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March 2020

Assessing Progress Towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 6 on Sustainable Marine Fisheries

Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)
The 'CBD Technical Series No. 87' discusses key elements and approaches for realistic and coherent reporting on the elements of Aichi Biodiversity Target 6.
June 2018

Solutions in Focus: Financing sustainable management of marine and coastal biodiversity

Panorama, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GRID-Arendal, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
In this booklet, Solutions in Focus: Financing sustainable management of marine and coastal biodiversity, examples of the implementation of financing mechanisms in the marine and coastal realm are featured.
13 November 2018 to 29 November 2018
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UN Biodiversity Conference: Investing in biodiversity for people and planet

On 13 - 29 November 2018, the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) will be held under the theme of "Investing in biodiversity for people and planet" in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
January 2021

BioTrade Principles and Criteria for terrestrial, marine and other aquatic biodiversity-based products and services

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
This guidance aims to aims to contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through the promotion of trade and investment in BioTrade products and services.
January 2015

Understanding and Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services in the Northern Mozambique Channel

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Global Canopy
This case study compiles and synthesises data on marine ecosystem services to help identify the key ecosystem values of the Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) region, one of the world’s outstanding terrestrial and marine biodiversity areas and a biological reservoir for the entire coastal area of East Africa.
December 2018

Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use in Latin America: Evidence from environmental performance reviews

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report summarises key findings and lessons learned in the area of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use from the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews conducted for five Latin American countries between 2013 and 2017: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
4 June 2020
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Safer Use Of Chemicals Can Help Protect Biodiversity

From the smallest parasitic bacterium living in the bladder of a primate to the blue whale - biodiversity refers to the vast variety of life on this planet. But, we are currently in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. Pollution, including from chemicals and waste, is one of the key drivers of global biodiversity loss, found IPBES.
June 2013

World in Transition: Governing the Marine Heritage

German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
The focus of this paper World in Transition: Governing the Marine Heritage is on the rules governing the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, and above all on how we can ensure that these rules are implemented.
May 2019

Exploring Dual Discount Rates for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a marine protected area network

Environment for Development Initiative (EfD)
The paper presents a joint estimation of willingness to pay for conservation activities aimed to preserve the flow of ecosystem services provided by a marine protected area network and respondents´ personal discount rate using a contingent valuation survey.
January 2018

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Biodiversity: Impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, and other approaches

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, and other approaches. It then provides an inventory of biodiversity-relevant impact evaluation studies, across both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The report concludes with lessons learned, policy insights, and suggestions for further work.

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