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

Technical Guidance Document "Mainstreaming ecosystem services and biodiversity into agricultural production and management in the Pacific Islands"

David Colozza uploaded a new Document | 12 December 2016

pacific_technical_guidance_document.pdf 2.92 MB

This joint FAO-CBD-SPREP-SPC guidance document is designed to assist Pacific Island countries and territories in finding synergies between two important realms of policies and international commitments: sustainable management of chemicals and biodiversity conservation and use. It details the...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries
Resources

Anjana Varma updated the WIKI page | 12 December 2016

Joint WHO/FAO Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) have been released in April 2016. FAO has subsequently received a request from SAPReF Secretariat for financial and technical support for its member states to deploy strategies to reduce HHPs risks. In response, FAO and the Rotterdam...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries
Marrakech COP22: moving ahead on climate action

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 9 December 2016

The annual United Nations climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco, started just 3 days after the Paris Agreement on climate change entered into force. The 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the 12th session of the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security A Convergence of Threats

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 December 2016

interpol-unep_strategic_report_-_environment_peace_and_security_-_a_con.pdf 5.14 MB

Abuse of the environment is the fourth largest criminal activity in the world. Worth up to USD 258 billion, it is increasing by five to seven per cent every year and converging with other forms of international crime. It is, therefore, a growing threat to peace, security and stability. This report...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Environmental crime threatening peace and security, finds new INTERPOL-UN Environment report

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 9 December 2016

Washington DC, USA, 8 December 2016 - More than 80 per cent of countries consider environmental crime a national priority, with the majority saying new and more sophisticated criminal activities increasingly threaten peace and security. INTERPOL and UN Environment surveyed close to 70 countries for...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Why is the protection of mountain biodiversity also crucial for human well-being?

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 9 December 2016

The Slovak Presidency of the EU Council, together with the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, UN Environment and the Convention on Biological Diversity, is organizing a debate on mountain biodiversity – and the need to better include its protection in all relevant economic sectors to ensure...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Detailed Program of Side Event at COP13 CBD, Cancun, Mexico

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 7 December 2016

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Green Development News: a new newsletter from EU Cooperation and Development

Katharine Mill posted Information | 7 December 2016

Green Development News is a new newsletter produced by DG International Cooperation and Development on environmental mainstreaming, biodiversity, green economy, forestry, climate change, with the aim to raise awareness and enhance cooperation. The newsletter is distributed quarterly. If you are...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Mainstreaming the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Mountain Biodiversity for wellbeing - Side event at CoP13 CBD

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 7 December 2016

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in Cancun (Mexico)

Organised by Slovakia (Presidency of the Council of the European Union), Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Environment, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), International Centre for Integrated M

This is the official side event of the current Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union that will focus on the mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for wellbeing in transboundary mountain regions, drawing on the experiences and best practices of the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Strengthening the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Revision and Implementation

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 6 December 2016

strengthening-national-biodiversity.pdf 2.2 MB

The present document is aimed at supporting and enhancing a better understanding of seven key biodiversity conventions, namely the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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