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Diverse values of nature for sustainability

Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being addressing the global biodiversity crisis still implies confronting barriers to incorporating nature’s diverse values into decision-making. These barriers include powerful interests supported by current norms and legal rules such as property rights, which determine whose values and which values of nature are acted on. A better understanding of how and why nature is (under)valued is more urgent than ever.

UN Sustainable Development Goals. Credit - UN
Asia and the Pacific region not on track to achieve any SDGs by 2030 — UN ESCAP
March 25, 2022
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Asia and the Pacific region are not on track to achieve any of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the prospect of achieving those goals has now been extended to 2065 — 35 years after the original deadline of 2030 — as Covid-19 enhanced the challenges in meeting th

3rd Call: MPAs, Area-Based Management and the Blue Economy. Credit - UNDP
Ocean Innovation Challenge - 3rd Call: MPAs, Area-Based Management and the Blue Economy
February 17, 2022
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The third OIC Call for Proposals launched on 10 February 2022 and closes on 09 April 2022. The Blue Economy concept is increasingly recognized as an opportunity for coastal communities and nations to realize enhanced social and economic benefits from the sustainable utilization of their ocean and

Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries

Gender equality is a mainstream principle of good environmental governance and sustainable development. Progress toward gender equality in the fisheries sector is critical for effective and equitable development outcomes in coastal countries. However, while commitments to gender equality have surged at global, regional and national levels, little is known about how this principle is constructed, and implemented across different geographies and contexts. Consequently, progress toward gender equality is difficult to assess and navigate.