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Conservation Social Science: Understanding People, Conserving Biodiversity
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DESCRIPTION Groundbreaking book that examines the essential contribution of the social sciences to understanding and conserving biodiversity across the globe Authored by leading scholars at the nexus...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
Land Use Planning: Global Land Outlook Working Paper
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This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)
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December 7th, 2022 at 8:00am to December 19th, 2022 at 5:00pm
Montreal, QC
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Despite on-going efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to worsen with business-as-usual scenarios. The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from...
Video - It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration
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On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...
Webinar - Climate Variability and Change in the Southern Boreal Forest of Northern Saskatchewan
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Presented by Dave Sauchyn, Director of the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative at the University of Regina and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. Since the mid 20th century, mean...
Webinar: Flooding Risk Prediction on Agricultural Lands Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
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September 27th, 2023 at 12:00pm MST to September 27th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST
The study will employ the latest artificial intelligence methodologies for data processing and predictive risk modeling approach