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Nature Map Consortium presents global maps to help governments operationalize targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration

Sustainable Development Network

Nature Map has been prepared by teams from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) Rio, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), with the support of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

UNEP 52
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ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

As well as drivers such as land and seascape changes, climate change, pollution and invasive alien species, the report also points to substantial expansion in the global trade in wild species in recent decades. Almost 140 governments attended the Bonn conference. What has IPBES already told us?

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How do we finally get beyond tracking GPD and measure 'inclusive wealth' instead?

Corporate Knights

Yes, growth has brought prosperity and untold riches, but it has had significant negative side effects for the planet, including climate change, pollution and species extinction. Inclusive wealth is measured by both the World Bank and UN Environment Programme (Unep). As for Unep, it began measuring inclusive wealth in 2012.

UNEP 246