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1 December 2016
Countries accelerated global climate action across a broad range of areas at the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference on 18 November 2016 in Marrakech as they fast-tracked the political and practical aims of the historic Paris Climate Change Agreement.
30 November 2016
The term Indigenous Peoples is used in a generic sense to refer to a distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification asmembers of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (ii…
30 November 2016
This document is to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the…
30 November 2016
This document is to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the…
30 November 2016
This document is to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the…
24 November 2016
Protecting and restoring tropical forests is a large-scale and cheap way to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change encourages the international transaction of credits for reducing…
24 November 2016
Effective watershed management must critically recognize a variety of conditions and factors that influence or impair desired watershed services in order to devise and implement effective restoration plans. Impairments must be quantitatively defined in the context of the setting, impediments,…
24 November 2016
The presentation of UNEP-WCMC PRC representative, Meng Han, covered three broad areas about measuring and monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, and related these to the different aspects of eco-compensation and payment for ecosystem services (PES). The first part focused on ecosystem…
24 November 2016
Ecosystem is essential for human survival and development. Yet in the economic-social-environment nexus, there is currently no widely used index to measure sustainability of the natural environment. The economic system has gross domestic product (GDP) to measure its performance, whereas social…
24 November 2016
From environmental degradation to resource scarcity, the food production industry faces several major challenges. Immense innovation is needed to transform the entire agricultural sector and make it sustainable, while addressing food security. This session discusses a holistic cradle-to-grave…