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People of all ages marching holding posters. One poster reads "protect all like on our planet"; another poster reads "no more blah blah blah"
COP27 and the important year ahead
… the gap between the climate agenda and the agenda for COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) , which will complete the post-2020 Global Biodiversity …
Insight, 22 November 2021
Shift power to people to preserve natural world, urges report
… elites such as governments and businesses but is failing to protect diversity and promote social development. It is time to pass power to communities that are able custodians of the biological resources key to their lives and livelihoods." Historically, … to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. "The Convention on Biological Diversity recognises the importance of …
News, 08 October 2008
A person walks between two ponds.
Locally-led action key to delivering the new global biodiversity framework
… be discussed at next week’s 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15). The decisions taken will seek to reset the …
Insight, 06 October 2021
Hippos bask in the sun in Botswana.
Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
… (UNEP-WCMC) . These four countries, and 189 others, are party to the Convention on Biological Diversity and are in the throes of revising their National Biodiversity …
Insight, 22 May 2013
“Protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous people benefits us all”
… IIED and partners shows that indigenous peoples sustain an enormous diversity of traditional crop varieties, practices and knowledge, and … change is increasingly recognised — for example, by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity Ad Hoc Technical Group on biodiversity and climate …
Insight, 09 June 2011
Cover for 14537IIED.pdf
Banishing the biopirates: a new approach to protecting traditional knowledge
… and protecting traditional knowledge of the use and functioning of biological and natural resources. This traditional knowledge (TK) has … rural livelihoods. This loss is occurring despite the fact that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requires member countries to respect, preserve and …
Publication, 01 December 2006
Cover for G01241.pdf
Policy That Works For Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction: The ANDES Community Initiative Component of the Scoping Study on Biodiversity Governance in Peru
… dictated by Peru’s commitments to meeting the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) should be …
Publication, 01 July 2005
Women using the Changu Changu Moto Fuel-Efficient Clean Cookstove, Malawi, Africa (Photo: Ripple Africa)
Technologies for sustainable development: mind the gender gap
… should continue to mainstream women and gender in their work.  The Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification …
Insight, 30 April 2018
Climate fight must enlist biodiversity and communities
… valuable local knowledge. It comes as government parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meet in Rome this week (18-22 February) to progress …
News, 18 February 2008
Ethiopia's Mursi tribe graze cattle, but also hunt for meat and ivory. There are frequent conflicts with government and park authorities about land rights (Photo: David Stanley via Flickr)
Ensuring equitable management of protected areas: we're still defining the issues
… And since then, we've had the 'Aichi Targets', which emerged from the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 Conference of the Parties, and which set strategic aims …
Insight, 05 December 2014