This URBES factsheet explains what the values of ecosystem services are and provides examples聽of their benefits for cities.
With unprecedented species declines and more than 20,000 of the species assessed on The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List threatened with extinction, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and other organizations come together to support the achievement of a global biodiversity target to prevent further species loss.
Today we celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. Its theme, Water and Biodiversity, coincides with the designation of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation and highlights the indispensible role of nature in our water security and the sustainable development of our鈥
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 recommends taking action to tackle major threats to natural sites ahead of the 37th World Heritage Committee this June, including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania.
This paper was prepared by Sebasti脿 Semene Guitart, Senior Coordinator for Europe, for the session on 鈥淢ainstreaming biodiversity across sectors鈥 at the 6th Biodiversity in Europe Conference in Georgia, April 2013.
Efforts to restore marine ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon have received a boost with the launch of a new website that provides the latest blue carbon science and policy.
A historic vote to improve the sustainability of the international trade of eight species of sharks and rays that are listed as threatened on The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species is among the key decisions taken at the CITES wildlife trade summit closing today in Bangkok.
Bangkok, 6 March 2013鈥 Populations of elephants in Africa continue to be under severe threat as the illegal trade in ivory grows - with double the numbers of elephants killed and triple the amounts of ivory seized over the last decade.
The winner of the third international contest European Tree of the Year organized by the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation is the Plane tree in Eger, Hungary which scored 14,205 votes. Over 45,000 votes were cast in this year鈥檚 contest that aspires to bring attention to trees and their鈥
Bangkok, Thailand, 28 February 2013 鈥 Poaching, illegal trade and other important issues facing wildlife today will be discussed at the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), taking鈥