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… activities to extreme and variable weather. and restore biodiversity and natural resources, and combat the impacts of … climate mitigation benefits. These carbon gains could offset the yearly emissions of the aviation industry if … Bonn Challenge, New York Declaration on Forests, Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. FAO’s …

… to UPFG because green areas play a vital role in urban biodiversity. Suburban wetlands can be some of the most … areas in networks will improve biological conservation and biodiversity; greenbelts and greenways (linear parks) can … and cooling the air through transpiration, trees help to offset the "heat island effect" of urban areas. Trees are …

… challenges. Central to IUCN’s mission is demonstrating how biodiversity is fundamental to addressing some of the world’s … ecosystems and livelihoods and to conserving drylands biodiversity. The Initiative builds on and strengthens the … to both reduce carbon emissions and generate carbon offset payments from the foregone use of biomass fuels in …

… role as the source of our food, to its unique relevance to biodiversity and the environment at large, to the cultural … cuts, satisfying governmentally imposed local content or offset requirements and surmounting barriers to otherwise … particular condition simply makes permanent the loss of biodiversity already attained by the homogeneity requirement. …

… Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and Climate 212 11 … land’s vital role in tackling climate change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services … costs of exploitation were seen as diffuse and/or easily offset. More recently, we have come to understand that this …

… Adrian Phillips and Sue Stolton Protected landscapes and biodiversity values: an overview by Adrian Phillips and Sue … and Livelihoods. He has coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan process, and helped … farm losses of crop genetic diversity have been partially offset by the maintenance of genetic diversity in seed banks. …