Biodiversity

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is facing severe environmental challenges due to widespread oil extraction activities, resulting in recurring oil spills and adverse effects on biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods. This report documents the implementation of protocols of the IUCN Niger Delta Biodiversity Technical Advisory Group (BTAG) on two impacted sites at Adibawa Well 8 S/L wellhead in Joinkrama, Rivers State, and Adibawa North-East 1 wellh

A unique introduction to the fields of macroevolution and macroecology, which takes an enquiry-led approach to exploring the evolution and distribution of biodiversity across time, space and lineages.

El Plan de Acción Mundial para las Especies (PAME) ha sido desarrollado para apoyar la implementación del Marco Mundial de  Kunming-Montreal para la Biodiversidad (MMB) al definir las intervenciones estratégicas clave y las acciones necesarias para lograr resultados exitosos en materia de conservación y uso sostenible de las especies alineados con la Misión, los Objetivos y las  Metas del MMB.

Le Plan d’action mondial pour les espèces (PAME) a été élaboré pour soutenir la mise en oeuvre du Cadre mondial de Kunming-Montréal pour la biodiversité (CMB) en définissant les principales interventions et actions stratégiques nécessaires pour obtenir des résultats positifs en matière de conservation et d’utilisation durable des espèces dans la mission, les objectifs et les cibles du CMB.

Protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are important to stop the global decline in biodiversity. Systematic site-based monitoring of the state of biodiversity and conservation outcomes is necessary for evidence-based adaptive management in protected areas and OECMs.

The coastal zone of West Africa extends approx. 6,000 km, from Mauritania in the north, passing through the deeply indented coasts of the islands and estuaries, then the lagoon coasts and the coastal strips of the Gulf of Guinea, up to Nigeria. The small island state of the Cabo Verde Islands, volcanic and mountainous, completes this geography. These coastal areas are characterized by globally significant biodiversity.

La zone côtière de l’Afrique de l’Ouest s’étend sur environ 6 000 km, depuis la Mauritanie au nord, en passant par les côtes  rofondément découpées des îles et des estuaires, puis les côtes lagunaires et les cordons littoraux du Golfe de Guinée, jusqu’au Nigéria. Le petit État insulaire des îles du Cabo Verde, volcanique et  montagneux, complète cette géographie. Ces zones côtières sont caractérisées par une biodiversité d’importance mondiale.

O desastre de Fundão em 2015 foi um dos maiores desastres ambientais da história do Brasil. O rompimento da barragem próxima à cidade de Mariana liberou cerca de 39 milhões de m3 de rejeitos, que percorreram 670 km até chegar ao Oceano Atlântico.

The Fundão disaster in 2015 was one of the biggest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history.

The rapidly increasing human pressure on the biosphere is pushing biodiversity into the sixth mass extinction event in the history of life on Earth. The organisms being exterminated are integral working parts of our planet’s life support system, and their loss is permanent. Like climate change, this irreversible loss has potentially devastating consequences for humanity.