am sure and ethics must be in the conversation as well IMO. There is talk of a 'biodiversity credit market’ where a company could purchase credits to offset any impact. Study lead author Dr Hannah Wauchope (University of Edinburgh) said: "Measuring biodiversity outcomes is of increasing interest to policy and financial sectors, but it is phenomenally difficult to reduce something as complex as biodiversity to a single number, meaning there are many risks to developing a market that trades in nature." Overall, it is an interesting time to be interested in mycology!!
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