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A risk framework for addressing nature’s harmful contributions to people
Abstract Conserving Earth’s ecosystems is critical for sustaining human life, yet some aspects of living nature can harm people, such as insect vectors of human disease and venomous animals. Nature’s contributions to people (NCPs) that cause harm are a contentious issue in biodiversity research and policy, with limited agreement on how they should be assessed or managed.
A framework towards assessing climate change and disaster-related losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services (FRAME-ECO)
This report introduces a framework for assessing climate change and disaster-related losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In response to ecosystem degradation, biodiversity declines and cascading impacts on human well-being, this framework aims to fill data gaps through a standardized approach to identifying, monitoring and assessing such losses.
How Land and Water Management Can Help Accelerate Progress Towards SDG
How Land and Water Management Can Help Accelerate Progress Towards SDG 15 04.07.2024 Author:admin 4 How Land and Water Management Can Help Accelerate Progress Towards SDG 15 3 July 2024 A recent UNU-EHS and UNCCD policy report assesses the contribution of land and water management approaches to sustainable land management and land degradation neutrality.
Guest Article: How Land and Water Management Can Help Accelerate Progress Towards SDG 15 Original
story highlights A recent UNU-EHS and UNCCD policy report assesses the contribution of land and water management approaches to sustainable land management and land degradation neutrality. Many approaches specifically promote ecosystem health and food security, while human well-being and other socioeconomic aspects sometimes remain neglected.
Africa: Wetlands Help Protect Us From Floods and Purify Our Water
By by Zita Sebesvari and Yvonne Walz | United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security Every day climate-related disasters are happening all around the globe, and this trend will keep increasing. Just between 1998 and 2017, "climate-related and geophysical disasters killed 1.3 million people and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless, displaced or in need of emergency assistance", according to U.N. figures.
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