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Twenty-First Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the CBD

Article 25 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) establishes an open-ended intergovernmental scientific advisory body known as the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological ...

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2017 Dec 11

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IUCN identifies threatened freshwater biodiversity sites in the Mediterranean

Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas ...

 
2020 Mar 03

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A new species of banded iguana is discovered on the island of Gau

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, The National Trust of Fiji and NatureFiji-MareqetiViti have discovered a new species of banded iguana The new spec...

 
2020 Mar 03

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UK Target 8: The UK will minimise the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on...

UK Target 8 : The UK will minimise the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity and increase its resilience through mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction actions, including through nature-based solutions and/or...

13. Climate Action14. Life Below Water

UK Target 16: The UK will ensure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable...

UK Target 16 : The UK will ensure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable consumption choices, including by establishing supportive policy, legislative or regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and...

4. Quality Education8. Decent Work and Economic Growth12. Responsible Consumption and Production9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

UK Target 18: The UK will identify by 2025, and eliminate, phase out or reform by 2030, incentives,...

UK Target 18 : The UK will identify by 2025, and eliminate, phase out or reform by 2030, incentives, including subsidies, harmful for biodiversity, in a proportionate, just, fair, effective and equitable way, while contributing to the global target...

12. Responsible Consumption and Production14. Life Below Water

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The Winmarleigh carbon farm

The Winmarleigh carbon farm has been created on an area of lowland peatland, that was drained and converted to agriculture in the 1970's. The area has been re-wet and a permanent cover crop of sphagnu...

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Biodiversity Learning Platform

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

10. Reduced Inequality17. Partnerships to achieve the GoalClearing-House Mechanisms2024 Aug 30
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