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

Report Launch:Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision

Alexa Froger created a new event | 8 July 2021

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Organised by International Resource Panel

The International Resource Panel will launch its new think piece Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision during the Forum on the Multi-stakeholder Platform on Marine Litter and Microplastics to be held on July 13 th at 11am CEST. This...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
A Roadmap to address Land Subsidence for Central Java

Tiisetso Mathole posted Information | 8 July 2021

In response to rapid land subsidence in Central Java, the Building with Nature Indonesia consortium released a Roadmap towards Adapting and Mitigating Land Subsidence in Central Java province, developed through ‘Water Dialogues’ with the Provincial Government and local stakeholders. Land subsidence...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision

Alexa Froger posted Information | 8 July 2021

Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision The annual discharge of plastic into the ocean is estimated to be 11 million tonnes. New modelling by SYSTEMIQ and The Pew Trusts shows that under business as usual conditions, by 2040 municipal...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Mangroves in Senegal’s Saloum Delta bring 1.5 billion euros to the local economy over a ten-year period

Tiisetso Mathole posted Information | 8 July 2021

Mangroves provide goods and services that contribute 1.5 billion Euros to the local economy of the Saloum Delta. The evaluation was made following a study conducted between 2020-2021 in Senegal. The contribution of the mangroves to the local economy of the Saloum Delta is known. It could reach 1.5...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Global Dialogue on the role of food and agriculture in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Francois Stepman posted Information | 6 July 2021

6-7 July 2021. 10 AM -6 PM CEST Global Dialogue on the role of food and agriculture in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Concept Note 5 pp. Agenda 6 pp. The Global Dialogue is a follow-up to the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors co-...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
WEBINAR: A New Paradigm for Research and Innovation: A practical application with Forgotten Foods Based on the Global Manifesto on Forgotten Foods

Francois Stepman posted news | 6 July 2021

6 July 2021 . WEBINAR: A New Paradigm for Research and Innovation: A practical application with Forgotten Foods Based on the Global Manifesto on Forgotten Foods . On the sidelines of FAO's Science Days, GFAR hosted a UNFSS Dialogue to discuss the ongoing national consultations for a Global...

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Programme: DeSIRA
European Commission and UNEP set out cooperation priorities to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean

Alexa Froger posted Information | 6 July 2021

Brussels/Panamá, 29 March 2021 — The European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced common priorities for environmental cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the next five years, aimed at tackling...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
WEBINAR: The effects of agroecology. Why are metrics needed?

Francois Stepman posted Information | 2 July 2021

2 July 2021. From a science perspective agroecology, applies ecological concepts and principles to manage interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment. It aims at securing food security and nutrition for all and at all times. It relies on traditional knowledge enriched by...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
WEBINAR: The role of agro-ecology in achieving the Green Deal’s transformational objectives

Francois Stepman posted Information | 2 July 2021

2 July 2021 . The role of agro-ecology in achieving the Green Deal’s transformational objectives Webinar on why an agro-ecological transformation of agri-food systems makes sense and how agro-ecology contributes significantly to mitigating and adapting to climate change, stemming biodiversity loss...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL on Fast-Forwarding the Green and Circular Economy

Alexa Froger posted Information | 2 July 2021

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL on Fast-Forwarding the Green and Circular Economy Humanity is pushing the Earth beyond its natural limits, causing climate disruption, escalating pollution and threatening biodiversity through our economic activities. Resulting from this human activity, the Covid-19 pandemic has...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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