biodiversity Archives

Part of the editorial team of SBEC attending a post book launch dinner

Past event / As a follow-up to the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, an investment-driven dialogue will be held on the sidelines of UNEP's 50th anniversary in Nairobi.

03 March 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Business, Finance, Sustainable Development Goals, Transport and Water resources

3D Render of a Topographic Map 3D View of Butte County, California. It shows lowlands dotted with agricultural fields to the bottom left giving way to tall, ragged mountains in the upper right corner, with some freshwater bodies scattered throughout.

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

Project / A NASA-funded project explored whether satellite imagery can help Indigenous tribes in California conserve land and water in ways that meet their needs.

2022 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Forests, Land use, Participation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Global transparency map graphic from Fossil Fuel Transparency Platform

The Fossil Fuel Atlas: a fossil fuel mapping and transparency platform

Tool / This web-based platform tracks fossil fuel infrastructure development and enables users to evaluate potential threats to ecosystems and communities.

About Fossil fuels and Land use

Adult bald eagle with two chicks in cliffside tree nest, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Sixty years after Silent Spring, the time has come to heed its call to curb harmful chemicals

Perspective / Sixty years after Silent Spring launched the environmental movement, the world should heed the call to stop the proliferation of harmful chemicals.

23 February 2022 / About Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Man in fluorescent yellow T-shirt stands beneath palm trees on a Colombian hillside, backed by lush rolling hills and a mostly cloudy sky

Addressing climate change equitably requires a better understanding of policy coherence

Perspective / SEI US Associate Scientist Zoha Shawoo outlines why countries must strengthen policy coherence when implementing climate goals.

22 February 2022 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Business, Climate policy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Aerial panorama over green summer farm fields crops pasture

A comprehensive approach to nitrogen in the UK

Other publication / This report commissioned by WWF-UK identifies nitrogen losses to the environment and their impacts, and identifies key interventions and approaches.

8 February 2022 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Forests, Mitigation, Pollution and Sustainable Development Goals

Herd of reindeer on remote tundra plateau, Kvalsund Kommune, Finnmark Fylke, Norway, July 2002

Interactions between winter and summer herbivory affect spatial and temporal plant nutrient dynamics in tundra grassland communities

Journal article / How do herbivores alter nutrient dynamics in tundra ecosystems by changing the functional composition of plant communities in the short-term?

27 April 2020 / About Ecosystems

Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands: key findings and recommendations

Other publication / The authors present key findings and policy recommendations to protect Arctic wetlands, as wildlife habitats, carbon storage and more.

1 May 2021 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy and Water resources

Town with factories and residential buildings with river and mountains in background under overcast sky, Brazil

The Bioeconomy–Biodiversity Nexus: Enhancing or Undermining Nature’s Contributions to People?

Journal article / The NCPs framework can help broaden synergies in the bioeconomy–biodiversity nexus, but inclusive governance remains critical.

24 January 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Climate services, Ecosystems and Participation