Infographic | 2018
BY DIGGING THEIR ROOTS IN TROPICAL SHORES, MANGROVES NOT ONLY DEFEND AGAINST RISING TIDES AND EXTREME WEATHER, BUT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE STORM ITSELF.
Related website | 2021
Take the Quiz. Are you sharp and sensitive? Would you rather roast in the sun or lie low in the shade? Just like people, ecosystems have their own “personalities”, and each has a role to play in keeping the Earth healthy. Find out what kind of ecosystem you’d be — and how you can do your part to…
Publicación | 2022
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…
Grey literature | 2022
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.
Grey literature | 2022
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…
Podcast | 2022
This podcast series tackles opportunities around investing for Ocean Impact. When it comes to tackling climate change and the biodiversity crisis, the ocean and the world’s coastlines offer many solutions.
Yet these solutions don’t receive anywhere near enough money to…
Other brief | 2017
An introduction to ocean acidification
The oceans have absorbed between 24% and 33% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during the past five decades. While this uptake provides a valuable service to human societies by moderating the rate and severity of climate change, it comes at a cost for the oceans. The massive input…
Conservation Tool
Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric
The Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric measures the contribution that investments can make to reducing species’ extinction risk. It helps governments, cities, civil society, the finance industry, investors and companies to target their investments and activities to achieve…
Publication | 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions
Aquaculture production has very significantly increased in tonnage and value over the last decades. It is seen as a potential solution to replace the declining wild fishery stocks. This publication is a first attempt to examine aquaculture systems within the recent framework of the IUCN Global…