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About one in three mouthfuls of food we eat is delivered to us by pollinators. Nairobi, 10 August 2016: Pollination is critical for food production and human livelihoods, and directly links wild ecosystems with…
By Pushpam Kumar, Chief, Ecosystem Services’ Economics Unit, UNEP Nairobi, 5 August 2016: In September 2015, when the international community embraced the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, better known as…
By Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment When I took over as head of UN Environment in June, I knew I had no shortage of environmental challenges ahead of me. From polar to tropical, landlocked to coastal, countries…
By Pushpam Kumar, Chief, Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, UNEP Nairobi, 29 July 2016: With the endorsement of a resolution on Sustainable Management of Natural Capital for Sustainable Development and Poverty…
Spectators at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games can make sure their visit doesn’t harm Brazil’s environment by trying out the easy-to-follow eco-tips and environmentally friendly itineraries devised…
Diversifying food systems and diets to include nutrient-rich species can help reduce malnutrition, while contributing other multiple benefits including healthy ecosystems. Nairobi, 25 July 2016: We should conserve…
We women do not want to be mainstreamed into a polluted stream; we want the stream to be clean and healthy – Bella Abzug (1920-1998). Nairobi, 5 July 2016: UNEP places special emphasis on gender. It seeks to…
For every one billion people added to the global population, an additional 100 million tons of rice needs to be produced every year. Nairobi, 30 June 2016: Rice is incredibly important for human beings. It is the…
Human mobility has fundamentally altered the make-up and the character of the biological world, as more and more species, relocated from their natural home environments, have – as aliens – been introduced, either…
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