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

Ecosystem-based approaches to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 22 June 2016

Marisol Estrella, Programme Coordinator for UNEP’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, participated in a session at the European Development Days on 15 June 2016, entitled “Ecosystem-based approaches to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation”. The other high-level panellists were...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Synergies between chemicals and biodiversity conventions

Anjana Varma updated the WIKI page | 20 June 2016

Biodiversity and ecosystem services are at the heart of many solutions to sustainable increases in agricultural productivity that deliver not only better food and nutrition security but also reduce negative externalities of production. Approaches that can address both the negative externalities of...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries
Training - Towards Sustainable Development: Greening EU Development Cooperation

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new event | 18 June 2016

04 Jul

From 4 July 2016 to 6 July 2016
in La Paz (Bolivia)

Organised by DEVCO-EuropeAid, EU Delegation Bolivia

Training on mainstreaming environment and climate change in EU development cooperation, complemented with modules on: mainstreaming biodiversity in development cooperation and mainstreaming environment and climate change in national budgeting processes. This regional training is aimed at EU...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity into Agricultural Production and Management in East Africa

Francesca Mancini updated the Document | 17 June 2016

technicalguidance_mainstreaming_ecosystem_services_and_biodiversity_into_agriculture_in_east_africa.pdf 4.76 MB

This Technical Guidance Document addresses the need for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agriculture, at the national level. More specifically, it is aimed to assist countries in developing and implementing their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSA Ps), to...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries
To TEEB or not to TEEB: All you need to know about linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem services and developmen

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 17 June 2016

17 Jun

From 17 June 2016
Organised by European Commission in collaboration with UNEP TEEB

EC Lunchtime Infopoint: "To TEEB or not to TEEB: All you need to know about linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem services and development"

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Resources

Anjana Varma created a new WIKI page | 17 June 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
Synergies between chemicals and biodiversity conventions

Anjana Varma created a new WIKI page | 17 June 2016

Biodiversity and ecosystem services are at the heart of many solutions to sustainable increases in agricultural productivity that deliver not only better food and nutrition security but also reduce negative externalities of production. Approaches that can address both the negative externalities of...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries
Lunchtime talk at EuropeAid Infopoint: Pathways and obstacles to natural resources management in DR Congo

Katharine Mill updated the event | 16 June 2016

01 Jul

From 1 July 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by B4Life Facility with DEVCO C2

Researcher Theodore Trefon will present his treasure trove of findings about the status and trends of natural resources in the DR Congo, as presented in an important new book: *Congo's Environmental Paradox - Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty* (Zed Books). Trefon is a senior researcher at...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Lunchtime talk at EuropeAid Infopoint: Pathways and obstacles to natural resources management in DR Congo

Katharine Mill created a new event | 15 June 2016

01 Jul

From 1 July 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by B4Life Facility with DEVCO C2

Researcher Theodore Trefon will present his treasure trove of findings about the status and trends of natural resources in the DR Congo, as presented in an important new book: *Congo's Environmental Paradox - Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty* (Zed Books). Trefon is a senior researcher at...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
The European Development Days 2016 (EDDs2016)

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 10 June 2016

15 Jun

From 15 June 2016
Organised by European Commission

UNEP is organizing three lab sessions during this year’s European Development Days [1], and will contribute to one high-level auditorium panel organized by IUCN. All these events will take place on the 15th of June 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. [1] https://eudevdays.eu/

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