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A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… loss and the climate emergency. But, even though discussions on the Convention for Biological Diversity’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a 10-year plan for …
Insight, 30 June 2020
A woman farmer tends her crops, surrounded by her crops
Locally-led action essential for achieving global biodiversity goals
… two reasons. Firstly, it’s the first time that negotiators under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have met in-person since the pandemic began. And …
Insight, 14 February 2022
People wearing traditional clothing sit in a circle in a field.
Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
… Policymakers from governments across the world heading towards the Convention on Biological Diversity summit (COP15) must recognise that IPLC leadership and …
Insight, 16 August 2021
Maria Lourdes Alvarez is a warden monitoring fishing activity at Decalve Marine Sanctuary, a Marine Protected Area in the Calamianes Islands in the Philippines (Photo: Asuncion Sia/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Gender and biodiversity conservation – progress and future directions
… As part of the series, earlier this month we focused on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and hosted a webinar on gender and biodiversity …
Insight, 29 November 2018
A fisherman looks at his latest huge catch of fish caught in nets
It is time to control fishing on the high seas to protect the life of the ocean and coastal people who depend on it
… to govern the high seas are in progress through the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. Worryingly, these …
Insight, 08 June 2019
Cattle drinking water from a lake
Lessons from Paris: global biodiversity framework must engage business, grow finance
Insight, 11 May 2021
View of the coast, with a small island surrounded by water, seen from some foliage
Choosing a sustainable way out of the pandemic’s economic chaos
… China, the largest bilateral holder of debt, which will host the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in 2021, and help meet one of the conference’s key …
Insight, 12 October 2020
UN agency ignores indigenous approach to knowledge protection
… approaches to protecting and sharing traditional knowledge and biological resources, published today (29 June) by the International … loss of such customary approaches would lead to a loss of biological diversity and traditional knowledge and would limit the abilities of … others, because of its vital role in survival and identity. “The UN Convention on Biological Diversity requires member countries to …
News, 29 June 2009
Man and woman cut a tree into planks.
United in a call for higher ambition on the global biodiversity agenda
… due to be agreed at the Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) , that was due to be held in October 2020. COVID-19 …
Insight, 18 September 2020
Cover for G00341.pdf
The impact of globalisation on land use and payments for watershed services in China
… environmental agreements, specifically the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, and the Ramsar …
Publication, 01 April 2006