biodiversity

Our common home: bridging science and faith for a more sustainable world

Media advisory / SEI and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development proudly present “Our Common Home: A guide to caring for our living planet”.

No ‘one size fits all’ heather management method for protecting carbon-rich peatlands

Press release / A major study has provided answers on how to tackle the impacts of climate change and biodiversity losses on carbon-rich peatlands.

The values of wildlife revisited

Journal article / Based on a wide literature review, this paper proposes a comprehensive wildlife value framework (WVF).

SEI indicator for impacts of consumption on biodiversity adopted at COP15

Press release / SEI and partners have developed the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption Indicator adopted by COP15 in Montreal.

Tougher action needed to stop soy deforestation in Brazil

Press release / New Trase data shows the rapid expansion of soy plantations across the Cerrado, Pampas and Amazon.

Connecting exports of Brazilian soy to deforestation

Feature / Trase has launched new supply chain, deforestation and emissions data for Brazilian soy.

New strategy to kickstart the bioeconomy in East Africa

Feature / SEI played a leading role in a partnership to develop a Regional Bioeconomy Strategy for East Africa, the first of its kind for the continent.

The promises and pitfalls of nature-based solutions

Feature / Nature-based solutions are physical measures to protect, manage and restore our ecosystems. Explore their promises and pitfalls in this brief series.

Assessing finance for nature-based solutions to climate change

SEI working paper / Read this new assessment on how much development finance is directed toward nature-based solutions and how effectively it is used.