GloBallast Monograph Series No.18
Protected areas, long thought of as safe refuges for animals and plants, are under increasing threats from invasive species which not only affect biodiversity but also people鈥檚 livelihoods. Protected areas can have huge social and economic value, particularly in Africa, where national parks are鈥
This edition of the FAO publication聽"Nature and Faune" is聽dedicated to investigating the value of biodiversity, including inputs from work and authors connected to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy.
"An estimated 1.2 billion people rely on forests for some part of their livelihoods. However, the importance of forests is often overlooked in national development processes such as poverty reduction strategies due to inadequate evidence documenting how forests sustain the poor.
Medicinal plants are valuable species: they provide income and healthcare to thousands of people around the world. Greater numbers of people rely on traditional medicine, mostly based on herbs, for their primary healthcare than 鈥榗onventional鈥 or western medicine. But 15,000 species of medicinal鈥
The best possible science needs to be available to governments and policy makers as they strive to find solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Independent, credible scientific advice delivered in a relevant and readily usable way for decision making is the key to effective policies.
A recent study in Cameroon has found that participatory modeling is a valuable means of capturing the complexities of achieving conservation at landscape scales and of stimulating innovative solutions to entrenched problems.
Never has the world faced a more pressing crisis than the current loss of biodiversity, which affects every man, woman and child. The gap between the pressure on our natural resources and governments鈥 response to the deterioration is widening. 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 is calling for governments to come up with a 鈥溾
Background: World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the journal Science and鈥
The main objective of this work is to provide an introduction and sense of direction (i.e. a 鈥淕ateway鈥) into the complicated world of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). It by no means intends to serve as a comprehensive overview of this vast field.