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.
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 ...
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 ...
10 Facts About Single-use Plastic Bags - Biological Diversity
The U.S. is the third-most populated country in the world, yet we’re responsible for a disproportionate amount of greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, consumption and waste. If everyone in the world lived the way Americans do today, it …
Saving Life on Earth: Featured Publications - Biological Diversity
2024 Fall Membership Newsletter Learn about our fight to protect ultra-rare red wolves from being senselessly killed by cars. You'll also read about how cattle grazing harms habitat; a big win for white-tailed ptarmigans; and the latest on our work to save giant clams, hellbenders, elephants, and endangered butterflies.
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 ...
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 ...
America's Gray Wolves: A Long Road to Recovery - Biological …
Few animals evoke the wild like wolves. Majestic, intelligent and highly social, they’re crucial in driving evolution and balancing ecosystems. Some 2 million wolves once roamed freely throughout North America. But a federal extermination program slashed their numbers to the breaking point. By the ...
Pesticides and Soil Health - Biological Diversity
Pesticides and Soil Health The Center's Study on How Pesticides Harm Insects and Underground Ecosystems. The 2021 peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment shows that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms needed for healthy soil, biodiversity, and the fight against climate change.
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.