• The framework provides a strategic vision and a global roadmap for the conservation, protection, restoration and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems for the next decade. (undp.org)
  • Dr. Ma Chaode, Acting Head of Planet delivered Welcome Remarks and Ms. Midori Paxton, Head of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Bureau for Policy and Programme Support from UNDP HQ delivered Opening Remarks via video. (undp.org)
  • We expect global change to have a tremendous impact on marine biodiversity and ecosystems. (researchgate.net)
  • We all need to work together to protect our ecosystems - not only to restore biodiversity, but to mitigate climate change and protect the planet. (tetrapak.com)
  • The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES ) found that a quarter of all species is at immediate risk of extinction and that almost half of all ecosystems have been deteriorating due to human activities. (nefco.int)
  • TRAFFIC also supported capacity building to achieve the integration of these issues into national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) across terrestrial and marine ecosystems. (traffic.org)
  • As a National Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF), SAIAB serves a major scientific resource for knowledge and understanding the biodiversity and functioning of globally significant aquatic ecosystems. (saiab.ac.za)
  • With a focus on mountain, forest and coastal ecosystems, the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation (BBF) works to conserve biodiversity in Bulgaria and neighbouring countries. (sigrid-rausing-trust.org)
  • Urbanization, land use, global trade and industrialization have led to profound and negative impacts on nature, biodiversity and ecosystems across the world. (who.int)
  • European Commission - Press release Brussels, 14 November 2018 Amid recent alarming reports of the dramatic loss of wildlife and ecosystems worldwide, the European Union is calling for stronger global response to biodiversity concerns at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018. (europa.eu)
  • This project aims to develop a conceptual framework for how nature-based solutions - actions that protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems - generate synergies and mitigate trade-offs between biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, public health and human wellbeing. (lu.se)
  • It will see the adoption of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. (undp.org)
  • The initiation of BIOFIN in China comes at an opportune time, as China prepares to host CBD COP15 and play a substantive role in the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. (undp.org)
  • Our field-based research aims to inform local conservation practice that is both effective and equitable, and respects human-rights, in line with the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. (iccs.org.uk)
  • To fast-track readiness and early actions to implement the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework by providing financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in their work to review and align their national targets, NBSAPs, policy frameworks, monitoring frameworks and finance with the Global Biodiversity Framework. (thegef.org)
  • UNDP supports communities including indigenous people at every level, with new funding totaling $189 million to support more than 140 countries around the world to meet and implement their ambitious nature and biodiversity targets under the new Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at COP15, leveraging a nature portfolio of $3.2 billion across the continents. (undp.org)
  • Developed in collaboration with 35 signatory banks worldwide and world-leading nature finance experts, including the SBTN, TNFD, UNEP-WCMC, the CBD Secretariat, and Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, this guidance offers a comprehensive framework and practical insights for banks to start addressing the urgent challenge of nature and biodiversity loss. (unepfi.org)
  • While nature and biodiversity provide critical ecosystem services to humanity, their integrity is at risk. (nefco.int)
  • As of 2019, the Indian government estimated that approximately 29 percent of India's total geographical area had been degraded-and scientists estimate that there will be a 33 percent drop in biodiversity in the Western Ghats by 2050 due to extreme weather caused by climate change. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • European Commission - Press release Brussels, 14 November 2018 The 2019 programmes for the promotion of EU agri-food products will focus primarily on markets outside the EU with the highest potential for growth. (europa.eu)
  • The European Commission adopted the 2019 promotion policy work programme on 14 November, with €191.6 million to. (europa.eu)
  • Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services [IPBES], 2019). (medscape.com)
  • A PhD in Biodiversity provides you with the opportunity to study an ecosystem in detail during a three-year project. (findaphd.com)
  • Proposing your own project in Biodiversity is uncommon, as you'll have to find a supervisor with research interests that overlap with your project, they need to have the connections to send you to your ecosystem of study, and you must find funding to cover both PhD and bench fees. (findaphd.com)
  • The TRAINBIODIVERSE ITN will provide professional skills and training for young scientists covering multi-disciplinary aspects of soil biodiversity, ecosystem services, their economic significance and practical implications and implementation. (europa.eu)
  • Practical and theoretical training related to monitoring, evaluating and improving the quality of biodiversity in European soils, in combination with training professionals to ensure enhanced intersectorial skills and communications will help to secure the future of European ecosystem services and agricultural production. (europa.eu)
  • TRAINBIODIVERSE will fill the gap between specialists in different institutions and administrative bodies providing information and policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe. (europa.eu)
  • LIFE is keen to fund both European and Iberian lynx conservation projects, not only because - along with the European wildcat - they are the only native wild cat species remaining on the continent, but because they are vital for preventing overgrazing, supporting biodiversity and contributing to a balanced ecosystem. (europa.eu)
  • Working with the National Centre for Scientific Research, Hanoi, the team studied insect communities of the montane evergreen monsoon rainforest in the Tam Dao Mts (800-1000m) to provide data on the biodiversity of this unique remnant of climax ecosystem. (conservationleadershipprogramme.org)
  • We found that of 271 publications on development corridors across all continents (except for Antarctica) mentioning biodiversity or ecosystem services, only 100 (37%) assessed impacts on biodiversity and 7 (3%) on ecosystem services. (frontiersin.org)
  • The expected results will decrease incidences of deforestation and reduce the effects of fragmentation, thereby maintaining biodiversity and many ecosystem services. (conservationleadershipprogramme.org)
  • LUCSUS research on forest management, ecosystem services, Indigenous' knowledge, genetic resources, nature conservation and human-nature relationships aims to contribute towards sustainable conservation and tackle biodiversity loss. (lu.se)
  • Themes addressed by CRAs have included Freshwater Security, Coastal Vulnerability, Food Security and Land Use Change, Climate Predictability and Inter-Regional Linkages, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Arctic Observing and Science for Sustainability, and Mountains as Sentinels of Change. (nih.gov)
  • The UN Development Programme (UNDP) welcomes the historic agreement reached at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity today to agree a new plan to preserve and protect nature with the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). (undp.org)
  • One key element of the global biodiversity framework is resource mobilisation, and the efforts of BIOFIN in China presents a convergence of effort towards this central theme. (undp.org)
  • This includes integrating nature within their core business activities and strategies and setting targets to contribute to the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). (unepfi.org)
  • To change this, impact assessment research needs to acknowledge the complexity of such multi-project and multi-stakeholder initiatives, quantify biodiversity losses due to the full suite of their potential direct, indirect and cumulative impacts, and follow all the steps of the mitigation hierarchy impact framework. (frontiersin.org)
  • It is now expected that companies, including financial institutions, will play a major role in closing the funding gap for a Global Biodiversity Framework, which is currently under negotiation at COP15 in Montréal. (nefco.int)
  • The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 - A ten-year framework for action by all countries and stakeholders to save biodiversity and enhance its benefits for people. (unep.org)
  • The report by the subcommittee of National Platform for Biodiversity Research, to develop a framework for a biodiversity research programme for Ireland. (epa.ie)
  • UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) China Programme was officially launched on June 17th, 2021 in Beijing. (undp.org)
  • This new Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021, is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, and her team in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. (iccs.org.uk)
  • A stronger focus on the promotion of circular economy, the protection of biodiversity and the fight against pollution lie at the heart of a new agreement signed on 26 February 2021 for enhanced cooperation between the European Commission (EC) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). (europa.eu)
  • The reef areas in our seawaters were surveyed in 2021 and 2022 by marine biologists as part of our actions of our DLR County Biodiversity Action Plan 2021 - 2025 . (dlrcoco.ie)
  • BIOFIN develops evidence-based Biodiversity Finance Plans and supports countries to implement finance solutions to reach their national biodiversity targets. (undp.org)
  • It promotes national platforms and regional and global dialogues, enabling countries to accelerate the reduction of their finance needs to the point where reaching these biodiversity targets are no longer hampered by the systemic lack of investment. (undp.org)
  • Considers the establishment of a small number of global goals, each with one or two targets, in order to assess progress towards the 2010 global biodiversity target adopted by decision VI/26. (cbd.int)
  • Site-based projects that deliver specific targets in relation to a Biodiversity Action Plan and will deliver a direct improvement to biodiversity. (lbp.org.uk)
  • biodiversity and health and illegal wildlife trade undermining the efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. (traffic.org)
  • TRAFFIC stands by, ready to support CBD Parties in implementing their NBSAPs to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets," said Melisch. (traffic.org)
  • The CBD's Strategic Plan, which includes 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be achieved by 2020, was agreed by the world's governments in Nagoya in 2010. (traffic.org)
  • TRAFFIC welcomes this development that will help meet the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and would contribute significantly to broader global priorities addressed by the post-2015 development agenda, namely: reducing hunger and poverty, improving human health, and ensuring a sustainable supply of energy, food and clean water. (traffic.org)
  • The Plant Conservation Report 2014 mirrors GBO-4 in relation to the state of and pressures on plant biodiversity, and the progress made by Parties towards achieving the targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). (traffic.org)
  • With the world having failied to meet past UN biodiversity targets, the panel discuss what can be done to go beyond incremental and piecemeal actions to deliver a holistic, net-positive impact, restoring natural habitats and systems in ways that reap broader socio-economic benefits. (edie.net)
  • However, our research aims to contribute to the even smaller body of literature from the Pacific Northwest that focuses specifically on how to integrate human perceptions of, and responses to, environmental change, especially the effects of climate change on biodiversity, and tie this into climate change responses and adaptations (Turner and Spalding 2013 ). (springer.com)
  • The latest CoP12 urged Parties to take comprehensive and urgent measures necessary to ensure the full implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 including the corresponding NBSAPs. (traffic.org)
  • By Yonela Sithole In September 2022, the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB), a national facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF), published the highly anticipated five-volume book titled Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean (CFWIO). (saiab.ac.za)
  • Brussels, 8 September 2022 - In the context of continued declines in small game populations and with new national farming plans coming into effect from 1 January 2023, FACE organised the webinar "Making CAP Strategic Plans work for biodiversity and small game" with a range of experts on 7 September 2022. (face.eu)
  • You will find information about application, prerequisites and the syllabus for the course Mosses, Lichen, Fungi - Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University's central web pages when the application for autumn 2022 opens. (lu.se)
  • This coastal region constitutes an extremely dynamic and resilient social-ecological system where Indigenous Peoples have been adjusting to changing climate and biodiversity for millennia. (springer.com)
  • 3 Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia. (nih.gov)
  • TRAFFIC welcomed the call for integration of biodiversity into the forthcoming new sustainable development goals and the many important technical decisions taken to support the sustainable use of biodiversity, but there needs to be adequate financial and technical support from world governments to prevent the ongoing unregulated and unsustainable exploitation of wild fauna and flora," said Roland Melisch, who led TRAFFIC's delegation to CBD CoP12. (traffic.org)
  • Susanne Arvidsson (Accounting and Corporate Finance, School of Economics and Management): Integration of Biodiversity considerations into Financial Decision-Making. (lu.se)
  • Financial institutions will play an important role in directing capital flows towards biodiversity- and nature-positive investments. (nefco.int)
  • In an effort to foster better employee relations, a pivotal meeting with the National Coordinating and Bargaining Forum (NCBF) was held at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) from 31 July to 1 August 2023, with representatives coming. (saiab.ac.za)
  • The NRF-SAIAB (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity), in collaboration with Rhodes University's Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (DIFS), hosted a pop-up science exhibition for Makhanda residents outside the institution in Somerset Street on Friday, 04 August 2023. (saiab.ac.za)
  • Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) was established in 1997 following the enactment of the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre Ordinance by the Sarawak state government for conservation, utilization, protection and sustainable development of biodiversity in the state. (wikipedia.org)
  • The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) contributes to South Africa's sustainable development by facilitating access to biodiversity data, generating information and knowledge, building capacity, providing policy advice, showcasing and conserving biodiversity in its national botanical and zoological gardens. (sanbi.org)
  • Balancing infrastructure development and biodiversity conservation goals is therefore central to achieve sustainable development, but also involves socio-economic and political choices on how land is used, with likely trade-offs with other objectives. (frontiersin.org)
  • In the Gangwon Declaration,(3) the high-level Ministerial Statement from CBD CoP12, the world's governments unanimously called for the new development agenda to integrate biodiversity into the forthcoming new sustainable development goals. (traffic.org)
  • Furthermore, the incorporation of biodiversity into the sustainable development goals provides a great opportunity to bring biodiversity into the mainstream of decision-making. (traffic.org)
  • If you want to learn how to analyse, simulate and present spatial phenomena with use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), then this is the master's programme for you. (lu.se)
  • For our part, through the 'UNDP Nature Pledge,' together with the UN Environment Programme and other partners, we are committed to turning this blueprint into reality. (undp.org)
  • We welcome the opportunity to step up engagement with the UN Environment Programme on the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises, helping us to build a healthier and more resilient society in a post-pandemic world. (europa.eu)
  • The new Annex signed today falls under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from April 2014, which lays the basis for strengthened cooperation between the two partners at global and regional levels. (europa.eu)
  • 1 World Health Organization, République du Gabon and United Nations Environment Programme. (who.int)
  • United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP], 2020b). (medscape.com)
  • About us The National Biodiversity Network has been championing the sharing of wildlife data since 2000. (nbn.org.uk)
  • The participating companies will gain experience in their dependencies and impacts on nature, develop a biodiversity management plan and take concrete steps to tackle biodiversity loss. (nefco.int)
  • Biodiversity enhancement or creation work focusing on BAP priority species or habitats on sites within 10 miles of any UK landfill site. (lbp.org.uk)
  • For example, so called 'signal species' have been intensively used to identify 'key habitats', i.e. especially valuable sites, usually with a long continuity and a high biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • School of Life and Health Sciences School of Life and Health Sciences Outstanding graduate employment record Degree programmes at Aston University provide students with cutting edge professional skills to equip them for a career in the modern world. (docplayer.net)
  • Ranked among the world's 36 biodiversity hotspots, the area is home to dense forests, vital rivers, and rare wildlife such as the Asian Elephant and lion-tailed Macaque. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • But species are going extinct at an increasing rate and many of the world's biodiversity hotspots are in countries with high poverty, food insecurity and intensifying climate change. (lu.se)
  • The loss of biodiversity comes at a great cost for human well-being and the global economy. (undp.org)
  • We have also seen the barren wasteland that a peat extraction site can be, and the loss of biodiversity that arises from this. (northsearegion.eu)
  • Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. (bfn.de)
  • This programme exists to prevent the loss of traditional knowledge in indigenous communities because knowledge is passed to the next generations only through oral tradition. (wikipedia.org)
  • Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a decision on mainstreaming, as they recognised that it is critical for achieving the objectives of the CBD and stressed the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity in the sectors of energy and mining, infrastructure, manufacturing, and processing for halting the loss of biodiversity. (aseanbiodiversity.org)
  • Despite their importance for people and wildlife, these areas face land degradation and biodiversity loss. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • The programme will be addressing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity and nature. (nefco.int)
  • However, a significant funding gap for biodiversity restoration and conservation has been impairing collective and global action against nature loss. (nefco.int)
  • It represents the only global unified agenda to tackle the ongoing biodiversity loss, including that induced by unsustainable and illegal exploitation of wild plants and animals, and aims at enhancing the benefits to biodiversity conservation and human well-being that derive from harvest and trade at sustainable levels. (traffic.org)
  • We study societal and natural dimensions of biodiversity loss, its drivers and impacts, and interlinked challenges of climate change, land use, energy systems and habitat loss. (lu.se)
  • However, although reserves often reduce habitat loss, their efficacy at preserving animal diversity and their influence on biodiversity in surrounding unprotected areas remain unclear2-5. (bvsalud.org)
  • By rethinking and redesigning the management of urban green spaces in an ecological way, they can do a lot to preserve biodiversity and have a good chance of attracting species back into the urban environment . (ceeweb.org)
  • Since the 1930s, the unique endemic aquatic biota of the Caspian-Black Sea region is facing a biodiversity crisis as it is severely affected by anthropogenic activities such as habitat destruction, invasive species and pollution. (europa.eu)
  • After being at dire risk of extinction, the two species found in the EU are safer now thanks also to the LIFE Programme. (europa.eu)
  • This is the best estimate of the total number of species in Japanese waters and indicates that more than 70% of Japan's marine biodiversity remains un-described. (researchgate.net)
  • Biodiversity is steadily lost due to increasing deforestation, land conversion, pollution, climate change and invasive species. (lu.se)
  • FRB-CESAB] From species to functions: towards a paradigm shift for biodiversity conservation? (fondationbiodiversite.fr)
  • The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. (northsearegion.eu)
  • By linking Pontocaspian palaeoenvironmental and biodiversity changes we will reconstruct biological resilience to environmental change and apply this knowledge to the current Pontocaspian biodiversity crisis to model future diversity shifts under different Global Change scenarios. (europa.eu)
  • PRIDE results from existing, successful collaborative relationships and will expand to include 17 first-class private and academic geological and biological institutions allowing Europe to remain world-leading in integrated studies of biodiversity change. (europa.eu)
  • Sarawak Biodiversity Centre is a statutory body that was set up by the government of Sarawak in 1997 for the regulation of access and collection of biological resources for research or commercial purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following these revisions, Sarawak Biodiversity Centre was relieved of its previous role and assumed a new role of research and development of the state biological resources and documentation of indigenous knowledge of utilising biological resources. (wikipedia.org)
  • This programme aims to provide an integrated database storage and maintenance system on biological resources in the state and traditional knowledge on growing indigenous plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • This conference will present a new facet of biological rarity - functional rarity - and will lay the foundations for biodiversity and rarity conservation policies, revisited in the light of functional ecology. (fondationbiodiversite.fr)
  • Below - A healthy restored bog, like the one in Lille Vildmose pictured below, is a haven for wildlife, and provides shelter for the biodiversity that we all depend upon. (northsearegion.eu)
  • Our research on wildlife use and trade informs actions to prevent the overexploitation of biodiversity at local to global scales. (iccs.org.uk)
  • In the face of environmental degradation, declining water resources, growing conflict between humans and wildlife, and the impoverishment of the Maasai people, concentrated mainly in this region, InterActions & Solidarity is implementing participatory measures to protect biodiversity and improve the economic situation of the communities. (fpa2.org)
  • TRAFFIC has provided substantial input to this work stream of the Convention since 2008, and joined the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) as a founding member, a voluntary partnership of international organizations with substantive mandates and programmes for the sustainable use and conservation of wildlife resources that was formed in the margins of CBD CoP11 in Hyderabad, India. (traffic.org)
  • The extraordinary endemic biodiversity, coupled with a high-amplitude record of palaeoenvironmental change, makes it an ideal system to study drivers of past and current biodiversity crises. (europa.eu)
  • The Pontocaspian example mirrors the complex global ecological and biodiversity challenge due to Global Change. (europa.eu)
  • In addition to securing biodiversity through protected area expansion, biodiversity stewardship also supports a number of other environmental objectives which includes climate change adaptation, securing ecological infrastructure and supporting climate change objectives. (sanbi.org)
  • Rather than PAs generating leakage that deteriorated ecological conditions elsewhere, our results are consistent with PAs inducing spillover that benefits biodiversity in surrounding areas. (bvsalud.org)
  • A general programme syllabus and overall subject description, with the relevant eligibility and degree requirements as well as the aims and objectives of postgraduate studies, is detailed in the study plan. (lu.se)
  • The entry requirements for most Biodiversity PhD programmes involve a Masters in a subject directly related to Biology, with experience in Environmental Biology desirable, at Merit or Distinction level. (findaphd.com)
  • Conservation biology is an inherently mission-driven scientific discipline, to apply ecology, biology and other disciplines to halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity. (findaphd.com)
  • Generally considered a subset of the study of biology, biodiversity focuses on the role genetics plays in the differences between living things. (academiccourse.co.uk)
  • We hope that this booklet will provide you with useful information about the Biomedical Science and Biology programmes taught at Aston University, and help you to choose the right programme and the university for you. (docplayer.net)
  • Through the pilot programme, Nefco aims to provide best practices and prepare its clients for rapid policy developments. (nefco.int)
  • The Czech team investigated the insect biodiversity of a montane rainforest in Vietnam, looking at entomological aspects of bioindication and conservation in the tropics. (conservationleadershipprogramme.org)
  • The region is a bellwether for biodiversity changes in coastal, forest, and montane environments that link the arctic to more southerly latitudes on the Pacific coast. (springer.com)
  • Our vision is for this programme to leverage Oxford's research strengths and advantages in terms of access to resources and networking opportunities, to support those working in biodiversity conservation in their home countries to build essential collaborations and opportunities. (iccs.org.uk)
  • We suggest a series of research avenues and policy recommendations to improve impact assessments of corridors towards achieving better biodiversity outcomes. (frontiersin.org)
  • Key activities include environmental education and communication, biodiversity research and policy analysis, protected area designation and management, and development of nature-based social enterprises. (sigrid-rausing-trust.org)
  • Since 2010, the BNP Paribas Foundation has been supporting scientific research aimed at increasing our understanding about climate change and biodiversity, and to assess their interactions and impact on our environment. (glp.earth)
  • The aim of this call for projects is to select 6-8 research projects that will increase our understanding about issues related to climate change and biodiversity. (glp.earth)
  • This report was prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000-2006. (epa.ie)
  • The programme ends with a 7.5 ects course i Research Methodology, and a 30 ects Master´s degree project thesis work. (lu.se)
  • The excellence initiative consists of two parts: 1) new investment in doctoral studentships in the Agenda 2030 graduate school and 2) funding for interdisciplinary research projects as part of an excellence programme for postdocs and assistant professors. (lu.se)
  • The purpose of the excellence programme is to create internationally leading research environments, form a basis for national and European applications for research funding, and constitute platforms for career development for early career researchers including competence development in teaching and learning in higher education. (lu.se)
  • This may require new thinking on the methodologies to address these more holistic, contextual approaches and provide evidence that is sufficiently conclusive and robust to lead to policy recommendations," said Dr John Reeder, WHO Director of Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and Director of the Department of Research for Health. (bvsalud.org)
  • BIOFIN China will focus on the biodiversity-rich Areas and the finance hub of Shanghai Province, while firmly placing their efforts within the national context, including relevant national institutional, legislative and fiscal frameworks. (undp.org)
  • Our vision is to understand the various dimensions of biodiversity and threats to biodiversity, and to communicate recovery potential and the actions needed to achieve it so that we can enable a better future for people and nature. (iccs.org.uk)
  • The two-year pilot programme will co-create concrete biodiversity actions with companies and share knowledge on nature-positive impact strategies. (nefco.int)
  • As BIOFIN gets underway in the country, the project team will work to develop a Policy and Institutional Review, a Biodiversity Expenditure Review, a Finance Needs Assessment, and finally, a Biodiversity Finance Plan for chosen Biodiversity hot spots. (undp.org)
  • This programme is carried out through capacity-building workshops where local communities are trained with documentation techniques as well as growing and management of useful indigenous plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • This programme collects, propagates and plants the indigenous flora of Sarawak that are used by the indigenous communities in the state. (wikipedia.org)
  • From indigenous traditional knowledge documentation programme, Litsea cubeba tree found at Bario, Lawas, and Padawan municipality was used for essential oil extraction with the support from Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Parties also recognised the role of the business and financial sectors, indigenous peoples and local communities, civil society, local and subnational governments, academia, as well as women, youth, and other relevant stakeholders in promoting and implementing the mainstreaming of biodiversity. (aseanbiodiversity.org)
  • and biodiversity, equity and Indigenous knowledge. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cooperation between the European Commission and UNEP to date covers a wide range of activities, programmes and projects in areas of common concern such as biodiversity, sustainable consumption and production, including circular economy and resource efficiency, climate change, water resources, sound chemicals and waste management, environmental monitoring and assessment, strengthening environment governance at the global, regional and national levels. (europa.eu)
  • All of these activities occur in rural landscapes, where natural biodiversity remains. (sanbi.org)