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![The $4.1 billion pledged by countries for the latest Global Environment Facility’s 7th replenishment identifies nature-based tourism as an investment option for countries to leverage GEF funds to promote investments in this sector. Photo: THPStock/Shutterstock. Expedition truck with tourists viewing nearby elephants. Photo: THPStock/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/WBGBlog_870.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=R6t05_tl)
Leveraging PPPs in Mozambique to scale conservation and promote economic development
Over the last few decades, Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) have been used to build transportation, energy, telecommunications, and other infrastructure throughout the world. Value chains were established to foster growth in these sectors and significant experiences gained. A sector largely…
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![Losing the bees and insects that naturally pollinate crops can gravely impact food production systems, affecting our economies, livelihoods, and health. Photo: Eileen Kumpf/Shutterstock. Bee on a flower. Photo: Eileen Kumpf/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/pollintating_bee_shutterstock_news.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=Rn79s7Rk)
Science can help forge a new deal for nature
Biodiversity is life, all life on earth. The air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink are all only possible as long as we have healthy biodiversity - rich species diversity. The remarkable diversity of flowers filling the house on special occasions, trees and birds that help make us…
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![The Republic of Seychelles is leading the way with innovative financing tools, including the world’s first blue bond. With the support of the World Bank and the GEF, the blue bond is currently under preparation. Photo: BlueOrange Studio/Shutterstock. Under and above water photo of small island in Seychelles. Photo: BlueOrange Studio/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/Seychelles1_870.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=90GzqZ7R)
Innovation drives Seychelles blue economy approach
Our oceans provide everything from food for billions around the world, to protecting communities and economies from storms—bringing it at least $1.5 trillion to the global economy every year. But they also face a barrage of threats, from marine pollution and dwindling fish stocks, to the…
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![Durante nossa viagem em direção às comunidades que rodeiam o parque, conhecemos uma senhora interessante, Mãe Bendita. Foto: Sarah Wyatt/GEF. Elephant in Gorongosa National Park. Photo: Sarah Wyatt/GEF.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/Gorongosa%20N_0.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=dZiwBClg)
Elephants hate kale and other lessons in bringing conservation and development together
When I try to explain the importance of the GEF when it comes to protecting the world’s biodiversity, I end up with two main arguments.
First, biodiversity is not evenly distributed across the planet. And second, most of the places with the highest biodiversity are also the home of very poor people…
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When life gives you lionfish: Innovation in fighting invasive species in the Caribbean
Seeing a lionfish while diving in the Caribbean is a cause for mixed emotions. On the one hand, one marvels at the exquisite beauty of the fishes’ flowery fins and its amazing adaptability to a range of habitats, from shallow estuaries with low salinity to deep reef environments. But then you…
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![Jóvenes de la comunidad de Turia participan en un primer taller sobre la conservación del tigre en la reserva de Pench. Photo credit: World Bank Students and teachers in a group photo with hands raised](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/blog_photo_newssize.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=SrbCzZZ3)
The world's wildlife needs young naturalists
In 2010, 15 days after graduating from college, with nothing but a backpack and an old water bottle, I stood in front of a large gate with a rusted sign welcoming me to the “Pench Tiger Reserve.” The same reserve that inspired Rudyard Kipling’s, Jungle Book. None of the mock interviews or…
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![Durante nossa viagem em direção às comunidades que rodeiam o parque, conhecemos uma senhora interessante, Mãe Bendita. Foto: Sarah Wyatt/GEF. Elephant in Gorongosa National Park. Photo: Sarah Wyatt/GEF.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/Gorongosa%20N_0.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=dZiwBClg)
Como os elefantes detestam couves e outras lições para integrar conservação e desenvolvimento
Quando tento explicar a importância do Fundo para o Meio Ambiente Mundial (GEF) na protecção da biodiversidade, falo de dois dados fundamentais.
O primeiro é a distribuição desigual da biodiversidade no nosso planeta e, o segundo, a maioria dos lugares com maior biodiversidade está situada onde a…
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![Ethnic Tharu women on their way to go fishing in Bardia, Nepal. Photo: PACO COMO/Shutterstock. Ethnic Tharu women on their way to go fishing in Bardia, Nepal. Photo: PACO COMO/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/Nepal%20News.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=0flpqAa1)
Gender and biodiversity joint gains: myth or reality?
At the UN Biological diversity conference (COP13) in Cancun, Mexico, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) discussed progress and experiences in integrating gender and social inclusion dimensions into biodiversity-related projects.
Despite growing attention to these issues…
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Three ways to include biodiversity protection in your life, besides cutting back on totoaba bladders
The theme of this year’s International Day of Biodiversity is “Mainstreaming biodiversity; Sustaining people and their livelihoods” and if you’re like 99% of people you will then ask – what is mainstreaming biodiversity?
Mainstreaming biodiversity is a broad term we use to describe a…
Can conservation cut poverty?
A commentary in Nature last week redirects the spotlight to a central question for the environment and development agendas: can efforts to conserve biodiversity also benefit the poor?
There is growing social and ecological evidence suggesting that a large number of opportunities exist globally for…