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Key take-away points from biodiversity webinar

Key take-away points from biodiversity webinar

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Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editors collaborated with INTPA.F.2 and provides a list of takeaways.

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem

Policy dialogue: a tool to act on climate and environment

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Voices & Views

The recent European Green Deal, set by the European Commission, is paving the road to a sustainable Europe by clearly recognising the global climate emergency, and by providing new input for action in and outside of Europe...

Asia
Laos
Viet Nam
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Conservation
Natural resource management
+4
Wildlife trade & trafficking
Environment & green economy
Green policy
Resource efficiency
Women collecting wood Uganda

Women’s empowerment through wetland management in Uganda

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Voices & Views

The health of Uganda’s wetlands impacts everything from the livelihoods of surrounding communities to rates of gender-based violence. The proper management of this unique ecosystem can help address root causes of conflict while...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Agricultural policy and statistics
Agro-business
+17
Family and smallholder farming
Farmers organisations
Food crop production
Irrigation & agro hydro infrastructures
Land governance and management
Rural development
Subsistance farming
Sustainable Land management
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Bio-diversity policies
Ecosystem services
Hunting and poaching
Natural resource management
Sustainable Land management
Water resources conservation
Gender
Women's empowerment

Our Sea Our Life: Marine conservation in Mozambique

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Voices & Views

Our Sea Our Life works with vulnerable communities on the coast in the Province of the Cabo Delgado in the north of Mozambique to support the conservation of marine biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. We caught up with...

Africa
Mozambique
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Fisheries

Virunga: Preserving Africa’s national parks through people-centred development

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Voices & Views

Home to rare and endangered species, the Congo’s national parks are also sites of human conflict. Without addressing the material drivers behind ecological degradation, conservation risks a losing battle. For Virunga, tackling...

Africa
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Natural resource management
Wildlife trade & trafficking
+5
Environment & green economy
Environmental crime
Environmental Governance
Environmental justice & law
Natural resource management

Jane Goodall: “We have a window of time, but we need a radical change”

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Voices & Views

Best known for her breakthrough study on chimpanzees and her activist work around the world, today, Jane Goodall focuses her efforts as much on conserving the natural environment as helping the people who depend on it. She sat...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Wildlife crisis
Wildlife trade & trafficking
+3
Environment & green economy
Environmental education/ training
Forests

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to the Pacific

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Voices & Views

Extremely vulnerable to climate change, the Pacific islands are receiving support on resilience and disaster preparedness from the EU. Ambassador Andrew Jacobs discusses renewable energy projects, capacity building at government...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to Haiti

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Voices & Views

Haiti has struggled to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010 which exacerbated existing development challenges. Ambassador Vincent Degert discusses how development and humanitarian actors are working together to build...

Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+2
Environment & green economy
Forests

Part Two: How is the EU Supporting Sustainable Consumption and Production?

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Voices & Views

DEVCO is supporting work at the intersection of environment, economy and business in its partner countries to avoid the polluting pathway of many industrialised countries and develop green businesses from the outset. It means...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Private Sector
Forests
Trade & Economic Integration

Part One: Rethinking Business Models for Sustainability

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Voices & Views

One of the great challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals will be finding ways of lifting populations out of poverty, which is often associated with increased consumption and production, while at the same time dealing with...

Africa
Kenya
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Private Sector
Forests
Trade & Economic Integration