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

Conservation and security in central Africa - summary of a workshop on 13 October

Katharine Mill updated the Information | 19 December 2016

Law enforcement patrols, Zakouma Park, Chad (African Parks/Babi Prokas) In the lawless border region of South Sudan, northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR), vast wilderness areas and national parks are at the frontline of a vicious battle for resources. For...

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Katharine Mill commented on a document | 19 December 2016

SCF Sandscript 20

Thank you for sharing this with the group, John.

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SCF Sandscript 20

John Newby uploaded a new Document | 19 December 2016

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Welcome to Sandscript 20 This issue of Sandscript marks a decade of bringing you news and information on our projects and the challenges facing the wildlife of the Sahara and Sahel. In keeping with our mission, this issue focuses largely on flagship species, especially the scimitar-horned oryx and...

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Gender, environment, resilience and development

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 16 December 2016

A woman collects water for her family, Burkina Faso. ©Ollivier Girard/CIFOR Environmental and climate change, and its associated policies and strategies, have significant effects on gender relations, especially in developing countries. Poor women face gender-specific inequalities and barriers –...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
DEVCO Week on environment with two dedicated seminars to environment and wildlife trafficking

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 16 December 2016

DEVCO C2 unit is organising a Week on environment starting on February 6. During this week, 2 seminars will take place: a 3 days’ session on “Implementing the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” , and a 2 days’ session on “ The EU Action Plan against Wildlife...

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United Nations Welcomes Indonesian Government's Environmental Ambitions

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 15 December 2016

Jakarta, 15 December 2016 - United Nations environment chief Erik Solheim welcomed Indonesia's efforts to become a leader in environmental sustainability on his first official visit to the country as Head of UN Environment. In Jakarta, Solheim met with a number of senior government officials,...

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Protected Planet Report 2016 - How protected areas contribute to achieving global targets for biodiversity

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 15 December 2016

2445_global_protected_planet_2016_web.pdf 9.76 MB

In 2010, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2010-2020 and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. It has since been endorsed by multiple Multilateral Environmental Agreements as a global framework for biodiversity. In 2015, the...

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As countries rush to protect their seas, endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh calls to preserve the Antarctic

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 15 December 2016

Marine protected areas now cover 18.5 million km 2 - over 5% of the global ocean and nearly 13% of territorial waters Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh launches campaign to place an Antarctic area the size of Australia under protection Mexico announces largest biological reserve in the country's history...

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Katharine Mill commented on a wiki page | 13 December 2016

Wildlife crisis

Malawi passes new act: up to 30 years in prison for wildlife crime See Lilongwe Wildlife Trust/GIZ press release of 07/12/16: Malawi’s new National Parks & Wildlife Act was passed in Parliament today, giving courts the power to put serious wildlife criminals behind bars for up to 30 years with...

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What inspires you to work on protecting biodiversity?

Katharine Mill posted Information | 13 December 2016

Do you have a favourite inspirational quote about the importance of protecting biodiversity? We like this one, from naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough, in his closing segment for the recent BBC TV series Planet Earth II : “Now over half of us live in an urban environment. My home too is...

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