Augusta Dwyer The world’s seven largest development banks, most of them multilaterals, own about half of the Public Development Banks (PBD) sector’s entire global assets and the most prominent of these financial institutions have also made sustainability commitments. It’s not just money that banks can put toward conservation, but policy support too, new report finds… Continue reading With USD 2.3 billion to spend, this is how public development banks can help biodiversity
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Oceans “not yet beyond repair,” but getting closer
Sandra Cordon The Second World Ocean Assessment lays out critical state of oceans – and how little is known about them Oceans cover over 70 percent of Earth and form 95 percent of its biosphere. Yet human activities, from overfishing to plastics pollution to oil and gas extraction to climate change, are degrading the world’s oceans… Continue reading Oceans “not yet beyond repair,” but getting closer
Environmental organizations issue 7 policy recommendations on biodiversity and One Health
Gabrielle Lipton Health, finance and landscape custodians called to the forefront of conservation policy As Earth’s biodiversity declines, the perilous consequences are proving to only rise. The destabilization of national economies, threats to food systems, escalation of climate change, and likelihood of global pandemics such as COVID-19 are all increasingly linked to the loss of the planet’s… Continue reading Environmental organizations issue 7 policy recommendations on biodiversity and One Health
New global biodiversity goals are being developed before the last ones were met
Sandra Cordon Three major reports on nature say we’ve missed our set 2020 targets The Earth’s biodiversity is being destroyed through overconsumption, unsustainably intensive agriculture, deforestation and climate destruction, yet there is still time to change course if humankind acts swiftly and decisively, according to three significant reports released in recent days. The planet’s biodiversity… Continue reading New global biodiversity goals are being developed before the last ones were met
How are farmers responding to COVID-19?
Pavel Devyatkin The cases from Ecuador, Ghana and Nepal show that the impacts of the pandemic are different for women, indigenous peoples and rural populations. Forest and farm producer organizations, known as FFPOs, and the people they represent, produce 70 percent of the world’s food while using only a quarter of all global agricultural inputs.… Continue reading How are farmers responding to COVID-19?
Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
Luigi Guarino and Charlotte Lusty All too often, we place the beginning of the food chain at the farm, when in fact it extends back further – all the way back to seed banks, also called genebanks. These treasure troves of seeds safeguard the diversity of our crops and make it available to researchers and plant breeders,… Continue reading Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
In Mexico, Indigenous recipes are improving backyard farming
Larissa Hotra A new cookbook reignites pride in tradition, native seeds and sense of place This article was contributed by Rare in celebration of World Food Day 2019. In southern Mexico, foods like chipilín (leafy greens), chayote (mirliton squash), yerba santa (sacred herbs) and maize (corn) used to convey poverty. But for the 200 women of the Cárdenas… Continue reading In Mexico, Indigenous recipes are improving backyard farming
From the frontlines: Fighting Bolivia’s forest fires
Monica Evans A firefighter’s account of the country’s burning dry forests When firefighter Daniela Azero and her team first saw the extent of the uncontrolled forest fires in eastern Bolivia near the Amazonian border with Brazil, it made a big impression. “There were just so many hotspots – huge columns of smoke and big, powerful flames,”… Continue reading From the frontlines: Fighting Bolivia’s forest fires
In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?
Priorities at #national and #international levels can be at odds with those of #local and #Indigenous #communities and a major chunk of #conservation efforts focused on “charismatic #megafauna”- popular #species as opposed to lesser and smaller species
Forest protection efforts earn Indonesia millions
An innovative effort to keep trees in the ground and carbon out of the air is paying dividends in Indonesia — the fifth-highest emitter of carbon dioxide globally. Norway announced on 16 February that it will pay Indonesia for reducing its deforestation by 60 percent in 2017, as compared to 2016. The payment is to… Continue reading Forest protection efforts earn Indonesia millions