Ecosystems

Atendiendo compromisos globales y necesidades hídricas locales

Este informe presenta una metodología espacialmente explícita para identificar áreas prioritarias para la restauración funcional del paisaje a partir de la optimización de la prestación de servicios ecosistémicos.El objetivo de esta publicación es mostrar cómo el uso de la  Herramienta de Optimización de Oportunidades de Restauración (ROOT, por sus siglas en inglés) puede informar cuales áreas generarán el mayor impacto positivo con las acciones de restauración propuestas por el Comité Técnico de Restauración de Costa Rica.

Author(s)
Raes, Leander
Meza Prado, Kelly
Nájera, M.
Hawthorne, Peter L.
Saborío, Javier L.
Chacón, Ó.
Vogl, Adrian L.
Sanchún, A.

Enhancing Nature-Based Solutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The overall purpose of this scoping study is to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the context in regard to the application of Nature-Based Solutions approaches for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Bosnia and Herzogovina.

Author(s)
Kapović Solomun, Marijana

Enhancing Nature-Based Solutions in Serbia

This scoping study has been developed to enable better understanding of the Serbian national context, in terms of the institutional, policy and legal framework and reveal the key challenges for the application of Nature-Based Solutions along with the recommendations and entry points for the mainstreaming of Nature-Based Solutions into national disaster risk reduction and climate change policies and strategies.

Author(s)
Popovicki, Tanja

Restauración de los ecosistemas basada en la ciencia para la década de 2020 y más allá

This think piece presents recommendations of the Science Task Force (STF) of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and comprised of leading subject experts as specific actions to be undertaken by public and private stakeholders to sustain and restore the diverse and functioning ecosystems essential for human wellbeing and the preservation of biodiversity. These are to be aligned with ongoing efforts to scale up the prevention and reversal of ecosystem degradation globally.

Restauration des écosystèmes basée sur la science pour les années 2020 et au-delà

This think piece presents recommendations of the Science Task Force (STF) of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and comprised of leading subject experts as specific actions to be undertaken by public and private stakeholders to sustain and restore the diverse and functioning ecosystems essential for human wellbeing and the preservation of biodiversity. These are to be aligned with ongoing efforts to scale up the prevention and reversal of ecosystem degradation globally.

Using ecosystem risk assessment science in ecosystem restoration

Recent global initiatives in ecosystem restoration offer an unprecedented opportunity to improve biodiversity conservation and human health and well-being. Ecosystems form a core component of biodiversity. They provide humans with multiple benefits – a stable climate and breathable air; water, food and materials; and protection from disaster and disease.

Author(s)
Valderrábano, Marcos
Nelson, Cara
Nicholson, Emily
Etter, Andrés
Carwardine, Josie
Hallett, James G.
McBreen, James
Botts, Emily

Science-based ecosystem restoration for the 2020s and beyond

This think piece presents recommendations of the Science Task Force (STF) of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and comprised of leading subject experts as specific actions to be undertaken by public and private stakeholders to sustain and restore the diverse and functioning ecosystems essential for human wellbeing and the preservation of biodiversity. These are to be aligned with ongoing efforts to scale up the prevention and reversal of ecosystem degradation globally.

Governance for ecosystem-based adaptation

Along with defining the measures needed to achieve ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), solid governance components are imperative to make it effective. Such governance must be flexible, participatory, multarget_idimensional and include ecosystem-based approaches (maintain ecosystem structure and function to guarantee human well-being).

Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the islands and lagoons of northern Sri Lanka

After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity and the consequent loss of services that ecosystems provide humans. Therefore, documenting the biodiversity found within coastal, nearshore and offshore islands of the Northern Province was identified as a need that would help both planners and conservation biologists alike.

Author(s)
Weerakoon, Devaka
Goonatilake, S. de A.
Wijewickrama,Tharanga
Rajasuriya, Arjan
Perera, Naalin
Kumara, T. P.
De Silva, Gyan
Miththapala, Sriyanie
Mallawatantri, Ananda
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