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My thanks to Climate Action, and of course the UNEP Finance Initiative, for organizing today’s forum. I hope that your discussions were enlightening and, more importantly, productive.

After 50 years of the first Stockholm Earth Summit, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) enshrined the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

The Sustainable Use of Wild Species is Important for Everyone

In a time of what can only be called a great crisis, Stockholm+50 is a moment to reflect not on where we go from here – because we know we require a system transformation to sustainability – but on how we get there, quickly.

IPBES to Release New Assessments on the Values of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Species

Addressing the Global Biodiversity Crisis Requires Understanding and Prioritizing the Many Values of Nature

Speaking to IPS about the importance of biodiversity and nature's contributions to people, Dr Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Ser

In the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, the changing climate often eclipses the loss of ecosystems and species in funding and awareness.

Nature has many values. A forest can be a cool and quiet place to retreat to when you need relaxation on a hot summer day. It is a habitat for many species. Trees also sequester and store carbon, redu

You probably use wild species far more often than you realise. For many people, especially in more developed economies, the use of wild species sounds like something quite removed from their everyday