{"id":275325,"date":"2026-02-09T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/275325\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:09:08","slug":"ipbes-report-nature-loss-could-spell-extinction-for-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/275325\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Commenting on the report, Leigh Morris, International Director of the consortium of UK wildlife charities, The Wildlife Trusts, said we need &#8220;clear metrics and toolkits so businesses can get their own houses in order on biodiversity&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For many UK businesses, engaging with nature protection has gone from &#8220;a nice-to-do&#8221; to a &#8220;must-do&#8221;, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One example of how companies are working hand-in-hand with nature is at Steart Marshes in Somerset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Farmers and conservationists are managing land in ways that support both wildlife and agriculture. Cattle are grazed across the marshes to create healthy habitats for birds, insects and plants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local farmer, Andy Darch, said the animals are helping in conservation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They are eating different types of grasses and trampling areas that are important for wildlife,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And because they are eating such a variety of plants, it produces a really high-quality beef at the end of the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commenting on the report, Leigh Morris, International Director of the consortium of UK wildlife charities, The Wildlife Trusts,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-275325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}