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A healthy environment and equitable access to ecosystem goods and services are crucial for sustainable development, but they are increasingly threatened. To improve lives around the globe for the long term, we must change our relationship with the environment: growth and sustainability can go hand in hand if this imperative is met at all levels. An inclusive green economy offers a possible pathway.

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Safeguard and restore wetlands to support people and nature - through the pandemic and beyond

Nicoline Wiederstrøm posted Information | 16 December 2020

The one thing we all want for 2021 is to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthy wetlands are vital to supporting communities through the pandemic by building resilience. But to continue our work, we need your support. In this special appeal, we share how Wetlands International is adapting to...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020 from World Development Indicators

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 16 December 2020

Now that 2020 is closing, what has been our progress towards achieving the SDGs? In the new Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020 you can discover and visualise how far we have come along the road to achieve the 17 SDGs. The Atlas presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Inclusive independent forest monitoring bolsters good forest governance

FAO-EU FLEGT Programme posted Information | 14 December 2020

New web story available about Independent Forest Monitoring in Indonesia. "The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme has supported Indonesian CSOs to strengthen Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM), by training and mentoring the next generation of independent forest monitors, with a view to include and empower...

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Group: Sustainable Forests for the Future
Fair Trade Movement calls for COP26 prep meeting: No climate justice without trade justice

Kelly Hawrylyshyn posted Information | 11 December 2020

The Fair Trade Movement calls on the Parties of the UNFCCC to act on their commitments under the Paris Agreement and to prioritise fair trading practices in the global supply chains as indispensable for climate justice. https://wfto.com/article/no-climate-justice-without-trade-justice-1

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Group: Fair Trade
Join the initiative Impulsa Pantalan! Unir esforços para impulsar ações

Lea Appulo posted Information | 10 December 2020

A iniciativa Impulsa Pantanal se deu frente ao cenário catastrófico que assola o Pantanal em 2020. A paisagem mudou com 4,35 milhões de hectares do bioma atingido pelos incêndios, área maior que o território da Holanda, no qual a sociobiodiversidade foi bastante impactada. Hoje nos deparamos com o...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Wetland ecosystems – the primary sites for Building with Nature

Nicoline Wiederstrøm posted Information | 10 December 2020

Wetlands form natural buffers against impacts of sea-level rise, floods and storms, and they are vital for water and food security and local livelihoods. However, wetlands are also the primary sites of water infrastructure projects globally. Concrete dams, barriers, and seawalls, often have major...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Global Mangrove Watch

Nicoline Wiederstrøm posted Information | 10 December 2020

Global Mangrove Watch, a new, powerful remote sensing tool, has the potential to change the face of mangrove conservation and restoration. Global Mangrove Watch, developed by Aberystwyth University,  soloEO,  The Nature Conservancy and Wetlands International, will give universal access to the near...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Locking Carbon in Wetlands: Enhancing Climate Action by Including Wetlands in NDCs

Nicoline Wiederstrøm uploaded a new Document | 10 December 2020

locking-carbon-in-wetlands_report-1-1.pdf 3.16 MB

With the focus on enhancing climate ambition in the run-up to Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submissions, a new report by the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation and Wetlands International demonstrates the value of wetlands as a way to achieve climate mitigation targets, while unlocking...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Technical Guidelines 'Permeable Structures'

Nicoline Wiederstrøm uploaded a new Document | 10 December 2020

technical-guidelines-permeable-structures_building-with-nature-indonesia.pdf 26.31 MB

This technical guideline discusses the application of permeable structures as a close-to-nature and sustainable solution to increase sedimentation along eroded coastlines to allow re-colonisation of mangroves and thus a stabilization of the intertidal area. Mangrove recolonization using permeable...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Webinar & Scenario Analysis: Global Initiative to Speed up Sustainability of the Fashion, Apparel and Textile Sector

Rakesh Vazirani created a new event | 4 December 2020

10 Dec

From 10 December 2020
in (Germany)

Organised by TUV Rheinland, GOTS, Drip by Drip

Complementing the efforts of ILO with regards to labour and social welfare protection; this open letter spearheaded by WWF and an initial group of thoughtful businesses aims to take sustainability commitments to the next level. During this webinar, the team will elaborate on:- 1) Outcome of...

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Group: Platform on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector

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