More than 750 million hectares of deforested and degraded land in Africa can be restored, to the benefit of vulnerable local communities and the environment. To catalyse regional collaboration on this immense potential, two high-level meetings are taking place in Kigali, Rwanda this week.
On July 27-29, 2016, southern Africa’s oldest regional network is meeting at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, to discuss the conservation of the Miombo woodlands.
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The rise in demand for products derived from animals and plants, such as elephant tusks or precious wood, is causing an increase in illegal logging and poaching in natural World Heritage sites. The World Heritage Committee, which holds its annual meeting this week in Istanbul, today discussed…
Around the world, wildlife is being depleted by illegal activities at an alarming rate, depriving local populations and national economies of important natural capital.Ìý
Listen toÌýindigenous voices talk about the productive value of forests
Statement by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Director General, Inger Andersen
Land degradation touches almost one third of all land on the planet, affecting 1.5 billion people. On World Day to Combat Desertification and DroughtÌýwe look at how Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ isÌýworking with communities around the world to halt this global menace.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council has approvedÌýThe Restoration InitiativeÌý(TRI) that will help 10 countries define and achieve commitments under the Bonn Challenge – a global effort to restore 150 million hectares of degraded land by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.
At its 50th session held in Washington DC in early June, the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved several major initiatives led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥).
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Natural World Heritage sites face major threats, such as commercial logging, poaching, gillnet fishing and dams, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥). In its recommendations to the World Heritage Committee, which meets in July, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has advised that three…