BI13: Palm oil

This week we look at palm oil, a very important topic for tropical rainforests, biodiversity and humans worldwide. All images are creative commons, and the map is my own.

BI12: Community forestry and climate mitigation

Hello! After a short hiatus due to moving into a new flat and starting a new role, here is infographic number 12 in the series. This looks at the really important issue of how community forests and indigenous rights have social, economic and environmental benefits.

B11: Phylogenetic diversity

This week, we're taking a look at what phylogenetic diversity is and how it can contribute to conservation. For some reason the image this week has come out a bit bigger than usual, but that's a good thing I suppose so I've just left it like that...

B10: Businesses for Biodiversity

This week's post is another guest post, this time from Louise Burn, another former classmate of mine. Building on work Louise has been doing with Fauna & Flora International, it looks at the relationship that businesses can have with biodiversity, and is both timely and very engaging - I hope you enjoy it!

If the three wonderful guest posts we've had so far have inspired you to consider contributing something yourself, please do get in touch at alexanderjmorrice@gmail.com - I'd love to hear from anyone involved or interested in biodiversity and conservation.

BI9: Hilsa fishing and conservation in Bangladesh

This week is the second Biodiversity Infographics guest post, as we take an interesting look at the hilsa fish and its significance in Bangladesh. I really enjoyed reading about something I had very little knowledge of, so thank you to my former coursemate Badhon for this post. The infographic details some of the work Badhon has been involved in with the IUCN in Bangladesh.

BI8: Reasons to be cheerful

This week's infographic follows last week's as the second part of a two part mini-series on UK conservation. It focuses on the positive progress which is being made, and can be made in the future, for nature in the UK. Next week we leave the UK to travel to the rivers of Bangladesh with the second Biodiversity Infographics guest post, which I am very much looking forward to. Until then, here's some good news closer to home!

BI7b: 'Green and pleasant land?' in detail

When I was making the 'Green and pleasant land?' infographic (http://biodiversityinfographics.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/bi7-green-and-pleasant-land.html) I made an earlier version which was a lot more detailed and also much denser as a result. I thought I would post it here for interest's sake.

BI7: Green and pleasant land?

After a few weeks spent everywhere from Indonesian forests to the waters off the the south-east coast of the USA, this week's infographic is part one of a two-part look at the current and potential future state of conservation and the countryside in the UK. As I say in the infographic, there is a lot to be positive about in the UK, and this will appear in next week's post. However, there is also much cause for concern. A more detailed version of this infographic can be found at http://biodiversityinfographics.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/bi7b-green-and-pleasant-land-in-detail.html - that version is more 'illustrated article' than 'infographic', though!

BI6: REDD+ and community forestry

This week I'm looking at financial incentives for carbon emission reductions in forests, focusing specifically on REDD+.

BI5: Ocean Giants - The North Atlantic Right Whale

Happy New Year! The first infographic of the year looks at the North Atlantic Right Whale, the situation they find themselves in, and what is being done about it.