State of the world’s migratory species
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/library/large/2023-01-05/0.09030700_1672914060_bird.jpg" style="width: 333px; height: 250px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />More than a fifth of the world's
Ecosystems
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Climate action through regeneration: unlocking the power of communities and nature through tourism
The Glasgow Declaration for Tourism Climate Action has identified regeneration as one of five shared pathways for the industry, and there is untapped potential for tourism to embrace regenerative business
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The importance of riverine and floodplain fisheries for livelihood resilience in Africa
The livelihoods of rural communities depend primarily on the availability of and access to renewable resources, including water, land and living resources. These resources are components of ecosystems
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Summary for policymakers of the thematic assessment of the sustainable use of wild species
<p>According to this report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, accelerating global biodiversity crisis, with a million species of plants and animals facing extinction, threatens these contributions to people.</p>
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Climate adaptation in Tanzania with ecosystem restoration & flood defence infrastructure
In 2012, the Government of Tanzania secured funding from the Adaptation Fund and the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable
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Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and community resilience in India: a cost-benefit and equity analysis
This study evaluates the economic efficiency of the interventions in India using a Cost-Benefit Analysis to compare implementation costs with observed and future benefits. It also performs an equity assessment,
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The potential for nature-based solutions initiatives to incorporate and scale climate adaptation
This paper seeks to understand the potential for existing NBS-centered initiatives to better incorporate climate adaptation, thereby contributing to broader adaptation efforts needed to combat the climate
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BiodiverCities by 2030: transforming cities’ relationship with nature
Cities are the engine of the global economy - contributing 80% of the world’s GDP – but their exponential growth in recent decades has come at the expense of nature. The built environment has grown by
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Ecosystem-based flood management: a comparative study report of the cities of Cape Town and Durban (South Africa), Nairobi and Mombasa (Kenya)
Flooding poses a significant threat to cities in the global South, due to a combination of factors including unplanned city extensions, prevalent poverty and low adaptive capacity. Depending on the location,
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Using ecosystem risk assessment science in ecosystem restoration
Recent global initiatives in ecosystem restoration offer an unprecedented opportunity to improve biodiversity conservation and human health and well-being. Ecosystems form a core component of biodiversity.
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Building climate resilience in the Asia Pacific region
IFAD’s ASAP projects in Asia and the Pacific region offer a host of valuable lessons that can be applied in the design and implementation of other climate change adaptation projects targeting smallholder