This high-level roadmap provides guidance and recommendations for various stakeholders in the financial sector, including financial ministries, financial supervisory entities, public development banks, private financial institutions, and investors. Its purpose is to help these actors incorporate the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) into their policies and decision-making processes. The roadmap takes into account the content...Read More
Divers and scientists who visit shipwrecks know these sunken sites are often teeming with life, as historical wrecks provide habitat for a wide variety of marine animals. Now, new research shows that old harbor infrastructure and sea walls offer a similar boost to biodiversity. Researchers in the United Kingdom found that many kinds of wildlife make their...Read More
Tropical mammals residing even in protected areas are not safe from the impact of human activities happening outside their boundaries, new research has found. Anthropogenic stressors such as habitat fragmentation, human population density and others impacted 159 mammals in 16 protected areas in different biogeographic locations around the world, the decade-long study found. The research...Read More
Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, slender-winged species common in temperate forests, according to an international collaboration that included scientists from Oregon State University. OSU’s Matt Betts and Christopher Wolf teamed with...Read More
A group of youths from around the world on Wednesday took part in a competition in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in China’s Yunnan province that saw them showcasing their biodiversity conservation solutions. Launched by Fudan University and sponsored by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in China, the Youth Innovation Competition on Global Governance (YICGG) is...Read More
The EU’s new Nature Restoration Law – which passed through the European Parliament on Wednesday, 12 July – paves the way for even greater biodiversity and climate action. The EU’s new Nature Restoration Law EN••• – which passed through the European Parliament on Wednesday, 12 July – paves the way for even greater biodiversity and climate action. As Swedish...Read More
In the context of the 2023 annual work plan of the AFF-UNREDD partnership project on “ Strengthening REDD+ implementation in Africa: capitalizing on lessons learned for an evolving environment” AFF is recruiting six national experts, one each for Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Republic of Congo, and Uganda to take stock of progress made...Read More
1. BACKGROUND Forests are the key to addressing interconnected global challenges of sustainable development. These for example include climate change, food and water security, biodiversity conservation as well as the transformation towards a bioeconomy. All these issues will underpin society’s ability to prosper within the renewable boundaries of our planet. The International Union of Forest...Read More
Data paper webinar: Register for our webinar on 30 March 2023 to learn more about this call and data papers in general. In collaboration with the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) and Pensoft Publishers, GBIF has announced a new call for authors to submit and publish data papers on soil biodiversity in a special collection...Read More
