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

PAGE online event at #HLPF2020: How can a green economic recovery contribute to accelerated action on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Alexa Froger updated the event | 9 July 2020

13 Jul

From 13 July 2020
Organised by PAGE

This event will feature high-level conversation on a renewed commitment towards the Sustainable Development Goals and climate and biodiversity targets, highlighting the ways in which an inclusive green economic recovery can support the Decade of Action. For more information and to register click...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Preventing the next pandemic - Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 9 July 2020

zoonoses_unep.pdf 19.86 MB

In this time of crisis, thousands of papers and guidelines have already been published about COVID-19. Most of these consider the important questions of how to respond to the ongoing public health crisis, or how to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This report by by UNEP and the International...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Forest protection, biodiversity and artifical intelligence: what challenges ahead?

Alexa Froger created a new event | 19 June 2020

24 Jun

From 24 June 2020
Organised by PubAffairs Brussels in partnership with Rainforest Connection, Enabling Digital Sustainability, Tech4All

Discussion on the challenges ahead regarding EU and global forest protection and the use of artificial intelligence to counter biodiversity loss and improve environmental sustainability. Speakers include: Mr Joachim D’Eugenio , Senior Expert, DG ENVI, European Commission, Mr Thierry Lucas , Senior...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Online Event: Mainstreaming biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources across the agricultural sector - linkages with the European Green Deal and the COVID-19 response

Alexa Froger updated the event | 15 June 2020

18 Jun

From 18 June 2020
in (Belgium)

Organised by UN FAO Brussels Office

FAO Brussels Dialogue Mainstreaming biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources across the agricultural sector - linkages with the European Green Deal and the COVID-19 response June 18, 2020 11:00 - 12:30 (CET) Register here The world is facing unprecedented challenges because of the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 12 June 2020

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The importance of seagrasses is highlighted in a new report, Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People , released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) together with GRID-Arendal and UNEP’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre ( UNEP-WCMC ) on World...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Diane KELECOM commented on information | 10 June 2020

‘Sharkwater Extinction’ virtual panel discussion for World Environment Day

what a nice summary - thanks a lot Alexa! I regret to say I missed this one, so it's really nice to have an overview available. Many thanks for this :)

Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
‘Sharkwater Extinction’ virtual panel discussion for World Environment Day

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 10 June 2020

To mark this year’s World Environment Day , Ciné-ONU Brussels, Vienna and Geneva , in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Geneva Environment Network , went virtual to host the online screening of the award-winning film ‘ Sharkwater Extinction ’. On 5 June,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
United Nations World Oceans Day 2020 Virtual Event

Alexa Froger updated the event | 8 June 2020

08 Jun

From 8 June 2020
Organised by United Nations World Oceans Day

The United Nations celebrates World Oceans Day every year on 8 June. Every 8 June , we have an opportunity to raise global awareness of the benefits humankind derives from the ocean and our individual and collective duty to use its resources sustainably. Future generations will also depend on the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World Environment Day 2020 - Interview with FAO and UNEP Directors in Brussels

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 5 June 2020

1. On June 5, we celebrate World Environment Day, while the world is going through an unprecedented crisis. Biodiversity and the environment are threatened. Could you give us in two sentences what your respective organizations are doing about it? Rodrigo de Lapuerta , Director of the Food and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World Environment Day 2020 - Interview with FAO and UNEP Directors in Brussels

Alexa Froger posted Information | 5 June 2020

1. On June 5, we celebrate World Environment Day, while the world is going through an unprecedented crisis. Biodiversity and the environment are threatened. Could you give us in two sentences what your respective organizations are doing about it? Rodrigo de Lapuerta , Director of the Food and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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