with the number of new garments made per year nearly. doubling over the past 20 years and global consumption. of fashion increasing by 400%. Waste occurs at every stage of the garment
12 Ways to Live More Sustainably - Biological Diversity
12 Ways to Live More Sustainably. Every day we make choices in our lives that affect the environment, the climate and other species. From what we eat to how many children we decide to have, there’s a lot we can do to “choose wild” and reduce our environmental footprint to leave more room for wild animals and plants.
At What Cost? Unravelling the Harms of the Fast Fashion Industry
Fast fashion is an enormous, rapidly growing industry, with the number of new garments made per year nearly doubling over the past 20 years and global consumption of fashion increasing by 400%. Waste occurs at every stage of the garment manufacturing process, harming wildlife, degrading land, and ...
Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
Map: U.S. Threatened and Endangered Species by County
For every county in the United States, the map below shows information on all the animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered. To see the number of federally protected species in a given county, zoom in on the map until the county boundaries appear ...
MEET THE STAFF - Biological Diversity
Collette Adkins, Carnivore Conservation Director, Senior Attorney. Collette (she/her) leads the Carnivore Conservation program, where she focuses on combating exploitation and cruel treatment of wolves and other rare wildlife.Collette received her law degree from the University of Minnesota, where she also earned a master's degree in wildlife conservation.
Ocean Plastics Pollution - Biological Diversity
It's time to get at the root of this ocean crisis.The Center has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to begin regulating plastics as a pollutant and is working to stop plastic pollution at the source, before it ever has a chance to reach the ocean.. THE PLASTIC PROBLEM. We're surrounded by plastic. It’s in the single-use packaging we discard, the consumer goods that fill our ...
About the Center - Biological Diversity
At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a ...
Frequently Asked Questions About Amphibians and Reptiles
What are amphibians and reptiles? Amphibians are frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Most amphibians have complex life cycles with time on land and in the water. Their skin must stay moist to absorb oxygen and therefore lacks scales. Reptiles are turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles ...
The Elements of Biodiversity - Biological Diversity
The measurement of biodiversity is complex and has a qualitative as well as a quantitative aspect. If a species is genetically unique — if, for instance, it's far out on a remote arm of the evolutionary tree, like the distinctive, peculiar platypus — its biodiversity value is greater than that of a species clustered with many similar species because it preserves a unique part of the ...