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Peatlands Rewetting, Restoration and Conservation Offers a low-cost, Low-tech, High Impact Nature-Based Solution for Climate Action
(2019)
The Global Peatlands Initiative is a partnership of 28 organizations aiming to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and save thousands of lives by protecting peatlands, the world’s largest terrestrial-soil organic carbon ...
UNEP in the Regions: Europe - Environment for Development
(2005)
UNEP views its role in Europe as being that of a facilitator and supporter of regional and sub-regional cooperation and partnerships, a provider of assessments and early warnings, an advisor on responses to emerging ...
One Nature. One World. Our future: Decisions of the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(2010)
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008 under the theme "One Nature - One World - Our Future which encapsulates the ...
Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development – A Rapid Response Assessment
(2010)
The objective of this report is to provide an overview of some of the most crucial services rendered by natural ecosystems to
humankind and how they can be restored as part of policy development to partially resolve key ...
Nature-Based Solutions for Water Management: A Primer
(2018)
This primer is designed to raise awareness of the multiple benefits of nature-based solutions. solutions most useful to water resources managers (section 3); and adopts the view that: • the first point of resilience to ...
UNEP in 2019 - Letter from the Executive Director [Annual Report]
(2020)
In lieu of an annual report, Executive Director Inger Andersen looks back in letter format on 2019, her first year in office. She calls it “a year when our past finally caught up with us and science provided an unambiguous ...
Nature Based Solutions [Frequently Asked Questions]
(2020)
This factsheet answers the following questions: What are nature-based solutions? What are the benefits of nature based solutions? How is UNEP supporting countries to leverage Nature Based Solutions?