Sand plays a strategic role in delivering ecosystem services, vital infrastructure for economic development, providing livelihoods within communities and maintaining biodiversity. It is linked to all 17 Sustainable Development...
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This global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date, revealing the state of science on the world’s kelp forests and providing recommended actions to build the recovery of the world’s kelp...
Billions of people in developed and developing nations benefit daily from using wild species for food, energy, materials, medicine, recreation, inspiration and many other vital contributions to human well-being. The...
What: To mark World Biodiversity Day and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the United Nations presents 'From Devil's Breath': IT ONLY TAKES A SPARK. FROM DEVIL’S BREATH (40') tells the unlikely story of two remarkable...
Water bottles, disposable toiletries, plastic bags, bin liners, food packaging and cups are among the biggest plastic polluters Rethinking single-use plastic products requires collaboration from all stakeholders London, 15 June...
Produced by WWF Forest and Climate, WWF International, Climate Focus, UN-REDD Programme, UN Environment Programme, UNEP-DTU Partnership, and BMU, this paper provides recommendations for decision-makers in governments to...
To mark ten years of the Emissions Gap Report, and inform the Climate Action Summit, UNEP released Lessons from a decade of emissions gap assessments. The report finds that the last ten years have, in some ways, been a lost decade...
Environmental crime is not a niche problem. It is now the fourth largest type of criminal activity in the world, and valued at anywhere between 91 and 258 billion USD every year. This colossal sum fuels organized crime, undermines...
This brochure provides a brief summary of an assessment study carried out by UN Environment and WWF (amongst others). It involved case studies on illegal logging, illegal fishing of sturgeon and caviar trade, illegal killing of...
This brochure provides a brief summary of an assessment study carried out by UN Environment and WWF (amongst others). It involved case studies on illegal logging, illegal fishing of sturgeon and caviar trade, illegal killing of...