A reality check on the world’s most severe systemic ‘polycrises’: Why conservation is not working while human welfare is at serious risk and what we can do: A Nature-centric Approach for Transformation. (Excerpts from Augeri, 2026) © Dave Augeri, Ph.D. “There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all (very high confidence).” (IPCC, 2023a) The Climate Crisis On the 3rd of July 2023 the Earth experienced its hottest g

Tea is farmed as a monoculture with very low diversity of fauna and flora in most tea gardens. How do we restore and enhance biodiversity in our tea fields to provide the farmer with a biodiversity boost (ensuring ecosystem services such as pollinators, soil microbial activity, etc. exist) and create a “net biodiversity positive tea sector” that contributes to local, regional, and global needs, such as via the Kunming- Montreal Biodiversity Agreement Objectives? Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the fabric and engine of life. The biodiversity of marine and coral reef ecosystems is crucial for fully functioning and healthy ecosystems, resilience against stochastic events, and a healthy and stable climate. It is fundamental to the existence, security, and well-being of all life on Earth, including for each one of us and our economic, social, governing, food, industrial, and other systems in society (photo above © Greg Lecoeur) (Excerpts from Augeri, 2