New Ramsar wetland cities resolution outlines the importance of local governments in wetland management
The World Wetland City accreditation aims to create a network of World Wetland Cities around the globe, and provides the opportunity for cities and local governments to demonstrate leadership in wetland conservation and management. It is anticipated that the World Wetland City accreditation will encourage cities to wisely use their natural wetland resources and reward […]
Kaohsiung City becomes the latest signatory to the Durban Commitment!
10 June 2015 The Durban Commitment was developed and founded by the 21 pioneer Local Action for Biodiversity Local Governments and provides local authorities with the opportunity to highlight their commitment towards ensuring that biodiversity is conserved and managed for the benefit of their citizens. The Durban Commitment thus provides progressives cities with a way […]
Africa Rising: Celebrating biodiversity as the bedrock of sustainable development in Africa
Attendees convened at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden for Africa Rising: Mobilising Biodiversity Data for Sustainable Development, an engaging, intensive work session led by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). The conference’s objectives were to: •Accelerate regional understanding of the biodiversity data-science-policy value chain and draw attention to the opportunities and solutions that biodiversity data […]
Ramsar COP 12 – Wetlands for our future
Contracting Parties, or member states, will gather to assess the progress of the Convention and the sustainable use of wetlands to date, share knowledge and experience on technical issues, and plan their own and the Secretariat’s work for the next triennium. ICLEI will be participating the ‘The Ramsar Wetland City Accreditation: a new label for […]
JOIN the URBIS Dialogues: A monthly expert-led webinar series
The Urban Biosphere Initiative is proud to present the 2015/16 URBIS Dialogue Series. What are the URBIS Dialogues you may ask? The URBIS Dialogues will provide a global platform for online dialogue through webinars held at monthly intervals, bringing together representatives of cities and local governments and leading experts from around the world to share […]
Urban Natural Assets for Africa (UNA AFRICA) Update
UNA Africa is designed to improve human well-being and contribute to poverty alleviation and building resilience of the urban poor, through building local government capacity to enhance local implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity targets. The project is being implemented under the global Urban Biosphere Initiative (URBIS – www.urbis.org) There are 4 sub-Saharan African cities […]
Exciting survey: Municipal Nature and Biodiversity
Attention all BiodiverCities and local government biodiversity practitioners, In collaboration with the Nature Conservancy, California office, San Francisco Department of Environment has developed and is disseminating a Municipal Biodiversity Survey in order to gather data on the extent to which municipalities are actually managing their own indigenous nature and biodiversity. We want to “lift all boats” so that […]
Biodiversity Summit For Cities and Subnational Governments
Last year culminated with the Cities and Subnational Government Biodiversity Summit 2014, held in Pyeongchang, Korea, in parallel to the CBD COP 12. The passion exhibited, and the incredible work showcased by local and subnational governments from around the world, at the Biodiversity Summit was certainly inspirational! The Gangwon/Pyeongchang Resolution for Cities and Subnational Governments […]