Os últimos posts e atualizações sobre o Superano da Biodiversidade (2020).
Fighting fire with forests across the Mediterranean
The non-profit Association for Forests, Development and Conservation in Lebanon is devoted to protecting and restoring forest landscapes, including Lebanon's famed cedar trees.
The association’s work falls under the banner of the Restoring Mediterranean Forests initiative, an ambitious effort to revive woodlands that span from Morocco to Lebanon. The initiative has restored 2 million hectares of forest, creating economic opportunities and helping to counter devastating wildfires in the process.
Access to finance for women proves life-changing for Kenya’s ‘mama karanga’
Women’s lack of access to capital is the focus of this year’s International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March. Addressing this issue is seen as essential for dealing with climate change and biodiversity loss, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Read this story to find out how a UNEP-supported project aims to build sustainable coral reef fisheries by empowering women in marine area management.
2030 Seagrass Breakthrough
This video by UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) President H.E. Razan Al Mubarak on World Seagrass Day highlights the 2030 Seagrass Breakthrough, an initiative announced at UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP28 that aims to establish a collective framework of action for seagrass conservation worldwide, aligning with global agendas.
Colombia unveils COP16 logo to the world and sends a message of 'Peace with Nature'
Financing Nature-based Solutions for a better future
New global initiative to protect and connect natural areas
Natural habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation are two of the most serious hazards to migratory wild animal species. A major new programme launched at the UN wildlife summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, aims to ensure that places important to migratory species are identified, protected, and connected. The Global Partnership on Ecological Connectivity (GPEC) was announced on the margins of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
Is the world making good on a landmark pact to protect nature?
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework consists of global targets to be achieved by 2030 and beyond to safeguard and sustainably use biodiversity. Ahead of the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), read this Q&A to discover the importance of the framework and whether countries are positioned to deliver on its promise.
Nature is staging a comeback: UN recognizes seven World Restoration Flagships
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named seven initiatives from Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean, and South Asia as UN World Restoration Flagships. These initiatives include ecosystems at the tipping point of outright degradation resulting from wildfires, drought, deforestation, and pollution. They are now eligible for technical and financial UN support.
The World Restoration Flagships awards are part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – led by UNEP and FAO – which aims to prevent, halt, and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean.
Migratory species know no borders; nor should conservation efforts
"Migratory species tell us how nature is doing. How our planet is doing. Tell us about the challenges that humanity creates for these migratory beings. Challenges of pollution, challenges of climate change, challenges of fragmentation of landscapes, challenges of walls and barriers, challenges of plastic debris, challenges of human activity on the ocean floor, challenges of ocean traffic and so much more." - Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director.
Read the full speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14).
Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing
The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report reveals shocking figures of declining species populations. The report investigates the conservation status and population trends of migratory animals and highlights the latest information on their main threats and successful interventions to save them.