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Unspoiled Seychelles landscapes and their rich biodiversity shouldn't be harmed by development (Photo: tiarescott, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Finding the best outcomes for biodiversity and development
… depend can be conserved. Today (May 22) is international day for biological diversity and an opportunity to consider how this island nation – a … revising its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action plan as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity obliges all its member states to do …
Insight, 22 May 2014
Cover for G01067.pdf
Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Heritage - the Concept of Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage'
… various fora. At international level, these include the Biodiversity Convention, WIPO, the UNESCO~Convention on the protection of Intangible … systems, and do little to confront the increasingly rapid loss of biological and cultural diversity, often driven by loss of rights to use, access and …
Publication, 01 January 2005
Combine harvesters in a wheat field
Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action plan?
… Mitigation is the primary focus of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Climate change adaptation, on the … more than 60% of global human food requirements . But this lack of diversity in our diets seems perfectly normal to the majority of the world’s population. And it's not just a lack of diversity in the food we eat. The way we produce food has also adapted …
Insight, 24 February 2020
Five people sitting on a table delivering a presentation
Challenges for climate diplomacy during a pandemic
… for most diplomatic engagement – suddenly unviable. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened two web-based climate … struggled to access virtual meetings related to the Convention on Biological Diversity, also hosting a major summit this year.   While widespread, …
Insight, 25 March 2021
Indigenous communities sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, near Cusco, Peru. Credit: Asociacion ANDES
Traditional innovation in farming is under threat
… changes and population increases bring more mouths to feed. Yet the biological and cultural diversity this innovation depends on is in steep decline. And modern … good news is that the nearly 200 governments that are party to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have already pledged to …
Insight, 02 October 2013
Cover for G02342.pdf
Protected Areas, Equity and Livelihoods Task Force of the World Commission on Protected Areas,and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy Workplan for Asia Region. Developed at a workshop held at RECOFTC in Bangkok, Thailand on Jun
… policy related to protected areas, with particular emphasis on the Convention on Biological Diversity 3. To achieve more equitable outcomes in the implementation of …
Publication, 01 June 2007
Two people walking in a rural landscape
Practical guide helps negotiators put equity at the heart of the new global biodiversity framework
Insight, 04 May 2021
Cover for G02343.pdf
Protected Areas, Equity and Livelihoods Task Force of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy Workplan for Africa Region. Developed at a workshop held in Entebbe, Uganda on January 18/19
… policy related to protected areas, with particular emphasis on the Convention on Biological Diversity 3. To achieve more equitable outcomes in the implementation of …
Publication, 01 January 2007
Flamingos around Lake Bogoria, the ancestral land of the Endorois people, Kenya (Photo: Minority Rights Group International)Lake Bogoria, the ancestral land of the Endorois people, Kenya (Photo: Emma Eastwood/MRG)
Human Rights Standards for Conservation (Part II)
… provisions relevant to indigenous peoples and local communities. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the overarching international policy framework for …
Article, 11 November 2014
Cover for G02776.pdf
Biodiversity at IIED
… mechanisms to mainstreaming. It includes issues critical to the Convention on Biological diversity such as access and benefit sharing, social assessment of …
Publication, 01 September 2010