Mauritius, once home to the dodo, rushes to save threatened seabirds unep.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from unep.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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An international study led by the ICTA-UAB states that recognizing indigenous peoples and local communities rights and agency is critical to addressing the current biodiversity crisis
Policies established by the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) could be ineffective if the rights and agency of indigenous peoples and local communities are not recognized and fully incorporated into biodiversity management. This is supported by an international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and recently published in the journal
Ambio.
Corporate Influence At UN Summits Delivering A One-two Punch To Our Future, Briefing Says scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New UN resolution reinforces link between human rights and the environment
Yacouba Sawadogo/Reuters / 08 Apr 2021
In late March, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution that calls for a human-rights-based approach to conserving and restoring natural spaces. We speak with the Acting Director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Law Division, Arnold Kreilhuber, to find out how the resolution will help safeguard the environment and contribute to sustainable development.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): The Human Rights Council adopted its first resolution on human rights and the environment in 2011. What has changed since then and how is this resolution different?
African and Chinese CSOs Convene to Explore Community-Based Natural Resource Management
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By AWF |
April 1, 2021
The African CSOs Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) in collaboration with China’s Civil Society Alliance for Biodiversity Conservation (CSABC) hosted a webinar to highlight African and Chinese perspectives on “how community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) can deliver inclusive, fair and equitable conservation for people and nature” in land and marine conservation. The webinar was held on April 1, 2021.
All 54 African countries and China ratified the global CBD convention and are actively pursuing strategies for achieving sustainable development outcomes with mutual benefits for people and nature. One of the strategies has been CBNRM, which as a concept embraces a range of ecosystem-based approaches such as nature-based solutions (NbS) and ecosystem adaptation including restoration of degraded landscapes.