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🎉 UNEP-WCMC experts Dr. Kiruben Naicker and Qian FENG recently conducted a training workshop, organised by COMIFAC, to strengthen stakeholders’ knowledge and train national technical and practitioners to better integrate natural capital and #ClimateChange in land-use #planning. 🌴 🌐 The two-day workshop took place in Douala, Cameroon 🇨🇲 . The sessions aimed at strengthening knowledge, enhancing collaboration across sectors to foster sustainable landscape management and train technical staff in innovative planning methodologies. The workshop was attended by 3️⃣ 0️⃣ participants, including representatives from Congo Basin countries, sharing knowledge and lessons learned for addressing climate change and nature capital integration in land-use planning, decision and policy-making. Some of the key outcomes from the sessions were:  🔸 Increased capacity 🔸 Enhanced collaboration  🔸 Operational roadmap 🔸 Natural capital enhancement This is a crucial event organised by COMIFAC, with support from UNEP-WCMC and USFS and is a part of the Congo Basin Sustainable Landscape Impact Program (Congo IP), under GEF7. Here are some photos from the workshop 📸 ⤵   #sustainability #landuse #planning #sustainabledevelopment #ForNature #ForPeopleForPlanet #landscape #CongoBasin

A delegation of experts from UNEP-WCMC - Hamza Butt, Hannah Grice, Alfred Muge and Laura Nery, conducted a series of workshops in collaboration with the Norwegian Environment Agency in Trondheim, Norway, 🇳🇴 earlier this month. 🌿 The workshops were aimed at: 🔸 Building the technical capacities of country partners from Uganda 🇺🇬 and Ghana 🇬🇭 🔸 Improving their understanding of environmental data management to support informed decision-making  🔸 Focussing on using new technologies for data collection  🔸 Conducting effective environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and social safeguards  🔸 Strengthening the GIS skills of the practitioners to better analyse and interpret the collected data The workshops were attended by participants from the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Ghana, National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and the Ministry of Water and Environment, Directorate of Water Resources Management, Uganda (DWRM). The project is under the Oil for Development Programme, funded by Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Here are some photos from the workshop 📸 ⤵ Learn more about our work with NORAD here: https://bit.ly/4gbUSEs #datamanagement #GIS #environment #ForNature #technical #development #sustainabledevelopment #sustainability #policy

📣 New #brief Recognising the interconnectedness of agrifood #supplychains is key to effectively address #social #impacts and systemic issues and drive meaningful change in landscape approaches. Despite values created from agricultural commodities, there remain significant imbalances and social inequalities in global #agrifood supply chains. In a latest brief prepared by Heli Sihvonen et al, on behalf of GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub (TRADE Hub), experts explore the importance of addressing these systemic challenges beyond immediate supply chain and suggest opportunities for businesses to consider. The brief recommends businesses to: 🍀 Pursue a holistic understanding of #humanrights and strive for a rights-based approach 🍀 Adopt an integrated approach to consider social and environmental #sustainability  🍀 Ensure that risk identification and management processes are in place 🍀 Invest in landscape-level action beyond immediate supply chains to address systemic issues Find the full brief here: https://lnkd.in/difvU7TT

📣 UNEP-WCMC are excited to convene the next #NatureAction Dialogues 🌿 in March 2025 to engage the business, finance, and conservation communities to collectively confront the nature crisis. The theme for Nature Action Dialogues 2025 is "Connecting the threads: accelerating private sector action at the biodiversity, climate and water nexus." ⛓ 🌎 🌿. At the Dialogues next year, we will explore solutions to address the triple planetary crisis and the biodiversity, water, food and health nexus! Following the success of this years’ event, we are pleased to announce a call for session proposals for knowledge hub and action stream workshop sessions relevant to our event theme. 🚨 Request a session at the Nature Action Dialogues 2025 🌿 ! 📚 Knowledge Hub sessions are 45 or 90 mins, focussed on sharing knowledge, case studies and ideas for action. 🎯 Action Stream sessions are 90 or 120 mins workshops or interactive discussions. ✍ Fill out this form if you wish to host a session at the Dialogues ➡  https://lnkd.in/dqrcHHux Submit your proposal by: 1️⃣ 1️⃣ October 2024 #ForNature #environment #sustainability #biodiversity #nature

Investors play a critical role in helping halt and reverse #biodiversityloss through their investment policies, capital allocation and portfolio stewardship processes. 🌻 🌳 🌎 But how well do investors understand the #environmental and #social risk management processes to help protect and restore areas with rich #biodiversity? In our upcoming #webinar, UNEP-WCMC experts will be presenting key recommendations from our latest guidance with ShareAction on the importance of protected areas for long-term conservation for investors and how they can help to achieve the goals and targets of the #GBF 🌿 Sign up now and join us to learn more about how #investors can help protect key #biodiversity areas: https://lnkd.in/dqDHr4q5 Find the 🆕 guidance here: https://lnkd.in/dbgeGxCB

📣We are #hiring multiple roles! Interested in working for a #biodiversity not-for-profit organisation? Join us at UNEP-WCMC as we seek highly talented and motivated candidates to fill out the below #roles⤵️ 💡Programme Officer in our Policy Team 🔸Contribute to our engagement with intergovernmental agreements and processes relevant to #biodiversity and #ecosystem services 🔸Work at an international level with governments, regional organisations and more 🔸Support goals and ambitions of secretariats such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, IPBES, and the UN Agenda for #Sustainable #Development 🔸Represent UNEP-WCMC at relevant conferences and workshops within the UK and internationally Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dK4_mydv Closing date: 3/11/2024 💰Finance Administrator and Expenses Assistant 🔹Provide transactional support 🔹Oversee purchase ledger, cashbook and credit card reconciliation 🔹Assist with project and month-end #reporting activities 🔹Demonstrate strong numeracy, interpersonal and #organisational skills Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dtVp2rKg Closing date: 6/10/2024

Business innovations and entrepreneurs are essential to increase resilience and diversity of financial resources available to #landscape #restoration practitioners. 🏞️🌱 The “Unlocking landscape restoration finance in Europe” session hosted by UNEP-WCMC on behalf of the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme Convening for Restoration project at #SERE2024 explored key components needed to drive private finance towards #restoration activities in Europe🇪🇺. Some of the key takeaways from the session include: 🔸Better understanding of private finance and market mechanisms 🔸Assess current available tools, learning networks and playbook 🔸Ask why and what type of finance is appropriate for each context and practitioner 🔸Attracting investment capital and moving beyond grants Experts presented ideas with case studies and lessons learned from various restoration projects. Stay tuned to this space for a full update from #SERE2024 #GenerationRestoration #ForNature

🚨New #blog🚨 Most recent, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases originate in animals and spread into people. Also known as #zoonotic diseases, they continue to remain a threat to human health and prosperity. Across Central Asia, zoonotic diseases continue to heavily impact agriculture and societal well-being. In order to address this and take measures to reduce their impacts, the ‘One Health in nature conservation in Central Asia’ initiative, was officially launched at the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) #COP14, with it’s official kick-off meetings taking place last week, and led by IUCN. The initiative aims to strengthen protected and conserved areas and reduce human and #wildlife interactions which in turn, would prevent the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases. 🌏 🐾 💪 In our latest blog, we speak to officers Brett Wilson and Emily Howland from UNEP-WCMC’s Protected Planet initiative about the their hopes from the project and how stronger #ProtectedAreas could pave the way for better #health outcomes for wildlife and people. We discuss:  🔸 The purpose of the One Health in Central Asia initiative  🔸 The link between protected areas and human health 🔸 Ambitions of governments in Central Asia towards the initiative 🔸 UNEP-WCMC’s role and involvement in the initiative Read the full conversation with our experts here: https://bit.ly/3MApG3W #ProtectedAreas #conservation #OneHealth #Health #ForNature

🚨New Opportunity: Request a session in the Business and Finance Hub at CBD COP 16 in Cali, Colombia🌿🌎 📢The Business and Finance Hub has space to run dedicated sessions in the Place Quebec multi-stakeholder action zone at COP16. The Hub will connect business and finance audiences to the COP16 agenda and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 📅Sessions in the Hub last 45 minutes and accommodate 15-20 people. If hosting a session sounds like a good opportunity, please submit your proposal by 22 September 2024 🔗https://lnkd.in/dytCybRB #COP16Colombia #Biodiversity #Conservation #ForNature #BusinessandFinance UN Biodiversity