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The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part

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Ambitious $104 million program targets land degradation in Africa and Central Asian countries

16 June 2021

Africa

Kenya

Malawi

Mozambique

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Angola

Botswana

Namibia

Burkina Faso

Central Asia

Kazakhstan

Mongolia

Main photo: Farmers at a FAO anti-desertification project in Burkina Faso, one of 11 countries targeted by the Global Environment Fund Initiative

Oil exploration company in Okavango wilderness misled investors, complaint to SEC says

11 June 2021

Africa

Botswana

Namibia

Canada

A whistleblower complaint to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cites “egregious” violations by ReconAfrica and executives.

Rivers are key to restoring the world’s biodiversity

11 June 2021

Global

Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend.

Blogs

How indigenous and local communities are at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and territorial protection

16 June 2021

Authors:

Dr. Konrad Hentze

Latin America and the Caribbean

Iran

Global

Earth Day 2021: Restoring agriculture to transform food systems

5 May 2021

Authors:

CLAUDIA RINGLER

Global

COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated online last year, yet millions of people participated in calls to action. As we begin to look beyond the pandemic, however, it's vital to remember that we cannot go back to business-as-usual as far as our planet is concerned.

The Big Read: As clamour grows for preservation in land-scarce Singapore, something’s got to give

1 February 2021

Singapore

While green groups spoken to agreed that the Government has become more receptive to their views, they believe it is now time to put conservation or preservation at the front and centre of future development projects.

By Navene Elangovan for Channels News Asia (CNA) Singapore

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COVID-19, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Indigenous Peoples Defining the Path Forward

Reports & Research

October 2020

Global

Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage more than half of the world´s land. These biodiverse ancestral lands are vital to the people who steward them and the planet we all share. But governments only recognize indigenous and community legal ownership of 10 percent of the world´s lands. Secure tenure is essential for safeguarding the existing forests against external forces.

Woodland Expansion in Upland National Parks: An Analysis of Stakeholder Views and Understanding in the Dartmoor National Park, UK

Peer-reviewed publication

March 2021

United Kingdom

United States of America

Woodland expansion on a significant scale is widely seen to be critical if governments are to achieve their net zero greenhouse gas ambitions. The United Kingdom government is committed to expanding tree cover from 13% to at least 17% in order to achieve net zero by 2050.

Life on land: Why it matters

Reports & Research

March 2021

Global

What’s the goal here?
To sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.
Two billion hectares of land on Earth are degraded, affecting some 3.2 billion people, driving species to extinction and intensifying climate change.

Goal 15: Life on land

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Organizations

Greenpeace

Greenpeace is a global network of independent national and regional Greenpeace organisations (NROs) and Greenpeace International as a coordinating organisation.

Nirman

NIRMAN is a premier civil society organization in Odisha whose major focus is on enhancing the food, nutrition and livelihood security of poor farmers, tribal, forest dwelling and small fisher communities. Its primary interventions are focused on land and forest governance, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation, management of natural resources, small fishery, women empowerment and skill building. Empowerment of rural, tribal and fisher communities and marginalized groups through collective action and nurturing local self-governing institutions are at the core of ethics.

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