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Ecosystem services valued at over US $72 trillion a year.
Yet two thirds are considered degraded from damage, mismanagement and failure to invest and re-invest in productivity, health and sustainability.
Roll the statistics around in your mind, say them out loud and roll them off your tongue. Look out the window and think about them: natural wetlands provide services of nearly US $7 trillion, forest wetlands treat more wastewater per unit of energy and have up to 22 fold higher cost-benefit ratios than traditional sand filtration in treatment plants. Crops including the cup of tea, or coffee that you had this morning rely on pollination and pest control services of birds and insects. Projected loss of ecosystem service could lead up to 25% loss in food production and by 2050 increase the risk of hunger. These are a few of the statistics mentioned in UNEP's report; Dead planet, living planet: Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development.
Read more: www.southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/economy/608-dead-plane...
Two Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) projects were implemented to address adaptation needs in Dar-es-Salaam and the following coastal districts: Pangani, Rufiji, Bagamoyo, Mkoani and Mijni.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: UNEP
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I am absolutely delighted to let you know that my new album, 'ECOSYSTEMS' has just been published: stanislav.photography/ecosystems
It has been presented at the Club of Rome 50th Anniversary meeting, the United Nations COP24 conference on climate change, a large exhibition held at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University and the Environment Europe Oxford Spring School in Ecological Economics and now at the United Nations World Urban Forum 2020. There are only 450 copies left so you will have to be quick: stanislav.photography/ecosystems
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I've just lifted what felt like a couple of tons of water lily out of the pond here. But the face is mainly because while standing in the deep part (I'm on the margin shelf here) I discovered that the waders leak. And I'm trying not to think about what is now wriggling around my bare toes.
ESP10 - 10 years advancing ecosystem services science, policy and practice for a sustainable future.
22 October 2019, Hannover Congress Centre
Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
green has turned copper
even the humble grass has taken a beautiful hue
26 January 2016, European Innovation Ecosystems: Good governance and effective support for smart specialisation
Belgium - Brussels - January 2016
© European Union / Nuno Rodrigues
In Albania, UNEP is working with the Ministry of Tourism and Environment to improve the capacity of the Kune-Vaini lagoon ecosystem to adapt to climate change and provide vital goods and services to local communities. The project will improve the technical and institutional capacity of policy- and decision-makers in Albania to implement adaptation interventions, especially ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). The project is also increasing the awareness among local communities of effective EbA actions.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: UNEP
The Meadow fills with seasonal wildflowers each year creating a one of a kind floral vista that can be seen from throughout the custom log cabin.
26 January 2016, European Innovation Ecosystems: Good governance and effective support for smart specialisation
Belgium - Brussels - January 2016
© European Union / Nuno Rodrigues