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 Executive Director's Report: Towards a Pollution-Free Planet

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 16 November 2017

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Everyone on earth is affected by pollution, according to a new report from UN Environment, The Executive Director’s Report: Towards a Pollution-Free Planet , which draws on the latest data from every continent to examine what we know about pollution and lay out key elements of a comprehensive...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Marine litter: the ingredients for the ocean’s plastic soup

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 14 November 2017

Marine litter is turning our ocean into a plastic soup. At least 8 million tons flows into our ocean every year, which amounts to economic losses of $82 million annually. On Wednesday 8 November, IUCN – the International Union for Conservation of Nature – organized the event ‘Marine Plastics Need...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The UN Environment Assembly: Towards A Story-Filled Planet

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 14 November 2017

- We must inspire people into action and not depress them into inaction - On the 5 th -7 th of September, Jorge Laguna-Celis, Director of the UN Environment Governance Affairs Office, visited Brussels to brief and exchange views with key EU stakeholders in Brussels about the upcoming UN Environment...

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‘Chasing Coral’ - A dive into the fascinatingly horrifying state of the ocean

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 14 November 2017

“We need to push the EU and Member States to take a hard stance, not just against marine litter”, but to protect the ocean as a whole, said Emma Priestland from Seas at Risk, at a ‘Chasing Coral’ screening on October 4 th in Galeries Cinema in Brussels. The event was held in anticipation of the Our...

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GLOBE EU - "Citizen Action, Political Leadership and Business Enterprise Needed to #BeatPollution"

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 14 November 2017

On October 12, UN Environment and GLOBE EU co-organized a high-level event, at the European Parliament, on the preparations for the Third UN Environment Assembly that will take place in Nairobi on 4-6 December 2017. About 100 participants at the event heard introductory presentations from Erik...

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Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime in the Danube-Carpathian Region (Launch Event)

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 13 November 2017

22 Nov

From 22 November 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UN Environment and WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme

On 22 November, the launch of the 'Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime in the Danube-Carpathian Region' report will be held at the European Parliament from 15.00-17.00 followed by a reception offered by Member of the European Parliament Ms Catherine Bearder. The Carpathian Convention brings...

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Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime in the Danube-Carpathian Region

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 November 2017

wild_dc_brochure_2017.pdf 15.03 MB

This brochure provides a brief summary of an assessment study carried out by UN Environment and WWF (amongst others). It involved case studies on illegal logging, illegal fishing of sturgeon and caviar trade, illegal killing of birds, and the poaching of large carnivores, and had two objectives: 1...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime in the Danube-Carpathian Region

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 November 2017

wild_dc_brochure_2017.pdf 15.03 MB

This brochure provides a brief summary of an assessment study carried out by UN Environment and WWF (amongst others). It involved case studies on illegal logging, illegal fishing of sturgeon and caviar trade, illegal killing of birds, and the poaching of large carnivores, and had two objectives: 1...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Factsheet on UN Environment Assembly III

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 9 November 2017

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A short background information sheet on the upcoming UN Environment Assembly, which is scheduled for the 4-6 December 2017 in Nairobi.

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Clean Air Forum

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 7 November 2017

16 Nov

From 16 November 2017 to 17 November 2017
in Paris (France)

Organised by European Commission

About the Conference Clean air is essential for healthy living. The European Union is working to ensure that every citizen can breathe without risking their well-being. Progress has been made over the past decades, but more needs to be done still. For now, air pollution remains to be the number one...

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