The conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of blue carbon ecosystems are critical to addressing the intertwined crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Maritime University (WMU) have introduced a new e-learning course focused on the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex V, which addresses the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships.
The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions self-assessment is an online tool that consists of eight criteria and associated indicators, which address the pillars of sustainable development (biodiversity, economy and society) and resilient project management.
The International Institute of Sustainable Development has launched the Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Inventory for Fiji under their Climate Adaption and Protected Areas Initiative, which is an innovative and comprehensive tool designed to enhance conservation efforts and support sustainable devel
The Convention on Biological Diversity Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework requires signatories to ensure that all areas within a country are under Participatory, Integrated, and Biodiversity-Inclusive Spatial Planning (referred to here as PI-BISP) to bring the loss of areas of high bi
As world leaders and scientific institutions from across the globe gather to discuss the biodiversity crisis at COP16 and climate change at COP29 this fall, it’s critical that they do not neglect the important work that is already being done by one of the world’s key stewards of nature – botanica
The UNI can be subdivided into six themes: consumption drivers, human pressures, habitat status, species status, nature’s contributions to people, and governance responses. Each theme contains five indicator topics amounting to 30 in total.
Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are sites outside protected areas that deliver effective and long-term in situ conservation of biodiversity. Biodiversity conservation may be the primary objective of the site, a secondary objective of a site that is managed for other purposes, or it may be an unintended consequence of the way the site is managed. OECMs may be governed and managed by governments, private entities or Indigenous peoples and local communities, or a combination of these. This tool guides an assessor through three steps to apply eight criteria which determine if a site qualifies as an OECM as set out under the Convention on Biological Diversity. For sites which do not currently meet all the criteria, the tool serves to highlight areas where further information or improvements in governance and management are required.
This is the first global assessment of a full ecosystem functional group across the planet using the Red List of Ecosystems and raises concerns about the risk of collapse of mangrove ecosystems. Here is an overview of the results.
