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Key UN biodiversity summit to open in China (Euractiv)

A key UN summit tasked with protecting biodiversity officially opens in China and online Monday (11 October), as countries meet to tackle pollution and...

Uncategorized October 11, 2021

Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge (Xiaoting Hou Jones, IIED)

One year on from the launch of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature – when political leaders committed to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 –...

Uncategorized September 30, 2021

Biodiversity/Indigenous People/Local Communities – Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets (IIED)

Krystyna Swiderska Most of the earth’s biodiversity is located on the territories of the world’s half-billion Indigenous Peoples, who manage about a quarter of the...

Uncategorized August 20, 2021

Ecosystems/Biodiversity – Six things you can do to bring back mangroves (UNEP)

UNEP writes: Don’t be fooled by their modest appearance: mangroves are important players in some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. They...

Uncategorized July 28, 2021

China/Biodiversity – Biodiversity in China: Conserving nature, securing the future (Chatham House)

The COVID-19 crisis has reiterated the importance of biodiversity conservation by highlighting the linkages between biodiversity and human health. Human activity has degraded ecosystems and...

Uncategorized July 6, 2021

Cities and Urbanization/Sustainable Development/Biodiversity – How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more sustainable (Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard, The Conversation, WEF)

Cities are now driving significant environmental problems, such as elevated pollution levels, climate change and habitat loss. This can be improved by increasing...

Uncategorized July 2, 2021

Biodiversity/Future Pandemics – G20 can prevent future pandemics by stopping destruction of nature (Luciana Borio, Neil Vora, WEF)

The rise in the number of pandemics coincides with tropical deforestation. This habitat destruction causes 'spillover' – when viruses jump from wildlife to...

Uncategorized July 2, 2021

Climate Change/Biodiversity – Yellowstone is losing its snow – here are the implications for local ecosystems (Bryan Shuman, The Conversation, WEF)

A new assessment of climate change has been carried out on Yellowstone National Park and the nearby Grand Teton. The study found that...

Uncategorized June 26, 2021

Climate Change/Biodiversity – 5 places where ecosystems are being restored around the world (Will Anderson, World Resources Institute, WEF)

Ecosystems are being damaged by the human impact on our planet. Global warming and plastic pollution have damaged habitats, putting those living within...

Uncategorized June 18, 2021

Biodiversity – This proven strategy can reverse biodiversity loss and boost economies. Implementing natural resource management principles can reverse biodiversity’s rapid decline (WEF)

Izabella Teixeira, Janez Potocnik https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/natural-resource-management-reverse-biodiversity-loss/

Uncategorized May 29, 2021

(Climate Change/Biodiversity) 5 facts you might not know about why forest biodiversity matters (WEF)

Sean Fleming March 3 is World Wildlife Day and this year’s theme is Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/forest-biodiversity-facts-world-wildlife-day/

Uncategorized March 4, 2021

(Global Food System/Biodiversity) Plant-based diets will be essential to the planet’s future, report says (WEF)

Johnny Wood Switching en masse to a plant-based diet is essential to protect wildlife habitats and prevent the loss of numerous species currently facing extinction,...

Uncategorized February 18, 2021

(Food System/Biodiversity) Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss (Chatham House)

Tim Benton Carling Bieg Helen Harwatt Roshan Pudasaini Laura Wellesley https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/02/food-system-impacts-biodiversity-loss

Uncategorized February 7, 2021

BIODIVERSITY – Biodiversity mainstreaming in Global Environment Facility projects: A review of current practice (Jessica Smith, Steve Bass, Dilys Roe, IIED)

In recent years, theories of change (ToCs) have increasingly been recognised as valuable tools for project design, adaptive management and evaluation of impacts. This report...

Uncategorized December 8, 2020

FINANCE/BIODIVERSITY – The Financial Sector’s Gain Must Not Be Biodiversity’s Loss (Robin Smale, WEF)

When it comes to biodiversity and natural capital more broadly, most investors still behave as if these assets were unlimited and the services they...

Uncategorized December 5, 2020

CHINA – Nature can be China’s strongest ally in the fight against climate change (Wei Dong Zhou, WEF)

China's pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2060 is the biggest stated climate goal to-date. Nature-based solutions could provide a third of China's efforts...

Uncategorized December 3, 2020

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