Nature-based Solutions included in COP27 Cover Decision text

Nature-based Solutions have been included for the first time in a COP cover decision. COP27, held this year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt has seen [...] Read more November 22, 2022

Brazil’s President Lula reinforces fight against deforestation at COP27

Brazil’s newly-elected President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has spoken in support of preserving “the vast biodiversity of the Amazon”, and has called for the [...] Read more November 16, 2022

U.S. Government releases Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap at COP27

The US Biden-Harris Administration has released a Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap; an outline of strategic recommendations for utilising nature-based solutions (NbS) to address climate change, nature [...] Read more November 9, 2022

Nature-based Solutions are critical for putting Brazil on track towards Net Zero

New research led by NbSI and Oxford Net Zero research fellow Aline Soterroni, supported by NERC as part of the Agile Initiative, examines the extent [...] Read more November 4, 2022

Defra misses statutory deadline to set new targets for nature, air, water and waste

Two coalitions, representing organisations including the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts, Friends of the Earth and Woodland Trust, have sent a formal letter of complaint to the [...] Read more November 3, 2022

New RSPB report: how to drive a nature positive decade of action

A new report from RSPB, A World Richer in Nature, outlines how global promises can be turned into a decade of action for nature by [...] Read more October 28, 2022

New UNEP report: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up NbS

A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nature-based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up, published in October 2022, outlines the developments [...] Read more October 26, 2022

Wales to triple peatland restoration

The Welsh Government commissioned a ‘Biodiversity Deep Dive’ to assess how nature recovery across land and sea can best be accelerated, and has set out [...] Read more October 17, 2022

10 Point Plan for Financing Biodiversity announced by Ecuador, Gabon, the Maldives and the United Kingdom

The UK is one of four countries calling for governments around the world to follow a plan for bridging the global biodiversity finance gap ahead [...] Read more September 22, 2022

EU lawmakers support a ban of goods linked to deforestation

Members of the European Parliament have voted in favour of a proposal for a law that would ban the sale of agricultural products linked to [...] Read more September 20, 2022

Sink or swim: Forest Declaration Platform report on the role of IPLCs for NDCs

A recent Forest Declaration Platform briefing paper, ‘Sink or swim: How Indigenous and community lands can make or break nationally determined contributions‘, has been released [...] Read more May 10, 2022

New UNCCD report on global land degradation and drought

The second edition of the Global Land Outlook report, GLO2: Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience, has found that the world’s land area is now [...] Read more May 5, 2022