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: Staple crop diversification.

Francois Stepman posted Information | 6 August 2021

26 July 2021 . Staple Crop Diversification Paper WBCSD (2021) Staple crop diversification. Why and how to diversify from the big five crops (wheat, rice, maize, potato & soy). World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 43 p. The Staple crop diversification paper outlines the...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
New report shows slowdown in mangrove losses–providing a ‘last best chance’ for global action to protect coastal forests

Tiisetso Mathole posted Information | 27 July 2021

100 contributors lend expertise to first-ever The State of the World’s Mangroves publication On July 26 2021, the Global Mangrove Alliance released their inaugural report, The State of the World’s Mangroves , a compilation of the most current information available on what we know about mangrove...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Tourism guidance for protected area authorities and managers amid COVID-19

Katharine Mill posted Information | 26 July 2021

A new guidance document has been published on reopening parks and protected areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The document is available on the EU Publications Office site in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Khmer and Thai. A Chinese translation is also available.

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Newsletters and links to news sources issued by UNEP

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 22 July 2021

UNEP and its various offices, the Secretariats it hosts, and programmes and initiatives it is involved in have newsletters which are periodically sent out. Below is a non-exhaustive overview redirecting readers to some of these newsletters or relevant press centres for related news. More...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Greening EU Cooperation Facility publications catalogue

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 16 July 2021

mainstreaming_env_and_cc_publications.pdf 3.52 MB

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Malawi Country Environmental Profile Report

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 13 July 2021

malawi_country_environment_profile_report_final.pdf 2.73 MB

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Development News #17

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 12 July 2021

We are happy to announce the release of our Green Development News #17. Read in this issue how the EU is making progress in implementing the principles of the European Green Deal and of Climate Diplomacy in its development cooperation actions. Many developing countries, such as Kenya, are...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Global Dialogue on the role of food and agriculture in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Francois Stepman updated the Information | 10 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
Technical Guidelines ‘Building with Nature approach’

Tiisetso Mathole posted Information | 8 July 2021

Building with Nature integrates Nature-based Solutions into water and marine engineering practice. To make nature the fundament of the solution, a paradigm shift is needed in in all aspects of project development. One of the main barriers to mainstream adoption is unfamiliarity with the Building...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
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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From 13 July 2021
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

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