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News Headlines
#132253
2021-12-21

New equipment for Canadian Coast Guard will help clean up oil spills

The $1.5-billion Oceans Protection Plan is the largest investment ever made to protect Canada’s coasts and waterways, while growing the economy.

News Headlines
#132204
2021-12-17

European stores pull products linked to Brazil deforestation

Several European supermarket chains are dropping Brazilian beef products linked to destruction of the Amazon rainforest and tropical wetland, the US activist group Mighty Earth said Thursday.

News Headlines
#132211
2021-12-17

France is preparing to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES in Lyon, with the support of the Metropole, and ensuring safe sanitary conditions for the participants

The upcoming 74th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee will take place in the Metropolis of Lyon (France) and bring together members and observers to review strategic, policy and species-specific matters affecting the implementation of the Convention in preparation for the 19th meeting of the ...

News Headlines
#132219
2021-12-17

Scottish forestry’s ambitious targets to balance environmental, economic and social outcomes

Well before world leaders headed to Glasgow for November’s COP26, the Scottish Government, along with the rest of the UK, had already committed to some very ambitious tree-planting targets.

News Headlines
#132190
2021-12-16

Draft Ministerial Statement Highlights Environmentally Sustainable Trade

A large group of members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a draft ministerial statement on trade and sustainability on 15 December. The text is the result of the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD), where 53 WTO members said they planned “to collabor ...

News Headlines
#132183
2021-12-15

Climate tech investment is soaring this year — but might not be going to the right areas, PwC says

The average size of a climate tech deal almost quadrupled to $96 million in the first half of 2021, up from $27 million one year prior, PwC said.

News Headlines
#132157
2021-12-13

Should we pay countries to protect their biodiversity?

The countries with the richest biodiversity don’t always take the necessary measures to protect them. Whether it’s because they lack the motivation or the resources to do so, or because they prioritize short-term economic benefits over environmental protection, countries often neglect their resp ...

News Headlines
#132137
2021-12-10

CAF to use $7 billion capitalization for recovery, renewables in Latin America

CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America, will use $7 billion in planned equity capitalization to back economic recovery and renewable energy development in the region, its president said on Thursday.

News Headlines
#132124
2021-12-09

Nature As Capital

We have increased our produced capital and human capital, by amassing knowledge and skills. At the same time, however, we have depleted, sometimes irreversibly, our natural capital, the very foundation of all economic and human activities.

News Headlines
#132120
2021-12-09

Second Committee Approves Resolutions on Climate, SIDS, Biodiversity

The UN General Assembly’s committee on economic and financial issues (Second Committee) completed its work for the 76th session. The Committee, which had the first all-woman Bureau in the Committee’s history, reached agreement on guidance on biodiversity, convening conferences on SIDS and LLDCs ...

News Headlines
#132114
2021-12-09

Digitizing the Natural History Museum London's entire collection could contribute over £2 billion to the global economy

The societal benefits of digitizing natural history collections extends to global advancements in food security, biodiversity conservation, medicine discovery, minerals exploration, and beyond. Brand new, rigorous economic report predicts investing in digitizing natural history museum collection ...

News Headlines
#132085
2021-12-07

Biodiversity flies under the radar, but is as pressing as climate change

More than half of GDP in SA is moderately to highly dependent on biodiversity and ecosystem services

News Headlines
#132064
2021-12-06

Data point: World Soil Day

Soil erosion costs the global economy US$8bn a year, and reduces agri-food production by 33.7m tonnes, leading to increases of up to 3.5% in world food prices

News Headlines
#131996
2021-11-30

Nobel-winning stock market theory used to help save coral reefs

Researchers at Australia’s University of Queensland used modern portfolio theory (MPT), a mathematical framework developed by the economist Harry Markowitz in the 1950s to help risk-averse investors maximise returns, to identify the 50 reefs or coral sanctuaries around the world that are most li ...

News Headlines
#132004
2021-11-30

Call for evidence: aligning the UK’s economic goals with environmental sustainability

The Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee is calling for views on taking greater account of natural capital and environmental sustainability in assessing UK economic prosperity.

News Headlines
#131970
2021-11-29

Toward a well-being economy

Traditionally, our policy and decision-makers use three basic measures of economic progress: gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rate, and unemployment rate. But how useful are these economic measures, especially during this period when we are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic?

News Headlines
#131882
2021-11-24

Biodiversity market expected by year's end

A market platform matching producers providing biodiversity services with corporations seeking to invest in credible on-farm environmental stewardship is expected to be running by the end of the year.

News Headlines
#131902
2021-11-24

ASR Nederland N : A.s.r. to reward farmers for sustainable business operations

a.s.r. is going to reward farmers who are committed to sustainable business operations. Farmers who use agricultural land owned by a.s.r. can receive a discount of 5 to 10% on the rent if they manage their land sustainably. In order to make the agricultural sector more sustainable, a.s.r. has fo ...

News Headlines
#131908
2021-11-24

Five issues to resolve before we can trade natural capital

An extraordinary opportunity is emerging in the form of natural capital markets, but five main challenges have to be overcome before responsible trading schemes can be launched, according to one sustainability expert.

News Headlines
#131877
2021-11-24

Investors must assess biodiversity risk: ACSI

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is urging its members to assess the financial risk posed by biodiversity loss and push companies to do more to protect the environment from deforestation, ecosystem extinction and pollution of the oceans and freshwater resources. New research b ...

Meeting
#6138
Meeting
#6137
Notification
#3062
2021-03-11

United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OH/GD/89465 (2021-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

pdf English 
Meeting
#5974

World Food Safety Day 2020

7 June 2020, Rome, Italy

News Headlines
#125100
2020-04-16

Economic growth is incompatible with biodiversity conservation

The increase in resource consumption and polluting emissions as a result of economic growth is not compatible with biodiversity conservation. However, most international policies on biodiversity and sustainability advocate economic growth.

Notification
#2944
2019-12-12
Notification
#2874
2019-05-13

Composition of the Informal Advisory Group on Mainstreaming of Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OH/GD/87855 (2019-045)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, relevant stakeholders, organizations and initiatives

pdf English 
Meeting
#5872

World Economic Forum 2019

22 - 25 January 2019, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

Meeting
#5791
Notification
#2616
2017-05-11

Invitation to Register for a Massive Open Online Course on Greening Consumption and Production (31 May - 12 July 2017)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86505 (2017-041)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, other Governments, IPLCs and relevant organizations

pdf English 
CBD
Meeting
#5550
Side Event
#3297
COP 12
2014-10-13

Strengthening capacities to combat poaching and the illegal wildlife trade in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The current dimension and growth in the illegal trade in wildlife products pose a significant risk both to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and to social and economic development. Past and recent successes in conservation, protected area management and the governance of natur ...

Side Event
#3276
COP 12
2014-10-13

Biodiversity Conservation in China: the national progress for the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

In this workshop, the national progress of the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in China will be introduced. Meanwhile, the preliminary results of two pilot studies for economics valuation at local level and one for poverty reduction at community level in China will be shown respectively ...

Side Event
#3301
COP 12
2014-10-09

AICHI TARGET 3 ON POSITIVE INCENTIVES: CAN MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

RATIONALE AND POLICY RELEVANCE Building on decision XI/4 adopted in 2012, Parties at this 12th CoP will discuss the need to mobilize funds at the international and domestic levels to achieve the three objectives of the Convention. To do so, Parties will discuss a list of key actions to improve ...

Side Event
#3157
COP 12
2014-10-07

ACHIEVING THE AICHI TARGET 7 : BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY WITH SATOYAMA-SATOUMI APPROACH

How to mainstreaming Green economy for achieving the Aichi target 7, overcoming the diverse values? This side event provides 2 cases with Satoyama-Satoumi approaches and 1 methodology for multi-stakeholder communication.Furthermore, we will also discuss life&work-style innovation in Satoyama-Sa ...

Recommendation
SBSTTA-18
#13333

Recommendation XVIII/8

Obstacles encountered in implementing options identified for eliminating, phasing out or reforming incentives that are harmful for biodiversity

Meeting Document
#98758
2014-04-25

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/11

Modalities and Milestones for the Full Operationalization of Aichi Biodiversity Target 3, and Obstacles Encountered in Implementing Options Identified for Eliminating, Phasing Out or Reforming Incentives That Are Harmful for Biodiversity

CBD
Meeting
#5339

Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Africa

11 - 13 February 2014, Entebbe, Uganda

Meeting Document
#95818
2013-10-03

UNEP/CBD/RW-IM-WAFR/1/2

Report of the Subregional Workshop for Sub Saharan West Africa on Valuation and Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#89367
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/34

Incentive Measures (Article 11) - Progress report on activities undertaken by Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and initiatives, and the Executive Secretary: updated analysis of information received

Meeting Document
#89494
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/RW-IM-SA/1/2

Report of the Subregional Workshop for South America on Valuation and Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#90168
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/RW-IM-EECASI/1/2

Report of the Subregional Workshop on Valuation and Incentive Measures for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Meeting Document
#88654
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WS-CB-TEEB-MENA/1/2

Report of the Capacity-Building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Meeting Document
#86417
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/15

Incentive Measures (Article 11): Progress report on activities undertaken by Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and initiatives, and the Executive Secretary, Analysis of information received

Meeting Document
#86453
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/36

Incentive Measures (Article 11): Synthesis of information on progress in implementing decision X/44

Meeting Document
#85557
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/CBW-NBSAP/PA/2/2

Report of the Workshop

Meeting Document
#69590
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/26

Report of the International Workshop on the Removal and Mitigation of Perverse, and the Promotion of Positive, Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#69736
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/38

TEEB for Policy Makers: Responding to the Value of Nature

Meeting Document
#69738
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/INF/11

TEEB for Policy Makers: Responding to the Value of Nature

Meeting Document
#67118
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/17

Incentive Measures (Article 11): Information and Good-Practice Cases from Different Regions on the Identification and Removal or Mitigation of Perverse, and the Promotion of Positive, Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#63007
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WSIM/3/2

Analysis of Relevant Information on the Impacts of Positive and Perverse Incentives

Meeting Document
#62533
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WSIM/3/1

Provisional Agenda

Meeting Document
#62532
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WSIM/3/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

Meeting Document
#72699
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/24

Incentive Measures (Article 11): Information and Good-Practice Cases from Different Regions on the Identification and Removal or Mitigation of Perverse, and the Promotion of Positive, Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#73692
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/17

How Monitoring Can Support the Implementation of Valuation Tools and Positive Incentive Measures - The International Dimension

Meeting Document
#74008
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/18

Incentive Measures (Article 11): Information and Good-Practice Cases from Different Regions on the Identification and Removal or Mitigation of Perverse, and the Promotion of Positive, Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#73977
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/23

TEEB for Business Report

Meeting Document
#73978
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/24

TEEB for Policy-Makers: Responding to the Value of Nature

Meeting Document
#73979
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/25

TEEB for Local and Regional Policy-Makers (D3)

Meeting Document
#74171
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/31

Paying for Biodiversity: Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services

Meeting Document
#70912
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/26

Report of the International Workshop on the Removal and Mitigation of Perverse, and the Promotion of Positive, Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#44558
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/12

In-Depth Review of the Programme of Work on Incentive Measures - Summary of views, experiences and options provided by Parties

Meeting Document
#45014
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/12/ADD1

In-Depth Review of the Work on Incentive Measures - Synthesis report of information on incentive measures provided by Parties in the third national reports

Meeting Document
#45009
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/12/ADD2

In-Depth Review of the Programme of Work on Incentive Measures (Addendum)

Meeting Document
#44863
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/8

Compilation of Views, Experiences, and Options in the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#46721
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/9

Terms of Reference for a Study on How Monitoring Can Support the Implementation of Valuation Tools and Positive Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#47183
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/38

Compilation of Views, Experiences, and Options in the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#47372
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/38/ADD1

Compilation of Views, Experiences, and Options in the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Incentive Measures

Meeting Document
#19032
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/27

Cross-Cutting Issues Progress Report and Consideration of Proposals for Future Action: Protected Areas, Incentive Measures, Alien Species that Threaten Ecosystems, Habitats or Species, Impact Assessment, Liability and Redress, Biodiversity and Climate Change

Meeting Document
#19030
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/27/ADD1

Incentive Measures: Compilation of suggestions on the development of definitions on incentive measures

Meeting Document
#15431
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/8

Incentive Measures: Proposals on the Application of Positive Incentive Measures and their Integration Into Relevant Programmes, Policies or Strategies

Meeting Document
#15432
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/9

Incentive Measures: Proposals on the Application of Tools for Valuation of Biodiversity and Biodiversity Resources and Functions

Meeting Document
#16443
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/8

Incentive Measures: An Exploration of Tools and Methodologies for Valuation of Biodiversity and Biodiversity Resources and Functions

Meeting Document
#16389
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/11

Incentive Measures: An Analysis of Existing and New Instruments that Provide Positive Incentives

Meeting Document
#17557
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/15

Synthesis Report On Information Received From Parties, Other Governments And Organizations On Non-Monetary Positive Incentive Measures and on the Application of Methodologies for the Assessment of Values of Biodiversity and its Functions

Meeting Document
#8454
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/12

Incentive Measures: Further Refinement and Consideration of the Proposals for the Application of Ways and Means to Remove or Mitigate Perverse Incentives

Meeting Document
#8580
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/8

Synthesis report on information received from Parties, other governments and organizations on the removal or mitigation of perverse incentives

Notification
#2050
2013-06-21
Action by
2013-07-05
CBD
Meeting
#5181
Meeting Document
#93501
2013-05-01

UNEP/CBD/RW-IM-WAFR/1/1/ADD1

Background and Programme of Work

Notification
#2023
2013-03-12
Action by
2013-07-05
Notification
#1994
2012-12-10
Action by
2013-01-07

Sub-regional Workshop on valuation and incentive measures for Sub-Saharan West Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 19 to 22 February 2013

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/80981 (2012-150)
To: CBD National Focal Points of: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and relevant organizations

pdf English  French 
Notification
#1988
2012-11-22

Implementation tools for valuation and incentive measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ML/GD/81035 (2012-144)
To: CBD National Focal Points

pdf English 
Side Event
#2842
COP 11
2012-10-19

Ecosystem restoration on cotton fields – bringing environmental and economic interests together

The side event presents the successful project “Cotton Connect”, an initiative engaged in ecosystem restoration without GMO and pesticides offering organic cotton and supporting the Better Cotton Initiative, in cooperation with the world´s leading organic cotton clothing retailer C&A and its Ger ...

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