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Focus sur la nature et la biodiversité

La nature est la ligne de vie de l'humanité. La santé, l'alimentation, l'économie et le bien-être de l'homme dépendent de la nature. Pourtant, la nature est en crise. Un million des quelque 8 millions d'espèces de plantes et d'animaux que compte la planète sont menacées d'extinction. Par ailleurs, la dégradation des écosystèmes affecte le bien-être de 40 % de la population mondiale.

Le focus sur la nature et la biodiversité met en lumière des mises à jour provenant de l'ensemble du système des Nations unies, de partenaires et d'autres acteurs, contribuant à attirer l'attention sur la nécessité d'un avenir juste, prospère et durable pour tous.

17 Oct 2024 13:32

Ecosystem restoration in action: local perspectives to meet global goals

Workers plant trees in Lebanon
Photo: UNEP/Celine Barakat

At COP16, UNEP will host a side event that will explore the intersection of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, emphasizing local initiatives and their global impact.

By showcasing successful local restoration cases from cities participating in the Generation Restoration Project under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the event aims to highlight best practices, challenges, and the essential role of cities to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030.

Click here to register for the event.

Last updated at 17 October 2024, 2.00pm EAT

16 Oct 2024 15:16

Therapy for the spine of South America

The Acción Andina initiative member

Photo: UNEP/Todd Brown

Deforestation is a key driver of land degradation and accelerates the climate crisis, species loss and poverty in rural areas. Every year, the Earth loses 10 million hectares of tree cover, an area equivalent to the size of Portugal.

In South America, a multi-country initiative aims to reverse this degradation. Acción Andina, a multi-country initiative spanning 23 countries, aims to restore native forests along South America’s mountainous 7,000-kilometre spine.

This COP 16 side event will explore the intersection of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Biodiversity Framework, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, emphasizing local initiatives and their global impact.

Last updated at 18 October 2024, 12.33am EAT

15 Oct 2024 10:30

As Saudi Arabia claws back land from the desert, wildlife returns

Arabian Leopard in Western Saudi Arabia
Photo: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ecosystem deterioration is pushing 1 million species towards extinction. In Saudi Arabia, development, overgrazing, rising temperatures and climate hazards like sand and dust storms are eroding green areas.

To combat this crisis, the country plans to restore 200 million hectares of degraded land within and beyond its borders. Wildlife experts are optimistic that this can help dwindling populations of Arabian leopards, Nubian ibex, hares, ground birds, insects and more. Improving biodiversity can bolster ecosystem resilience and provide other ecological benefits.

Last updated at 15 October 2024, 10.30am EAT

14 Oct 2024 11:08

Climate resilient corals give hope for the future

Coral reefs cover less than 1 per cent of the seafloor, but they support at least 25 per cent of marine species. Coral reefs are also the most vulnerable marine ecosystem to climate change, and up to 90 per cent of corals could be lost by 2050, even if warming is limited to an increase of 1.5°C.

Coral reefs are vital to maintaining food supplies and protecting shorelines against waves, storms, and floods particularly in low-lying island nations and small island developing states.

The Arabian Sea is among the hottest on the planet, and climate change has been driving mass die-offs of coral reefs. This has kicked off a drive to restore coral reefs, mangrove forests and seagrass off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

Last updated at 14 October 2024, 11.11am EAT

11 Oct 2024 10:39

La pérdida de naturaleza amenaza la economía mundial: informe

sprawling farm lands

Foto: Unsplash/Julian Ebert

La continua pérdida de espacios naturales, incluidos los bosques, se ha convertido en un riesgo sistémico para la economía mundial, advierte el Estado de la Financiación para la Naturaleza, un informe del PNUMA y sus asociados.

En la última década, el 26% de la pérdida mundial de cobertura arbórea fue causada por la producción de solo siete productos agrícolas: ganado, palma aceitera, soja, cacao, caucho, café y fibra de madera. A menos que se produzcan cambios importantes, el costo para los bosques y otros espacios silvestres seguirá aumentando, lo que en última instancia pondrá en peligro a las industrias que dependen de los recursos naturales.

El informe instó a los gobiernos, las instituciones financieras y las empresas a situar la naturaleza en el centro del crecimiento económico futuro triplicando la financiación disponible para proyectos respetuosos con el medio ambiente para 2030.

Last updated at 11 octubre 2024, 1.38pm EAT

10 Oct 2024 10:06

Nature loss threatens global economy: report

sprawling farm lands

Last updated at 11 October 2024, 1.38pm EAT

08 Oct 2024 17:50

Four facts that define the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference

Two hummingbirds — *Credit: Unsplash/Daniel Pelaez Duque*

The 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference will take place in Cali, the capital of Colombia's mega-biodiverse Cauca Valley. It will feature the largest Green Zone in the history of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Thousands of activities, discussions, workshops, and cultural performances will be held, with tens of thousands of participants from over 30 nations. Here are four facts about the Conference:

1. Cali will see the first stocktake of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

2. COP 16 could adopt a historic win for Indigenous peoples and local communities and biodiversity

3. A moment of truth for biodiversity finance beckons

4. A much-anticipated development at the intersection of technology and innovative finance could unlock new opportunities for people and nature

Last updated at 08 October 2024, 6.06pm EAT

08 Oct 2024 15:18

How the DRC is protecting forests and maintaining livelihoods

The Congo Basin contains the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, spanning about 3.7 million square kilometres and covering a tenth of Africa. Some 60 per cent of the rainforest in the Congo Basin is in the DRC.

This vast ecosystem is home to an array of plants and animals, including the iconic mountain gorilla. It also removes planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere and stores it, preventing the element from heating the planet.

The UN-REDD Programme a partnership between the UN Environment Programme, UN Development Programme, and Food and Agriculture Organization, is designed to reduce deforestation and forest degradation.

Last updated at 08 October 2024, 3.20pm EAT

04 Oct 2024 14:13

COP16: Time to make peace with nature – A global effort to tackle biodiversity

Panel discussion on nature

The Embassy of Colombia in Belgium, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Environment, UNEP and UNDP organized a panel discussion on the current state of biodiversity, priorities and expected results of COP16 set to take place in Cali, Colombia.

The panelists underlined the need for private investments and stressed the importance of including indigenous communities in conservation agendas.

“Making peace with nature is essential - it needs a whole of society's effort and nature has for too long been the forgotten element in our decision making,” said Bruno Pozzi, Deputy Director of the Ecosystems Division of UNEP.

Last updated at 04 October 2024, 2.40pm EAT

02 Oct 2024 11:47

The environment is fundamental to human health

The 8^th One Health Congress just wrapped up in Cape Town, South Africa where scientists, policymakers, representatives of international institutions, civil society and the private sector gathered to discuss ways to advance the One Health approach. 

One Health is based on the principle that you cannot have healthy people in an unhealthy environment and that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are deeply intertwined.

Later this month at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, a draft Biodiversity and Health Action Plan will be presented for Member States to adopt.

Last updated at 02 October 2024, 11.55am EAT