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CREAF attends the Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, COP15
What is IPBES?
Biodiversity loss is undeniable, but at what rate? Why? How does it affect us? And what can we do? The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been answering these questions since its creation in 2012.
The soundscape created by birds is becoming quieter and less varied, with potential effects on people's health
The favourable properties of natural soundscapes are changing, due to declining bird populations and their new geographic distribution. As a consequence, the trill of birds is changing and birdsongs at dawn are becoming quieter and less varied.
The ecosystem services of Mediterranean forests are at risk if global temperatures rise more than 2°C
For the first time, the scientific evidence on how fire risk and ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests are affected by a global temperature increase or decrease above 2°C is reviewed.
CREAF, observer organisation at the 8th IPBES plenary session
During the lockdown, nature did not invade the cities, it only became more visible
After a year of lockdown in the world, the results of the ornitho.cat scientific project are available, promoted with the aim of understanding the effects of shutdown on nature. A scientific work in which we have collaborated with the Catalan Institute of Ornithology and published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Climate change affects birds in Europe and North-America differently than in the Mediterranean, and could expose them to a climate trap
The behavior of bird communities in Europe and in the United States and Canada due to climate change is different than in the Mediterranean area. It changes faster in winter, when they migrate, than in spring, when they nest.