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Villagers take the lead in promoting biodiversity conservation in India. Nairobi, 10 October 2016: Villagers in India’s rural Andhra Pradesh State have struck the delicate balance between benefiting from their rich…
Africa continues to face challenges, despite the great strides it has taken to alleviate poverty and improve lives. The continent still has a long way to go to achieve sustainable development. Environment is at the…
Nairobi, 4 October 2016: UN Environment’s work on Kenya’s Tana River Basin is making waves. The basin supplies Nairobi with 80 per cent of its drinking water. It also provides 70 per cent of the country’s…
Towards improved land management in Africa Nairobi, 30 September 2016 – The small community of Zorborgu, near Tamale in northern Ghana, comprises mainly farmers. They decided to stop burning crop residues and…
The Sudd wetlands have been estimated to provide services worth nearly $1 billion a year. Nairobi, 26 August 2016: The Sudd wetlands in South Sudan can cover an area nearly the size of the United Kingdom, as much…
Nairobi, 29 August 2016: The European Union is a major funder of UNEP’s work, and the European Commission (EC) funds specific projects. In this article we look at two UN Environment (UNEP) ecosystems-related…
ProEcoServ has helped mainstream ecosystem management approaches into development policies. Nairobi, 15 August 2016: The Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ) funded by the Global Environment Facility to the…
Global food systems have radically changed over the last 50 years. Firstly, food production has more than doubled; secondly, diets are more varied and often more energy intense satisfying people’s preferences in…
Evidence is emerging that PES schemes promote inclusive and sustainable use of natural capital. Nairobi, 3 August 2016: Around the world, interest is emerging in payment schemes that reward individuals and…
Nairobi, 20 July 2016: Roughly 30 per cent of the planet’s surface is land of one kind or another, and that’s where human beings live, so managing that land in a sustainable way is vital for human well-being. The…
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