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

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Capacity4dev Team created a new WIKI page | 4 November 2016

The Environment and Climate Change Facilities support DEVCO units C2 and C6 in their missions to promote and implement the environmental dimension of the new sustainable development agenda, across the 17 SDGs. The Facilities are composed of technical experts that provide thematic guidance,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Protecting What Protects Us: A Network of Conservation Areas in the Amazon

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 28 October 2016

Nairobi, 21 October 2016: It is the largest tropical forest in the world, a land of myths and magic. The Amazon provides ecological services not only to the 33 million people who live there, but to the rest of the planet. This vast region suffers the effects of pollution and climate change. Despite...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
A victory for Lewis Pugh's 'Speedo diplomacy' as Russia and the world agree monumental marine protection deal

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 28 October 2016

28 October 2016 - After five years of protracted negotiations, and tireless 'Speedo diplomacy' from endurance swimmer and UN Environment's Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh, Antarctica's Ross Sea has finally been declared a Marine Protected Area. The Ross Sea is widely considered to be the last great...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility unlocks private sector finance for climate, biodiversity and jobs

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 26 October 2016

Jakarta, 26 October 2016 - The Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility, launched in Jakarta today, will bring long-term finance to projects and companies that stimulate green growth and improve rural livelihoods. Consisting of a loan fund and a grant fund, the facility will help Indonesia promote...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Part Two: How is the EU Supporting Sustainable Consumption and Production?

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 20 October 2016

DEVCO is supporting work at the intersection of environment, economy and business in its partner countries to avoid the polluting pathway of many industrialised countries and develop green businesses from the outset. It means working at many levels – training entrepreneurs, sharing best practices,...

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Part One: Rethinking Business Models for Sustainability

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 20 October 2016

One of the great challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals will be finding ways of lifting populations out of poverty, which is often associated with increased consumption and production, while at the same time dealing with emissions and meeting environmental targets. The question is how to...

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EU support for sustainable use and conservation of nature in developing countries - CITES version

Katharine Mill uploaded a new Document | 19 October 2016

eu_conservation_booklet_cites_version_190916.pdf 7.87 MB

A slightly amended version of the brochure for the CITES Convention- with a change of case study on page 7.

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) - Synthesis note

Katharine Mill updated the Document | 6 October 2016

teeb_synthesis_note_06-2016.pdf 1.03 MB

A document (37 pages) presenting the TEEB initiative for the benefit of EU Delegations and other partners and stakeholders in EU development cooperation, prepared by the Biodiversity for Life Technical Assistance Facility.

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) - Briefing note

Katharine Mill updated the Document | 6 October 2016

teeb_briefing_note_06-2016.pdf 515.79 KB

A short (5 page) Briefing Note explaining the TEEB initiative for the benefit of EU Delegations and other partners and stakeholders in EU development cooperation, prepared by the Biodiversity for Life Technical Assistance Facility.

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Side event at SPREP annual meeting, on ecosystem services and biodiversity in agriculture in the Pacific Islands

David Colozza updated the event | 30 September 2016

20 Sep

From 20 September 2016
in (Niue)

Organised by FAO-SPREP-SPC

On the occasion of the 27th SPREP Meeting, SPREP and FAO in collaboration with SPC and the CBD Secretariat, with funding support by the European Union, are organizing a panel discussion to inform the preparation of the Technical Guidance Document above-mentioned on Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries

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