UNEP-WCMC hosted the inaugural Nature Action Dialogues in July 2024 with a vision to scale private sector action in the lead up to the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP16. The event catalysed discussions on how businesses and financial institutions can establish meaningful strategies and approaches to address their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and scale…
Young professionals in biodiversity-related fields across Africa on their experiences of the SPIBES MSc
Central Asian countries are coming together to prevent the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases by strengthening their protected area networks
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This new business brief aims to inform businesses on the philosophy and practice behind landscape-level approaches. After reading this report, senior management, nature and sustainability teams will have an overview of integrated landscape management and have a preliminary introduction to promoting it within their organisations.
Achieving 30 per cent protected and conserved area coverage is only one part of the picture
Healthy ecosystems are vital to economic stability and the well-being of us all. Relentless pursuit of economic growth, development and urban expansion has led to a “triple planetary crisis” of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. This crisis has far-reaching implications for present and future generations. Solving the triple planetary crisis is not straightforward. Challenges…
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The definition of value chain action is increasingly understood as decisions that will influence other actors within business value chains – whether upstream suppliers or downstream consumers. But as we know value chains are complex and we hear repeated exclamations that companies have tens of thousands of suppliers, so how on earth can they influence them?
Building essential infrastructure is crucial as the world works towards ambitious sustainability goals. Estimates indicate that 70 per cent of the infrastructure needed by 2050 has not yet been built. With increased investment in infrastructure being a key policy priority, there is an urgent need to ensure that new infrastructure delivers sustainable and nature positive…
Parties and observers to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are invited to peer review the draft indicator methodology for measuring progress on the national implementation of the CBD Gender Plan of Action. Experts at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) have worked with partners to develop a new draft methodology for…
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