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Women are advancing the march to protect biodiversity
… ‘a new deal for nature’. In Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will begin the process for shaping the post-2020 global …
News, 09 October 2018
A herd of elephants (Photo: Sean Habig, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Biodiversity loss – more than an environmental emergency
… of elephants, or the entire world population of elephants. It is the diversity of life and the ecological interactions between diverse … development? The formal definition of biodiversity comes from the  UN Convention on Biological Diversity , which describes it as “the variability among …
Insight, 25 July 2019
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A systematic map protocol: which components or attributes of biodiversity affect which dimensions of poverty?
… in international targets set for biodiversity conservation (by the Convention on Biological Diversity) and for poverty reduction (enshrined in the Millennium …
Publication, 01 April 2013
A saltwater crocodile
Despite COVID-19, using wild species may still be the best way to save them
… biodiversity – to be agreed later this year by parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Although the workshop is no longer going ahead, it is …
Insight, 01 April 2020
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Towards equitably managed protected areas: A review of synergies between Protected Area Management Effectiveness and social and governance assessment
… Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have agreed that by 2020 at least 17 per cent of …
Publication, 01 November 2014
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Consent and conservation: getting the most from community protocols
… them. New legal backing comes from the 2010 Nagoya Protocol to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which requires prior informed consent for access to …
Publication, 01 October 2012
Talking about mainstreaming biodiversity
Talking about mainstreaming biodiversity
… All parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  are required to submit National Biodiversity Strategy …
Article, 01 May 2014
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… than modern equivalents. So it is unsurprising that the rich diversity of nature is declining less rapidly on indigenous peoples’ … strategies and targets. Limited progress has been made on the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Target 18 since it was agreed in 2010, …
Insight, 18 February 2020
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Human Rights Standards for Conservation, Part II: which international standards apply to conservation initiatives?
… *Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity that reference Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Seed industry and UN agency ignore traditional ways to protect biodiversity and knowledge
… with partners in China, India, Kenya, Panama and Peru shows that the diversity of traditional seed varieties is falling fast and this means … approaches to protecting and sharing traditional knowledge and biological resources build resilience to environmental variability such … and protect the rights and knowledge of poor farmers. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requires member countries to …
News, 09 November 2009