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

High-level Event on the Preparations for the Third United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi on 4-6 December 2017

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 21 September 2017

12 Oct

From 12 October 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UN Environment and GLOBE EU

The UN Environment Assembly, which is the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, will gather hundreds of environment ministers and stakeholders in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the theme "Towards a Pollution-Free Planet". On 12 October, Erik Solheim, Head of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Five Major New IPBES Assessment Reports: A General Primer

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 19 September 2017

The world’s biodiversity is being lost and nature’s contributions to people are being degraded, which undermines human wellbeing. The success of humanity’s efforts to reverse the current unsustainable use of our irreplaceable natural assets and heritage requires the best-available evidence,...

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Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Asia and the Pacific: A Primer

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 19 September 2017

primer_6_asia_pacific_laid_out_eng.pdf 794.04 KB

The Asia-Pacific region hosts some of the world’s most critical bio-geographical, bio-cultural and socio-economic diversity. These diversities face unprecedented threats, ranging from extreme weather events to sea-level rise, leading to severe loss of biodiversity, increasing vulnerability and...

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Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Africa: A Primer

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 19 September 2017

primer_5_africa_laid_out_eng.pdf 790.37 KB

Africa’s people rely heavily on the continent’s rich biodiversity and ecosystem services but face serious challenges in protecting these vital assets in environments ranging from deserts to tropical rainforests. Growing human-induced challenges and opportunities for people across the region are the...

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Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in the Americas: A Primer

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 19 September 2017

primer_4_americas_laid_out_eng.pdf 790.62 KB

Rich biodiversity in the Americas makes a large contribution to the quality of life of its people, helping to reduce poverty while strengthening economies and livelihoods everywhere. Growing human-induced challenges and opportunities for people across the region are the focus of a major new...

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Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Europe and Central Asia: A Primer

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 19 September 2017

primer_3_eca_laid_out_eng.pdf 792.99 KB

Parts of Europe and Central Asia – an enormous region stretching from Iceland to Russia’s far east — are so developed and densely populated that much of their native biodiversity has been lost. Yet some of these States lead the world in policies that promote conservation and restoration,...

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High-level Event on the Preparations for the Third United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi on 4-6 December 2017

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 19 September 2017

12 Oct

From 12 October 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UN Environment and GLOBE EU

The UN Environment Assembly, which is the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, will gather hundreds of environment ministers and stakeholders in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the theme "Towards a Pollution-Free Planet". On 12 October, Erik Solheim, Head of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Marine Litter Vital Graphics

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 14 September 2017

-marine_litter_vital_graphics-2016marinelittervg.pdf.pdf 14.98 MB

Every year, the sum of humanity’s knowledge increases exponentially. And as we learn more, we also learn there is much we still don’t know. Plastic litter in our oceans is one area where we need to learn more, and we need to learn it quickly. That’s one of the main messages in Marine Litter Vital...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Actions on Air Quality: Policies & Programmes for Improving Air Quality around the World

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 14 September 2017

actions_on_air_quality_1.pdf 34.83 MB

This publication provides a snapshot of the progress being made to adopt and implement key actions that can significantly improve air quality.

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Global Assessment of Sand and Dust Storms

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 14 September 2017

global_assessment_of_sand_and_dust_storms_2016.pdf 22.46 MB

This assessment report summarizes and highlights the environmental and socio-economic causes and impacts of Sand and Dust Storms (SDS), as well as availabe technical measures for their mitigation, at the local, regional and global levels. It also shows how the mitigation of SDS can yield multiple...

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