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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… 2.1 Nature-based Solutions for water security ................................................. … and biodiversity benefits. The NbS concept, as used in environmental sciences and nature conservation contexts, has … However, it was only in the 1970s that the idea of environmental or ecosystem services began to establish itself …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources … can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. … management of evidence. ● Ensure a high level of safety, security and good environmental practice among rangers under …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… with many competing criteria associated to it – environmental ones, but also economic and social. Different … be truly sustainable, manage- ment will need to encompass environmental, social and economic sustainability. Yet … coastal and marine ecosystems, and contributes to food security (SDG 2) and improving human health and well-being …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… SIGHT OF THE URGENCY OF THIS CHALLENGE: PROTECTING FOOD SECURITY FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WHILE MAKING … to USD 2.6 trillion per year, including USD 700 billion of environmental costs and USD 900 billion of social costs. å … Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM). This model supports …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… seen as one of the primary indicators of unsustainable environmental pressures, while re- duction of inequality has … mainstreaming gender equity and equality in all relevant environmental law and policy. IUCN seeks to influence, … the value and diverse uses of plants for nutrition, food security, health, and income determines which plant varieties …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… sustainable development goals (SDGs) that balance the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable … This Paper provides advice and guidance on how environmental sustainability can be incorporated in the SDGs. … economic. In the meantime, a fourth dimension, “peace and security” has been suggested by the UN Task Team on the …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides are … free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) . . . . . 48 3.3.5 Environmental and social impact assessments . . . . . . . . … Box 3.14 National legislation requiring social and environmental impact assessments in Guinea-Bissau and India …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… encompasses: • Assessing global, regional and national environmental conditions and trends • Developing international and national environmental instruments • Strengthening institutions for … such as climate change, sustainable development and food security. The IUCN Global Drylands Initiative (GDI) …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC
… health, international trade, international economics and environmental protection. This work has been developed by the … . . .20 How does implementing the IPPC contribute to food security? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … broadly as economic, trade facilitation, food security and environmental. The IPPC as an international treaty recognized …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… adaptive methods of using ecosystems to reduce poverty and environmental degradation, while achieving sustainable … The CGIAR aims to reduce rural poverty, improve food security, human health and nutrition and encourage more … Coro, Venezuela (LAC) Cristobal Felix DIAZ MOREJON, Environmental Specialist at the Environmental Directorate of …