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

Indonesia targets catastrophic wildfires, climate change with historic move to protect peatlands

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 6 December 2016

- Drained and burned peatlands are responsible for up to 5 per cent of anthropogenic carbon emissions - 2015 Indonesian peat fires caused economic losses of US$ 16.1 billion - At their worst, daily emissions from Indonesia's peat fires were greater than those of the entire US economy 5 December...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Ministers commit to integrate biodiversity into key economic sectors in order to achieve global biodiversity targets.

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 5 December 2016

- Ministers of Environment, Agriculture, Tourism , Fisheries and Forestry agree on urgent coordinated action to advance progress on biodiversity targets - Meeting adopts Cancun Declaration on Mainstreaming the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity for Well-Being - Countries also announce...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Six environmental leaders receive Champions of the Earth award - UN's top environmental prize

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 5 December 2016

2 December 2016 - Six inspirational environmental leaders representing government, research and grassroots action received today the United Nations' highest environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award , during a global conference on biological diversity in Cancún, Mexico. The annual...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Land for life. Create wealth, transform lives

Sarah Cummings updated the Information | 5 December 2016

The publication Land for Life: create wealth, transform lives collects stories of communities' sustainable land management initiatives which succeeded to reverse the degrading situation of their land, enhancing the resilience of both ecosystems and livelihoods and creating wealth from their...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
A new € 53-million grant has been signed between the EU, the DRC government and the Virunga Foundation, on Monday 28 November 2016

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude posted Information | 5 December 2016

This grant aims at providing the Virunga National Park with the necessary resources for ensuring its proper management and development, the conservation of its exceptional biodiversity and the valuation of its ecosystem services for a duration of 5 years. Out of its 53 million total cost, 15.4...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Land for life. Create wealth, transform lives

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 2 December 2016

The publication Land for Life: create wealth, transform lives collects stories of communities' sustainable land management initiatives which succeeded to reverse the degrading situation of their land, enhancing the resilience of both ecosystems and livelihoods and creating wealth from their...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Leaflet on EU global action on sustainable land management

Hanna Petri uploaded a new Document | 2 December 2016

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DG INTPA has produced a new leaflet on 'EU global action on sustainable land management'. This leaflet provides an overview of the EU’s commitment to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development for all through better management and restoration of landscapes that respect the environment while...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
More than 190 Governments prepare to take tough decisions to stop biodiversity decline worldwide

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 2 December 2016

- Governments need to ramp up efforts to stop biodiversity decline in light of pessimistic reports. - Time running out on global efforts to meet biodiversity targets with 2/3 still off track - Countries to focus on the value of biodiversity to engage other economic sectors as means of halting...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New leaflet on EU global action on sustainable land management

Hanna Petri posted Information | 2 December 2016

DG DEVCO has produced a new leaflet on 'EU global action on sustainable land management'. This leaflet provides an overview of the EU’s commitment to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development for all through better management and restoration of landscapes that respect the environment while...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Development News - N°1 - Français

Isabelle DEMOLIN updated the Document | 1 December 2016

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Ceci est la première édition de la newsletter commune sur des thématiques environnementales (intégration ou mainstreaming environnemental, biodiversité, économie verte, foresterie, changement climatique), produite et promue par les membres de notre groupe capacity4dev et qui a pour but de...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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