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

CBD/COP/DEC/XIII/2: Progress towards the achievement of Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12

Proyecto IAPA uploaded a new Document | 14 June 2017

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Decision adopted by the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Cancun, Mexico 2016)

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Project: Integration of Amazon Protected Areas - Amazon Vision
Técnicos de las áreas protegidas del Bioma Amazónico socializaron Protocolo de Efectividad de Manejo

Proyecto IAPA posted news | 6 June 2017

Bogotá, mayo 31 de 2017 En el Taller de Efectividad de Manejo realizado en Leticia, Colombia, el 23 y 24 de mayo, participó el Grupo Temático de este mismo componente, conformado por técnicos de las áreas protegidas del Bioma Amazónico. Socializar el Protocolo de Efectividad de Manejo a nivel de...

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Project: Integration of Amazon Protected Areas - Amazon Vision
Solving the Air Pollution Crisis – for Human and Planetary Health

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 1 June 2017

05 Jun

From 5 June 2017
Organised by Climate Action

World Environment Day Live Webinar 5th June 2017 - 3pm BST / 4pm CET / 10am EST Don't miss Climate Action's upcoming webinar taking place early next month on World Environment Day - 5th June 2017 - which will be gathering influential experts who are tackling the problem of air pollution and its...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
How can conservation provide the basis for security and development?

Katharine Mill created a new event | 25 May 2017

07 Jun

From 7 June 2017
in (Belgium)

Organised by African Parks Network

African Parks is hosting a Lab debate on 7 June at European Development Days in Brussels to consider how biodiversity conservation can contribute to delivering peace and security as a basis for development in fragile regions (especially Central Africa). The expert panel will consider two main...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Happy Biodiversity Day! Read Commissioner Mimica's blog post

Katharine Mill posted Information | 22 May 2017

Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Development and Cooperation, published a blog post today to mark International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May. See https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/mimica/blog/safe-and-prosperous-communities-depend-healthy-...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Taller de Efectividad de Manejo

Proyecto IAPA created a new learning event | 19 May 2017

23 May

From 23 May 2017 to 25 May 2017
in Leticia (Colombia)

Organised by Proyecto IAPA - Visión Amazónica

América Latina ha hecho grandes esfuerzos relacionados con la medición de la efectividad de manejo de sus áreas protegidas. En esta ocasión el Taller de Efectividad de Manejo que se desarrollará en el marco del Proyecto Integración de las Áreas Protegidas del Bioma Amazónico, IAPA, será un espacio...

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Project: Integration of Amazon Protected Areas - Amazon Vision
New convention calls time on mercury poisoning

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

50 th ratification triggers entry into force of Minamata Convention in 90 days Mercury listed by the UN as one of the top 10 chemicals endangering human health and the environment Artisanal and small-scale gold mining alone exposes up to 15 million miners in 70 countries to mercury fumes, including...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New convention calls time on mercury poisoning

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

50 th ratification triggers entry into force of Minamata Convention in 90 days Mercury listed by the UN as one of the top 10 chemicals endangering human health and the environment Artisanal and small-scale gold mining alone exposes up to 15 million miners in 70 countries to mercury fumes, including...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New convention calls time on mercury poisoning

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

50 th ratification triggers entry into force of Minamata Convention in 90 days Mercury listed by the UN as one of the top 10 chemicals endangering human health and the environment Artisanal and small-scale gold mining alone exposes up to 15 million miners in 70 countries to mercury fumes, including...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New convention calls time on mercury poisoning

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

50 th ratification triggers entry into force of Minamata Convention in 90 days Mercury listed by the UN as one of the top 10 chemicals endangering human health and the environment Artisanal and small-scale gold mining alone exposes up to 15 million miners in 70 countries to mercury fumes, including...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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