The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today published its Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all ecosystems on Earth based on both their functions and composition. The typology allows for more coordinated and effective approaches to conservation...
Ecosystems are critically important components of Earth’s biological diversity and as the natural capital that sustains human life and well-being. Yet all of the world’s ecosystems show hallmarks of human influence, and many are under acute risks of collapse, with consequences for habitats of species,...
To reverse the decline in biodiversity by 2030, a recent analysis suggests that, globally, we need to spend between US$ 722-967 billion each year over the next ten years. That puts the biodiversity financing gap at an average US$ 711 billion or between US$ 598-824...
Financing Nature. Closing the Global Financing Gap of Biodiversity, report by Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy and Conrnell Atkinson Center on Sustainability, estimated financial flows into global biodiversity conservation in 2019 as between US$ 124 and US$ 143 billion. This represents a near-tripling in funding...
The report, Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change, by UNEP-WCMC finds that conserving 30% of land in strategic locations could safeguard 500 gigatonnes of carbon stored in vegetation and soils – around half the...
Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change The report, Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change, by UNEP-WCMC finds that conserving 30% of land in strategic...
Webinar "LIFE Methodology and LIFE Key Europe: Tools for business biodiversity management" Organised by EU Green Week Partner Event The LIFE Methodology will be the protagonist of our next webinar, organised in collaboration with the LIFE Institute, which will take place next Wednesday, October 14 at 3:00...
The webinar on "Assessing appropriate legal structure to invest in natural capital" will draw from the EIB’s recent publication Investing in Nature”: financing conservation and nature-based solutions, which provides a practical guide on how to put together investment propositions....
More than one hundred of scientists and economists have been involved in the publication of Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications -the most comprehensive report published on the economic implications of nature conservation. The Campaign for Nature (CFN) commissioned...
Imagen: Pexels. Increasing protected areas worldwide at least 30% would lead to economic benefits five times higher than the costs and to ~$250 billion/yr in increased economic output and ~$350 billion/yr in improved ecosystem services. These data derived from the most comprenhensive report on economic implications...
