Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 11/2021

Ecosystem services

Agriculture and biodiversity

Tackling the global land-use trilemma

Protecting food security, biodiversity and climate requires new mindset everywhere

Wildlife

New fund for conservation areas

Many conservation areas in income-poor world regions need better funding. KfW Development Bank has established a new tool to address this issue

Children’s rights

Involving local partners in education

In Assam, an initiative for children’s rights is tackling Covid-caused challenges

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Indian Ocean

Indigenous communities at risk

Tribal cultures and languages are disappearing from Andamans and Nicobars

Ecosystems

Not only wildlife depends on Andaman biodiversity

How a small indigenous tribe is put at risk on an Indian Ocean island

Farms

Environment-friendly pest management

Why organic agriculture does not need synthetic pesticides

Our point of view

Safeguard ecosystem services to save humanity

Determined international action on biodiversity is needed – and largely missing

Global environment

Environmental UN conventions are mutually reinforcing

Ecosystem services are vital for mitigating climate crisis

Biodiversity

International community misses maritime protection target

International agreements endorse notion of sustainable blue economy

Wildlife

Biodiversity conservation areas need better funding

Humanity depends on a diverse natural world but many important conservation areas are underfunded, especially in developing countries

Rural life

Activists raise awareness of ecosystem relevance in Malawi

Agricultural biodiversity has been neglected far too long, for instance in Malawi

Ocean life

“Blue economy” is more than a catch word

Humanity depends on maritime resources and must exploit them sustainably

Global environment

Fundamental questions of survival

Humanity’s food security depends on biodiversity and ecosystem services