Category: Politics and Science

The Long and Winding Road Toward Protection of a Pristine Antarctic Ecosystem

September 1, 2019

The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 provide for the designation of at least 10% of coastal and offshore marine areas as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) worldwide by 2020.

Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

July 13, 2019

The IPBES 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the new global synthesis of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment published in 2005, and the first that is inter-governmental.

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