SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 21 2018 (IPS) – A discussion held earlier this week at the ongoing Convention of Biodiversity’s (CBD) Conference of Parties in Egypt highlighted that grants to curb deforestation in the Amazon are not enough if they are accompanied with investments that increase the loss of biodiversity.
Nature-based Solutions: Why are states not focusing efforts on systemic transformations to address the drivers of biodiversity loss?
By Meenal Tatpati (Women4Biodiversity) and Valentina Figuera Martínez (Global Forest Coalition) Over the past decade, the concept of ‘Nature-based Solutions’ (NbS) has been promoted within global environmental governance, with several big conservation NGOs and...
