Tag:Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Sustainable Devpt

Decisions based on narrow set of market values of nature underpin global biodiversity crisis

The way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a vital opportunity...

Michael Simire - July 12, 2022

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World Biodiversity Council clamours end to overexploitation of wild species amid adoption of two reports in Bonn

How can humans use wild species sustainably? What different values do people have of nature? Two reports by the World Biodiversity Council IPBES provide politicians with...

Michael Simire - July 12, 2022

Conservation

50,000 wild species meet needs of billions worldwide – IPBES report

Billions of people, in developed and developing nations, benefit daily from the use of wild species for food, energy, materials, medicine, recreation, inspiration and...

Michael Simire - July 9, 2022

Gender

Why indigenous women are vital to climate action

The International Day of Indigenous Women celebrated annually on September 5 serves as a reminder that indigenous women play a leading role in...

Michael Simire - September 5, 2021

Health

Reactions trail flagship action plan to address interlinked biodiversity, climate crises

Stakeholders have been reacting to the launch of the first ever peer-reviewed workshop report on Thursday, June 10, 2021 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

Michael Simire - June 10, 2021

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Biodiversity and climate crises must be tackled together – IPCC, IPBES

Because biodiversity loss and climate change are both driven by human economic activities and mutually reinforce each other, neither will be successfully resolved unless...

Michael Simire - June 10, 2021

Sustainable Devpt

Biological Diversity Day: IPBES decorated with global sustainability award

Underscoring celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been announced as the winner...

Michael Simire - May 24, 2020