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Sustainable investment
increase in global sustainable investment between 2016-2018
How we engage
In order to transform the way business values, manages and invests in nature, IUCN engages companies and key sectors to identify their impacts on biodiversity and create innovative solutions to address this challenge.
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News
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The Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages Center works with Indigenous women to defend Mother Earth and her daughters
22.04.2022Indigenous women and girls are key actors in maintaining environmental sustainability – so why are they experiencing rising gender-based violence in connection with the environment and what can be done to stop it?
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Four IUCN economic case studies show the impacts of plastic pollution in the marine environment on biodiversity, livelihoods, and more in Africa and Asia
05.04.2022Research into the economic aspects of the Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities project, to contain and reduce plastic pollution in the ocean, delivers insight into the true costs of plastic pollution on communities, livelihoods, coasts, and the global...
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Global taskforce to align new ‘Nature Markets' with sustainability goals
31.03.202231 March 2022 -- Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) today announced the launch of a global Taskforce to ensure that emerging nature markets deliver nature positive and equitable outcomes and contribute to meeting climate goals.
Publications
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From restoration to responsive governance
Maroun, Christianne, Renshaw, Jonathan, Sánchez, Luis Enrique, Barbosa, Francisco, Brito, Maria Cecília, May, Peter, Kakabadse, Yolanda
Language: En
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Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development
Bennun, L., van Bochove, J., Ng, C., Fletcher, C., Wilson, D., Phair, N., Carbone, Giulia
Language: En
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Source-to-sea and landscape approaches
Brito, Maria Cecília, Barbosa, Francisco, Maroun, Christianne, Renshaw, Jonathan, May, Peter, Sánchez, Luis Enrique, Kakabadse, Yolanda
Language: En
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Business and Key Biodiversity Areas
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Black Mountain Mining
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Business and Natural Capital
Quick reads
Aimed at policy-makers and journalists, IUCN Issues Briefs provide key information on selected issues in a two-pager format.
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Deep-sea mining
Deep-sea mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the deep sea – the area of the ocean below 200 m which covers about 65% of the Earth’s surface. There is growing interest...
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Palm oil and biodiversity
Palm oil is derived from the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), which is native to West Africa and grows best in tropical climates with abundant water. Three-quarters of total palm oil produced...
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Marine plastic pollution
Plastic is a synthetic organic polymer made from petroleum with properties ideally suited for a wide variety of applications including: packaging, building and construction, household and sports...
