Status and trends in global primary forest, protected areas, and areas designated for conservation of biodiversity from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015
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The global community has recognized the importance of forests for biodiversity, and has prioritized the preservation of forest biodiversity and ecosystem functions through multiple multilateral agreements and processes such as the Convention on Biodiversity’s Aichi Targets and the Millennium Development Goals. The Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) provides one mechanism for tracking progress toward such goals in three particular areas: primary forest area, protected forest areas, and areas designated for the conservation of biodiversity.
Biodiversity/ecosystem services scenario exercises from the Asia–Pacific: typology, archetypes and implications for sustainable development goals (SDGs)
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This paper presents a systematic review of biodiversity/ecosystem services scenario exercises from the Asia–Pacific region. From the limited scholarly literature available, 61 scenario exercises were examined to explore their typology and multiple scenario attributes, including geographic distribution, consideration for influential drivers, choices of ecosystem services, number of alternative futures and temporal horizons for scenario deployment.
Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture management
Overfishing and depleted fish stocks are the results of open-access conditions where an individual fisher is acting in line with what is best for her personally. However, the joint outcome of all
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Fisheries, Policy Design |
South Africa, India, Colombia, China, Ghana, Nigeria, Chile, Vietnam, Sweden, Tanzania, Central America
REPRC-EfD Research Recommends Review of Nigeria’s Fishery Act
Following the data collection process for the Fishery Performance Indicators, researchers at The Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre, Environment for Development (REPRC-EfD) Nigeria
Closing ceremony with principals, teachers and the regional representative of the Ministry of Environment in the Bio-Bio Region.
The project focused on evaluating the direct and indirect effects of an educational program on students’ and parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding consumption and disposal of
Analyzing the effect of biodegradable packaging on plastic consumption in the wholesale market: a field experiment in the Costa Rican farmer’s market
Command and control instruments, such as Plastic-bag bans, have been effective in countries with a strong enforcement mechanism. In developing countries, these instruments have been partially