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

Blue Economy - Sharing Success Stories to Inspire Change

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

blue_economy.pdf 2.34 MB

The report, entitled Blue Economy - Sharing Success Stories to Inspire Change showcases various efforts that seek to reverse the overexploitation and degradation of the world’s oceans without harming people who rely on these vast ecosystems for a living. In Madagascar, the short-term closures of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Nouvelle publication: Au-delà des éléphants: Éléments d’une approche stratégique de l’UE pour la conservation de la nature en Afrique – Analyse régionale

Katharine Mill updated the Information | 9 June 2016

Suite à la publication du document de Synthèse en novembre 2015, le document complet d'Analyse Régionale est dès lors disponible. Le document entier (PDF, 500pp, 50MB) peut être téléchargé à la page: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/au-dela-des-elephants-elements-dune-approche-strategique-de-lue-pour...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Now published: Larger than Elephants - Regional Analysis

Katharine Mill updated the Information | 9 June 2016

Following the Synthesis report published in November 2015, the full Larger than Elephants - Regional Analysis is now available. The complete PDF (50MB) can be accessed here: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/larger-elephants-inputs-eu-strategic-approach-wildlife-conservation-africa-regional-...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Katharine Mill commented on information | 9 June 2016

Environmental crime now worth up to $258 billion, finds new UNEP/INTERPOL report

Also reported in Le Monde on 09/06/16 La criminalité environnementale en pleine expansion dans le monde http://www.lemonde.fr/biodiversite/article/2016/06/09/la-criminalite-environnementale-en-pleine-expansion-dans-le-monde_4944487_1652692.html

Group: Biodiversity for Life
Happy World Oceans Day! Preserving marine biodiversity in developing countries: the role of Marine Protected Areas

Katharine Mill posted Information | 8 June 2016

Article contributed by Rocio Suarez-Jimenez The sea covers more than 70% of the earth's surface and the diverse life within it contributes greatly to human wellbeing by providing ecosystems services (e.g. 70% of the oxygen we breathe, climate regulation) and living resources (e.g. fish) upon which...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Environmental crime now worth up to $258 billion, finds new UNEP/INTERPOL report

Katharine Mill posted Information | 7 June 2016

New report 'The Rise of Enviromental Crime', published on 4 June by UNEP and Interpol, shows that eco crime is increasing at a rate of 5-7% a year and now outstrips the illegal trade in small arms, as international criminal gangs and militant groups profit from the plunder of Earth's resources. The...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Global World Environment Day Kicked off Yesterday

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

Luanda, 5 June 2016 - Angola on Sunday kicked off global celebrations of World Environment Day with a pledge to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, which is part of wider global environmental crime, costing up to $258 billion per year. World Environment Day (WED), the world's biggest day for...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Nigeria Launches $1 Billion Ogoniland Clean-up and Restoration Programme

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

Government, communities and oil industry commit to implementing UNEP report recommendations Port Harcourt, 2 June 2016 – Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, today set in motion a $1 billion clean-up and restoration programme of the Ogoniland region in the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
International Day for Disaster Reduction

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 30 May 2016

13 Oct

From 13 October 2016
Organised by United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly designated, in 2009, the 13th of October as the date to commemorate The International Day for Disaster Reduction. The objective of the observance is to raise awareness of how people are taking action to reduce their risk to disasters. For more information visit:...

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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 uploaded a new Document | 29 May 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

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