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Nature-based Solutions: Why are states not focusing efforts on systemic transformations to address the drivers of biodiversity loss?

22 Oct, 2025

wild flowers representing biodiversity

Over the past decade, the concept of ‘Nature-based Solutions’ (NbS) has been promoted within global environmental governance, with several big conservation NGOs and corporations (such as BP, Chevron, Shell, Bayer, and Microsoft) being strong proponents. Initially developed by IUCN, the term has since spread across climate and biodiversity fora, despite evidence showing that NbS can harm ecosystem functions, violate human rights, and justify greenwashing and offsetting schemes. Additionally, many NbS projects do not consider the risk of impermanence, as climate change and other anthropogenic factors can affect ecosystem health.

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Harvesting Hope in the Hills of Nepal

12 Sep, 2025

This new photo essay, Harvesting Hope in the Hills of Nepal: The Journey of Chepang Women toward Food and Gender Justice, captures their inspiring efforts to regenerate forests, strengthen agroecological…

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Sowing Life and Resistance

12 Aug, 2025

Women from around Latin America gathered to debate food sovereignty ahead of Nyéléni  By Inés Franceschelli, Heñói Centro de Estudios / Global Forest Coalition  July 22, 2025 More than 30…

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