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News
COP15 Side Event Promotes Mangrove Restoration and Conservation
The event highlighted challenges and opportunities for mangrove conservation and restoration as a nature-based solution to climate change.
News
Summit at COP15 Discusses Strengthening the Links Between Nature and Culture
UNU-IAS contributed to two sessions of the Nature and Culture Summit held at the UN Biodiversity Conference.
News
Report Highlights Achievements of Satoyama Initiative in First 12 Years
A new report provides an overview of the achievements of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) since its launch in 2010.
Side Event
COMDEKS Phase 4: Contribution of the Satoyama Initiative to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
UNU-IAS will hold a side event at CBD COP15 on the roles of local actions & partnerships in landscape & seascape approaches to ecosystem restoration.
Side Event
COMDEKS Phase 4: Contribution of the Satoyama Initiative to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
On 16 December 2022, UNU-IAS will co-organise a side event at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15).
News
Should STI policies in Latin America give priority to social inclusion?
UNESCO Chair webinar on STI policies for sustainable development in Latin America
Event
AFTER Carbon Roundtable Event
AFTER Carbon is a matchmaking service connecting experts to share knowledge and solve problems, ultimately helping to shape Africa’s position on the world stage.
News
COP15 Event Highlights Green Finance and Production Landscapes for Effective Area-based Conservation
UNU-IAS co-organised an event at COP15 focused on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs).
News
COP15 Event Promotes Whole-of-Society Approach to Biodiversity Governance
A whole-of-society approach recognises and builds on a society-wide mobilisation of actors, ranging from non-state actors to all levels of government.
Expert
Adam Day
Dr Adam Day is Head of the Geneva Office of United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.