Gender-based violence and environment linkages
<p>Around the world, it is estimated that one in three women and girls will experience gender-based violence (GBV) during her lifetime (World Bank, 2019). Rooted in discriminatory gender norms and laws
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Redefining the future of growth: the new sustainability champions
The report Redefining the Future of Growth: The New Sustainability Champions, prepared with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), highlights innovative business practices from companies originating and operating
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The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India
The Western Ghats is one of the world’s most heavily populated biodiversity hotspots providing for and supporting 400 million people. However, these diverse freshwater ecosystems face many threats because
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Guidelines for protected areas legislation
<p>The purpose of these guidelines is to update and expand the original guidelines on protected areas legislation published in 1980 and to reflect new developments and emerging issues.
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Adaptation to climate change: challenges for small-scale agriculture
<p>This paper presents new approaches, methods and adaptation strategies that can be developed in order to address the climate change phenomena, which increasingly affect livelihood systems of vulnerable small scale farmer societies worldwide.
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A framework for assessing the vulnerability of wetlands to climate change
<p> The report introduces the concept and definitions of vulnerability in the context of wetland assessment, explains the relationship between vulnerability and risk assessment, provides an overview
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The energy report: 100% renewable energy by 2050
<p><span id="itro1">This new study produced through a collaboration between World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Ecofys outlines how all the world's energy can be provided cleanly, renewably and economically by 2050.</span></p>
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Water: a market of the future
<p>Over the coming years the economic importance of water will continue to increase for a number of reasons: Global demand for water is soaring.
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The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern himalaya
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity, and the ecosystem requirements of biodiversity are frequently not considered in the development planning process.
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The first Asian plant conservation report
<p><span id="itro1">This first Asian Plant Conservation Report by IUCN examines recent conservation progress in Asia and offers suggestions on how to achieve plant conservation targets under the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) framework.</span></p>