Biodiversity & Ecosystem services

Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Air pollution and preservation - Bio trade - Bio-diversity monitoring - Bio-diversity policies - Biodiversity conservation accompanying measures - Conservation - Ecosystem services - Ecotourism - Hunting and poaching - Marine pollution control - Natural resource management - Sustainable Land management - Water resources conservation - Wildlife crisis - Wildlife trade & trafficking

The first UNEP synthesis report: "Making Peace With Nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies"

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 3 March 2021

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The first UNEP synthesis report is titled: “Making Peace With Nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies” and is based on evidence from global environmental assessments. The resulting synthesis communicates how climate change, biodiversity loss and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Latin American, Caribbean ministers commit to build back better and greener

Alexa Froger posted Information | 3 March 2021

Bridgetown, Barbados, February 2, 2021 - The Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean today signed the Bridgetown Declaration , in which they called for the integration of environmental issues to be placed at the heart of the region’s COVID-19 recovery strategies, with...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues | Plastics in the Life Cycle/SCP

Alexa Froger created a new event | 10 February 2021

11 Feb

From 11 February 2021
Organised by Geneva Environment Network

About the Dialogues The world is facing a plastic crisis, the status quo is not an option. Plastic pollution is a serious issue of global concern which requires an urgent and international response involving all relevant actors at different levels. Many initiatives, projects and governance...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 5 February 2021

2021-02-03-food-system-biodiversity-loss-benton-et-al_0.pdf 4.97 MB

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Chatham House and Compassion in World Farming are excited to launch in partnership, a new Chatham House report, ‘Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss’ . This paper explores the role of the global food system as the principal driver of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
REPORTS: Food 2030 pathways for action and Resilience and transformation

Francois Stepman posted Information | 3 February 2021

Research and innovation policy reflections relevant to Horizon Europe, the Farm to Fork strategy and European Green Deal EC (2020) Research and innovation policy as a driver for sustainable, healthy and inclusive food systems European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
High-Level Briefing on the 5th Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly

Alexa Froger updated the event | 2 February 2021

03 Feb

From 3 February 2021
Organised by Geneva Environment Network, UNEP

Invitation to a high-level briefing on the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), that will convene virtually on 22-23 February 2021. The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It meets biennially to set...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues | Plastics and Trade

Alexa Froger created a new event | 1 February 2021

04 Feb

From 4 February 2021
Organised by Geneva Environment Network

About the Dialogues The world is facing a plastic crisis, the status quo is not an option. Plastic pollution is a serious issue of global concern which requires an urgent and international response involving all relevant actors at different levels. Many initiatives, projects and governance...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Tangible actions for wetlands, livelihoods and climate change resilience: example of BIOPAMA projects

Carole Martinez posted Information | 27 January 2021

On the occasion of the upcoming World Wetland Day, 2 February 2021, we put the spotlight on three BIOPAMA projects in Cape Verde, Madagascar and Rwanda, that target actions on the ground in three Ramsar Sites, Wetlands of International Importance. Discover more @ BIOPAMA funding news #10 : https://...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
EU Funded BIOPAMA Action Component supports wetland conservation

Carole Martinez posted Information | 27 January 2021

On the occasion of the upcoming World Wetland Day, 2 February 2021, we put the spotlight on three BIOPAMA projects in Cape Verde, Madagascar and Rwanda, that target actions on the ground in three Ramsar Sites, Wetlands of International Importance. Discover more @ BIOPAMA funding news #10 (iucn.org)

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
UNEA 5.1

Alexa Froger updated the event | 26 January 2021

22 Feb

From 22 February 2021 to 23 February 2021
Organised by United Nations

The fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) provides leadership, catalyzes, intergovernmental actions on the environment, and contributes to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In light of the COVID-19...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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