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As #ClimateChange and conflict increase, conservationists need to better consider how they engage with migration and displacement of both human and other species. In their new report, IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm shift in global conservation efforts in the face of growing human and other species migration potentially fuelled by climate change, environmental degradation, and conflict. Discover more in the new report. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3z7I1Sq

The World Bank estimates that climate-induced internal migration could impact 216 million people by 2050, led by movements in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, North Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In a thought-provoking new report titled "Planet on the Move", IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm shift in global conservation efforts in the face of growing human and other species migration potentially fueled by climate change, environmental degradation, and conflict. https://lnkd.in/gMz8JyVt

📄 [PUBLICATION] Discover the policy brief “Coastal blue carbon habitats and Climate change: recommendations for enhanced action under the UNFCCC at SB60” 🌊 Next week, the climate community will meet again in Bonn for the 60th meeting of the Subsidiary Body of UN Climate Change #SBSTA60, where the 2024 Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue will take place on June 11-12. On this occasion, this new policy brief outlines recommendations for opportunities for Parties to advance coastal #NatureBasedSolutions #NBS within ongoing #UNFCCC processes and negotiations related to #Finance, #Ambition and #Adaptation.  💡 This policy brief is timely published to feed into the discussions of this year’s #OceanClimateDialogue, which will focus in part on marine biodiversity conservation and coastal resilience. 🔗 Link to the policy brief: https://lnkd.in/ec2u7b3A This policy brief is published by Rare and Conservation International, along with Ocean & Climate Platform, Blue Marine Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Silvestrum Climate Associates, University of St Andrews, The University of Queensland and Wetlands International.

Demonstrating the critical role Indigenous women play in the climate justice movement. Their intimate knowledge of the land, water, and biodiversity and their unwavering commitment to their communities make them indispensable leaders in the quest for environmental justice. Their leadership is vital to achieving a more just and sustainable world. #ClimateJustice #IndigenousWomen #EnvironmentalLeadership #Sustainability #ClimateAction

Exploring reforestation as novel approach to environmental preservation: By: Dr. Rulia Akhtar With forests making up almost one-third of the planet’s surface area, they offer a multitude of ecological advantages, such as important contributions to the hydrological process, protecting the soil, mitigating the effects of climate change, and biodiversity preservation. Forests encompass over 30% of the Earth’s total surface, or about 3.9 billion […] http://dlvr.it/T1gG3F

Costa Rica and France are co-chairing the UNITED NATIONS OCEAN CONFERENCE UNOC3. This year Costa Rica organized the High Level event called "Immersed in Change" which took place in San José June 7th and 8th. There were many panels and side-events focusing on the Ocean protection and conservation in line with KMGBF target 3 and the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People which promotes the 30x30 commitment of restoring and protecting 30% of the marine environment and 30% of the terrestrial one. Costa Rica has already achieved both, 52% terrestrial and 30.5% marine so we have committed to 60% terrestrial or forest coverage by 2030. #costarica #nbs #ecosystemrestoration #marineconservation #worldoceansday https://lnkd.in/dgVFRUAq

A great article by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim telling us something we all know in our hearts already. Kwaxala puts our Indigenous forest partners, who are also our majority owners thanks to our unique ownership structure, at the very centre of everything we are building. Enabling climate funders to very directly and equitably invest in Indigenous protected and regenerated forest areas. #regenerativeeconomics #forestprotection #carbon #forest #naturalcapital #ReFi #Blockchain #Web3 #Sustainability #ClimateAction #RegenerativeFinance #DigitalMRV

Demonstrating the critical role Indigenous women play in the climate justice movement. Their intimate knowledge of the land, water, and biodiversity and their unwavering commitment to their communities make them indispensable leaders in the quest for environmental justice. Their leadership is vital to achieving a more just and sustainable world. #ClimateJustice #IndigenousWomen #EnvironmentalLeadership #Sustainability #ClimateAction

🌏 What contemporary conservation opportunities and challenges exist at the nexus of environmental change, migration, and conflict? "Planet on the move: Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, environmental change, and conflict" a new IUCN report (co-authored and co-edited by Blum Center's Dr. Matthew) offers a new framework for attending simultaneously to the some of the most complex and interconnected issues of our time. "[The authors'] aspiration is that one day, readers of this report will think of migration as a phenomenon inclusive of all life on Earth, irrespective of whether their mandate is to care for human needs or the needs of other species. The planet is a shared space, species are interdependent, as well as competitive, and recognition of this fundamental reality is critical to reimagining conservation in the context of migration, environmental change and conflict" (p. 6). 📚 Discover new insights in the full report! Access it here: https://lnkd.in/gECZBpaZ #climatechange #EnPax #IUCN #conservation #migration #conflict #peacebuilding #displacement #biodiversity #humanrights #environmentallaw #UCI #UCIrvine #socialecology

Attending the Final Intergovernmental Consultations on #Naturebasedsolutions. Plenty of interventions were fronted including the need for indigenous communities and traditional knowledge be incorporated in the standards and criteria of #NbS. Much more deliberations on the definition of NbS vs Ecosystem Based Adaptation #EbA. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (#IUCN) defines NbS as actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously benefiting humans and nature. #EbA is then defined as the conservation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystems, such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves or coral reefs to reduce the harmful impacts of climate hazards including shifting patterns or levels of rainfall, changes in maximum and minimum temperatures, stronger storms, and increasingly variable climatic conditions.