Goal 15: Life on Land Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/life-on-land/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:16:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Food Systems Summit Commitments Registry /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/09/media-advisory-un-food-systems-summit-commitments-registry/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:16:45 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=99110 MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Food Systems Summit Commitments Registry   WHAT: Governments, organisations, partnerships and individuals can now formally submit their commitments to building healthier, more sustainable and more equitable food systems ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit on September 23. The registry will be public to all but commitments are expected from institutions [...]

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]]> UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/03/un-adopts-landmark-framework-to-integrate-natural-capital-in-economic-reporting/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:55:38 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=96354 Countries agree to go beyond GDP with new framework that accounts for nature’s contribution to economy

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]]> One Planet Summit /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/01/one-planet-summit-2/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:10:50 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=94236 MEDIA ADVISORY ONE PLANET SUMMIT Organized by France, in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank, the 'One Planet Summit' for biodiversity on 11 January 2021 aims to advance the protection of nature WHAT: French President Emmanuel Macron, Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, and President of the World Bank Group [...]

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]]> Historic UN Summit on Biodiversity sets stage for a global movement toward a green recovery from COVID-19 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/10/historic-un-summit-on-biodiversity-sets-stage-for-a-global-movement-toward-a-green-recovery-from-covid-19/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:21:01 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=90296 New York, 30 September—Recognizing that the continued deterioration and degradation of the world’s natural ecosystems were having major impacts on the lives and livelihoods of people everywhere, world leaders called for increased resolve to protect biodiversity at the UN today.

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]]> Leading experts chosen to drive five priority areas for UN Food Systems Summit /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/09/leading-experts-chosen-to-drive-five-priority-areas-for-un-food-systems-summit/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:28:57 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=89136 September 16, 2020, New York – Today the United Nations Special Envoy, Agnes Kalibata, announced experts across the fields of food, agriculture, health and climate change who have committed to advance solutions to make food systems more resilient and inclusive through the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. “The action tracks will draw on [...]

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]]> #MakeItRight: A campaign by UN Lebanon and TBWA/Raad on World Environment Day /sustainabledevelopment/makeitright-campaign-world-environment-day Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:38:45 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=84923 Every year the world celebrates World Environment Day on 5 June, a day dedicated to focusing efforts of the governments, businesses and citizens on pressing environmental issues.

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]]> UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report Mon, 06 May 2019 15:59:22 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=64637 A landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely.

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]]> International Day of Forests 2019: Forests and Education /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/international-day-of-forests-2019-forests-and-education/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:50:25 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=62035 Learning to understand our forests and providing children with a foundation to better understand their importance is a critical step to safeguarding natural resources for future generations.

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]]> Media Advisory | UN Biodiversity Conference, 17-29 November 2018 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/11/media-advisory-un-biodiversity-conference-17-29-november-2018/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 01:42:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=53418 6 November – In collaboration with the Government of Egypt, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will hold its 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt 14-29 November, under the theme "Investing in Biodiversity for People and Planet." Main themes up for discussion at the [...]

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]]> UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh follows the sustainable fashion trail /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/08/undp-goodwill-ambassador-michelle-yeoh-follows-the-sustainable-fashion-trail/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:48:38 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50272 UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh sets out to discover “what sustainable fashion could look like, without compromising the beauty of our clothes.” One answer: high-fashion produced with certified sustainable new generation forest-based fabrics. “Made in Forests” was produced by the UN Economic Commission for Europe/Food and Agriculture Organization’s (UNECE/FAO) Forestry and Timber Section, together [...]

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]]> Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ – UN expert /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/08/bangladesh-world-heritage-site-threatened-by-heedless-industrialisation-un-expert-2/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:09:05 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50892 Image: FAO/Mondal Falgoonee Kumar|Researchers travelling on a small canal during a field visit to the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being threatened by “heedless industrialization”, according to a UN rights expert, who on Tuesday, called on [...]

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]]> Dare to Return /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/07/dare-to-return/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:04:27 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50780 By Prisana Kongwong, Khaosod, Thailand When asked why he resigned from an engineering career to start anew as a farmer,Pasawut “Jack” Roongrasmi, 33, simply replied,"Because I wasn’t happy.” Like him, dozens of young men and women in Thailand are turning away from the modern comforts of big cities, determined to make a self-sufficient life for [...]

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]]> Adopt an Olive Tree /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/07/adopt-an-olive-tree/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:53:42 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50773 By Patricia Peiró, El País, Spain There are few things worse than being neglected into oblivion. The olive trees of Oliete, a village in Teruel, Spain, were disappearing for this very reason. Oliete’s 300 residents live surrounded by the trees, and most families own land with at least a few. But Oliete is located in [...]

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]]> UNDP announces The Lion’s Share fund to tackle crisis in wildlife conservation and animal welfare /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/06/undp-announces-the-lions-share-fund-to-tackle-crisis-in-wildlife-conservation-and-animal-welfare/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:25:32 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=49948 On 21 June, 2018, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), FINCH and founding partner Mars, Incorporated, announced the Lion's Share, an initiative aimed at transforming the lives of animals across the world by asking advertisers to contribute a percentage of their media spend to conservation and animal welfare projects. “Animals are in 20 percent of all [...]

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]]> Consumers, private sector critical in fighting droughts and land degradation, says UN /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/06/consumers-private-sector-critical-in-fighting-droughts-and-land-degradation-says-un/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:01:44 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=49921 17 June 2018, Quito, Ecuador--More than 3.2 billion people, or 2 in every 5 people, are impacted by land degradation today and up to 143 million people could move within their countries by 2050 to escape water scarcity and falling crop productivity due to the slow onset impacts of climate change. To avoid these threats, [...]

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]]> Rich variety of life on earth essential says Guterres, marking biodiversity day /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/05/rich-variety-of-life-on-earth-essential-says-guterres-marking-biodiversity-day/ Tue, 22 May 2018 16:47:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=49765 The welfare and prosperity of people now and in the future, depends on a “rich variety of life on earth” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in his message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, marked on Tuesday. Since December 1993, when the Convention on Biological Diversity entered into force, its parties have acted to conserve the earth’s flora and [...]

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]]> Kristine Tompkins named UN Environment Patron of Protected Areas /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/05/kristine-tompkins-named-un-environment-patron-of-protected-areas/ Fri, 18 May 2018 16:10:02 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=49729 American environmentalist and CEO of Tompkins Conservation, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, was designated UN Environment Patron of Protected Areas on Friday at the United Nations headquarters in New York at an event is hosted by the Permanent Missions of Argentina and Chile to the United Nations. The former CEO of Patagonia, Inc., Tompkins is renowned for [...]

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]]> COP23: Why it makes business sense for Itaipu to restore forests, biodiversity /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-makes-business-sense-itaipu-restore-forests-biodiversity/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:08:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=42741 The post COP23: Why it makes business sense for Itaipu to restore forests, biodiversity appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> COP23: IUCN chief on how investment in forests pays off /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-iucn-chief-on-how-investment-in-forests-pays-off/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:35:44 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34773 The post COP23: IUCN chief on how investment in forests pays off appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> SDG Media Zone: Local Action for the SDGs /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/sdg-media-zone-local-action-for-the-sdgs/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:24:56 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33694 The post SDG Media Zone: Local Action for the SDGs appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

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