In the drylands of Southern Africa, land degradation is increasing, reducing nature’s ability to regenerate pastures to sustain livestock and wildlife. Unaddressed, degraded rangelands can become “wastelands” that Continue Reading
The CEPF is a fund specialised in supporting partnerships between environmental protection associations and economic stakeholders. When civil society comprises a wide range of organisations – a diversity that Continue Reading
Renewable energy is essential to achieving sustainable development, and wind energy can provide competitively priced electricity, while helping to reduce climate change impacts. Yet its impacts on biodiversity Continue Reading
Climate change, pollution, and overfishing are putting enormous pressure on the Pacific. Against this background, the eight island nations that make up the Nauru Agreement (PNA) – which controls 70% […]Continue Reading
Veolia’s historic mission and the development of its businesses have made it a stakeholder who wishes to actively contribute to reducing anthropogenic environmental pollution. Like all industrial businesses, it can Continue Reading
Faced with the current biodiversity and climate crises, privately protected areas, which play a pivotal role in biodiversity conservation, can improve the resilience of the conservation sector. The private sector Continue Reading
Funding biodiversity conservation is no longer a government-subsidy and grant-giving game only. However, a financing shortfall of USD 598-824 billion per year remains. To fill this void, the private sector […]Continue Reading
Prepared by 145 experts from 50 countries, the 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Continue Reading
Globally, the natural world on which people and economies depend is in crisis. Species are declining, biodiversity loss and novel diseases, such as Covid-19, all pose business risks, but the […]Continue Reading
Presentation of the issue number 35 of Proparco’s Private Sector and Development magazine : Preserving biodiversity, the private sector in action Presentation by Chloée Michelet, Environmental and Social Continue Reading
