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

Green Development News #3

Katharine Mill updated the Information | 18 May 2017

This is the third edition of the joint newsletter on environmental themes (environmental mainstreaming, biodiversity, green economy, forestry, climate change) produced and promoted by members of our capacity4dev group with the aim to raise awareness and enhance cooperation. Get our newsletter in...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude commented on a wiki page | 13 May 2017

African Wildlife Conservation Strategy

The EU Delegation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) organised a public presentation of the Strategic Approach "Au-delà des éléphants" in Kinshasa on Thursday 11 May 2017. EU Ambassador Bart Ouvry and ICCN ( Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature ) Administrator-Director-...

Group: Biodiversity for Life
UNEP Connect - Brussels Office Newsletter - archive

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the WIKI page | 12 May 2017

UNEP Connect is our Brussels-focused newsletter connecting you to the UN Environment Programme's work worldwide and gives the highlights from UNEP Brussels Office activities. > Click here to join our mailing list UNEP Connect Newsletter Winter 2021 - https://bit.ly/3IgdrVW (August - December...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Protecting what protect us

Proyecto IAPA uploaded a new Document | 6 May 2017

policy-brief-powpa-2011-2015.pdf 26.96 MB

The Amazon is home to the largest expanse of tropical rain forest remaining on Earth, with great biological diversity– 5 out of the 9 countries with territories in the Amazon are considered mega-diverse according to United Nations1 -. Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana,...

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Project: Integration of Amazon Protected Areas - Amazon Vision
Declaration of The Latin American Technical Cooperation Network on National Parks, Other Protected Areas, Wild Flora And Fauna (Redparques) on the contribution of protected areas to sustainable development and human wellbeing- to COP 13 of the CBD

Proyecto IAPA uploaded a new Document | 6 May 2017

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El apoyo a la Declaración de la REDPARQUES y la Decisión de la CDB en la Conferencia de las Partes, COP 13, es una contribución del Proyecto IAPA que posiciona el trabajo con las áreas protegidas en escenarios internacionales de alto nivel, lo muestra como una práctica relevante para el mundo y...

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Project: Integration of Amazon Protected Areas - Amazon Vision
Sustainability Week Belgium

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 4 May 2017

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From 1 May 2017 to 5 May 2017
in (Belgium)

The third edition of "Sustainability Week Belgium” is being held from May the 1st through the 5th. This production is a weeklong event that motivates local communities to take a part in the development of a sustainable planet. The programmed activities function as a catalyst towards the generation...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Sustainability Week Belgium

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 4 May 2017

01 May

From 1 May 2017 to 5 May 2017
in (Belgium)

It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to participate with the third edition of "Sustainability Week Belgium” which runs from May the 1st through the 5th. This production is a weeklong event that motivates local communities to take a part in the development of a sustainable...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Sustainability Week Belgium

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 4 May 2017

01 May

From 1 May 2017 to 5 May 2017
in (Belgium)

It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to participate with the third edition of "Sustainability Week Belgium” which runs from May the 1st through the 5th. This production is a weeklong event that motivates local communities to take a part in the development of a sustainable...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Water Shocks: Wetlands and Human Migration in the Sahel

Lea Appulo updated the Document | 3 May 2017

report_wetlands_v08-digital-sm.pdf 3.4 MB

BRUSSELS, Belgium - 3rd May 2017 - Wetlands International launched a report at the Red Cross EU Office in Brussels, aimed at highlighting to policymakers the relationship between the health of wetland ecosystems and involuntary human migration in the Sahel region of Africa. Entitled ‘Water Shocks:...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Sustainable Development Goal 14 explained in a nutshell

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 27 April 2017

Sustainable Development Goal 14 aims at conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Ocean covers approximately 70% of the earth's surface and are a vital resource for humanity yet they are under threat from overfishing, marine pollution, ocean...

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