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

Latin America and Caribbean Nations Pledge Coordinated Action on Climate Change, Air Quality and Chemicals Safety

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 1 April 2016

Cartagena de Indias, 31 March 2016 – Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Environment committed on Thursday to accelerate collective action on a set of priorities ranging from climate change and air quality to safe management of chemicals, ahead of the second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2),...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Greening Peru's Economy

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 1 April 2016

Integrating green growth into development policies can help countries promote the efficient and environmentally sound use of resources while boosting green jobs. Peru has achieved significant economic growth in the ten years leading to 2014. However, this economic performance is considered...

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Latin American Environment Ministers Meet to Fast-Track Action on Climate Change, Deforestation, Air Pollution

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 31 March 2016

Gearing up for the 2nd UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2), ministers to define regional approaches to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Cartagena de Indias, 30 March 2016 - Ministers of Environment and representatives of 33 countries of...

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A Mountain of Opportunity - Achim Steiner at FFA2016

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 24 March 2016

Brussels, 22 March - UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner gave a keynote speech at the 9th Forum for the Future of Agriculture where he made the linkage between a farming economy and a broader set of challenges. His full speech can be read below. Furthermore, at the FFA2016 the Executive Director...

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Improving efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing in Kenya: A viable REDD+ policy and measure?

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 23 March 2016

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[ibimage==50379==large== http://apps.unep.org/publications/index.php?option=com_pub&task=download... Improving Efficiency in Forestry Operations and Forest Product Processing in Kenya: A Viable REDD+ Policy and Measure? seeks to assess whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and...

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Energy Transformation Is Jamaica's Key to Inclusive Green Economy, UNEP Says

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 23 March 2016

Kingston, 22 March 2016 - 90 per cent of Jamaica's energy currently comes from imported petroleum, leaving the country vulnerable to external shocks. Improving energy efficiency and increasing the supply of renewable energy are vital to greening Jamaica's economy and making it more resilient,...

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Half the World to Face Severe Water Stress by 2030 unless Water Use is "Decoupled" from Economic Growth, Says International Resource Panel

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 23 March 2016

Paris/Nairobi, 21 March 2016 - Without altering current levels of water consumption and pollution, almost half of the world's population will suffer severe water stress by 2030, damaging the well-being of millions of people, according to a new report from the International Resource Panel (IRP). The...

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Oxford Adaptation Academy

Lesley Downing created a new event | 17 March 2016

14 Aug

From 14 August 2016 to 26 August 2016
in Oxford (United Kingdom)

Organised by Jointly run by Global Climate Adaptation Partnership and Smith School of Enterprise & the Environment, Oxford University

‘The course is structured to prepare future leaders capable to deal with a complex and wicked problem like climate change and adapting to climate change. It marries an understanding of the complexity of climate science and climate data with the skills that are needed to be a change agent and leader...

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Follow your instinct: eat organic!

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 17 March 2016

A new series of videos, produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of the EaP-GREEN project, shows how organic food is the natural choice for animals and our environment. Why don't we follow in their footsteps? Organic produce is free of synthetic or chemical fertilisers,...

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Katharine Mill commented on a wiki page | 17 March 2016

Biodiversity for Life (B4Life)

About the B4Life Facility The Biodiversity for Life flagship initiative, set up under the European Commission’s Global Public Goods and Challenges thematic programme 2014-2020, aims to ensure that ecosystems and biodiversity conservation are properly integrated into strategies for poverty...

Group: Biodiversity for Life

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