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

Shared Lessons from Sepsis & Sustainable Development - Keynote Address by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 11 March 2016

UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner delivered a keynote address at “Sepsis: the Challenges of Science, Politics and Society” – a joint symposium by the Jena University Hospital and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina – on 10 March 2016. In his speech he addressed the issue of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Time to stop illegal wildlife trafficking

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude created a new event | 10 March 2016

17 Mar

From 17 March 2016
in Bruxelles (Belgium)

Organised by EuropeAid, UNODC, CITES, WWF

Please register here [1] [1] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/infopoint-lunchtime-conference-time-to-stop...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
L'ivoire de Boko Haram

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude posted Information | 10 March 2016

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude commented on a wiki page | 10 March 2016

Wildlife crisis

Si vous n'en avez pas encore marre des mauvaises nouvelles, en voilà une de plus : Afrique: 1.338 rhinocéros braconnés en 2015 Le Vif Rédaction en ligne 10/03/16 à 08:31 - Mise à jour à 08:33 Source: Belga Au moins 1.338 rhinocéros ont été braconnés en Afrique en 2015, un chiffre record depuis que...

Group: Biodiversity for Life
Strengthening women's role in conservation - a story from the CEPF

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude posted Information | 9 March 2016

March 8, 2016 Page Content Women play an important, but often overlooked, role in biodiversity conservation. © Benjamin Drummond Both men and women depend on Earth’s ecosystems and their life-sustaining benefits. Often, though, the role of women in conservation is overlooked or understated. Women...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Early warning as a human right: building resilience to climate-related hazards

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 8 March 2016

-early_warning_as_a_human_right_building_resilience_to_climate-related_hazards-2015early-warning-as-a-humanright-building-resilience-for-climate-rela_1.pdf 5.9 MB

[ibimage==49200==large== http://apps.unep.org/publications/index.php?option=com_pub&task=download... Early warning systems (EWS) can improve resilience of households to climate related hazards, by providing information for early action. However, to be effective, early warning systems must...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
‘MEPs for Wildlife’ event on Illegal Wildlife Trafficing (02/03/2016)

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 7 March 2016

On Wednesday 2 March, ahead of World Wildlife Day 2016, the MEP group ‘ MEPs for Wildlife ’ organized an event in the European Parliament to present the EU Action Plan Against Illegal Wildlife Trade. The Action plan, that was launched earlier by Environment Commissioner Vella in Brussels on 26...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Blue Economy - Sharing Success Stories to Inspire Change

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 7 March 2016

-blue_economy_sharing_success_stories_to_inspire_change-2015blue_economy_sharing_success_stories.pdf.pdf 2.34 MB

[ibimage==49132==large== http://apps.unep.org/publications/index.php?option=com_pub&task=download... UNEP study on benefits of blue economy concept of interest to SIDS and other insular countries. Talking about integrated approaches and mainstreaming - A study from UNEP on benefits of Blue...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Chilkat 38---

Zhijian Wang updated the WIKI page | 7 March 2016

Basin name Total Basin Area_km Area_km 38 Chilkat 3794 Country Country COUNTRY Area_km percentage 1877 49 Canada 1917 51 United States of America Basin Nature Basin Basin-Human Rights_km 3 Rights_km 3 Population Rights_km 3 2.140420 0.642126 230 0.000391 COUNTRY Country Country-Human Country...

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Group: IRLN=International River Law Network & IWRF=International Water Rights Forum
Ca/Song-Koi 28

Zhijian Wang updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2016

Basin name Total Basin Area_km Area_km 28 Ca/Song-Koi 30969 Country Country COUNTRY Area_km Percentage 10905 35 Laos, People's Democratic Republic of 20064 65 Vietnam Basin Nature Basin Basin-Human Rights_km 3 Rights_km 3 Population Rights_km 3 80.000000 24.000000 3,985,300 6.775010 COUNTRY Country...

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Group: IRLN=International River Law Network & IWRF=International Water Rights Forum

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