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

Health and environment ministers pledge climate actions to reduce 12.6 million environment-related deaths

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 16 November 2016

Marrakech, 15 November 2016 - Ministers and senior officials responsible for health and environment today committed to reducing the annual 12.6 million deaths caused by environmental pollution. Gathering at the COP22 climate meeting in Marrakech, over two dozen high level officials from both...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The Agriculture Sectors in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Analysis

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 14 November 2016

The Intended Nationally Determined Contributions ( INDC s) served as a basis for negotiations at COP21 and provided the foundation for the Paris Agreement on climate change. Unless a Party specifies otherwise, its INDC will become its first Nationally Determined Contribution ( NDC ) upon submitting...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
UN Environment, China collaborate on major South-South initiative

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 14 November 2016

14 November 2016 - UN Environment launched today a decade-long (2016-2025) flagship programme on Climate, Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CEL), supported by China and designed to assist countries in the Global South with effective delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate targets...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New EU Asia wildlife strategy in preparation

Katharine Mill posted Information | 10 November 2016

The EU is preparing to publish its new strategic approach to wildlife conservation in Asia. This follows its related 2015 publication on Africa: ‘ Larger than Elephants ’. Asian tiger (photo: Kalyan Varma) Asia has the largest concentration of globally threatened terrestrial species –iconic species...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Conservation and security in central Africa - summary of a workshop on 13 October

Katharine Mill posted Information | 10 November 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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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Le serment aux Gorilles - Article dans Le Monde

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude posted Information | 10 November 2016

Voici un excellent article paru récement dans le journal français Le Monde, résumant tout ce que vous devriez savoir sur notre petit bijou préféré: le Parc National des Virunga, en RDC. Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour voir l'article.

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Enquête - Le Serment aux Gorilles - Le Monde 27 octobre 2016

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude uploaded a new Document | 10 November 2016

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2016) on Climate change, agriculture and food security

Sarah Cummings updated the Information | 9 November 2016

Agriculture, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, generate around a fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture must both contribute more to combating climate change while bracing to overcome its impacts, according to The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 which...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
United Nations Report Calls for Conservation to Collaborate with Palm Oil Industry

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

8 November 2016 - The conservation community should collaborate more closely than ever with oil palm developers if a global sustainable strategy is to be achieved and great apes and their fragile ecosystems are to be saved, according to a United Nations report released this week. Palm Oil Paradox:...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2016) on Climate change, agriculture and food security

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 4 November 2016

Agriculture, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, generate around a fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture must both contribute more to combating climate change while bracing to overcome its impacts, according to The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 which...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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