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CCI engagement in defining the post-2020 biodiversity agenda: synthesis of views, discussion paper and information document

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An international expert meeting, ‘Framing the Future for Biodiversity: Effective use of knowledge in developing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework’, was convened between 10-12 April.  This meeting was a key activity of the CCI Collaborative Fund project ‘CCI engagement in defining the post-2020 biodiversity agenda‘. Following the meeting those staff from UNEP-WCMC, IUCN, BirdLife and…

29th July 2019

Analysing and Interpreting Citizen Science Data

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The Collaborative Fund project ‘Citizen science for conservation in Africa (CISCA)‘ will help translate citizen science species monitoring into conservation action in Africa. There is huge potential for citizen science to help conservation managers engage people to collect the valuable data they need for managing their important habitats and species. This project will give these…

17th July 2019

The pollination deficit: Towards supply chain resilience in the face of pollinator decline

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As a society we are increasingly dependent on pollinators. The proportion of global agricultural production that depends on pollinators has increased four-fold since 1961. Much of this dependence is linked to wild pollinators. Where data exists, we are seeing evidence of wild pollinator decline. Over 16 per cent of vertebrate pollinators are threatened with global…

2nd July 2018

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Legal options for a new international agreement

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The aim of this work is to support States participating in the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Preparatory Committee meetings by presenting options for the content of the legal instrument appropriate for anticipated future changes in the pressures on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. In order to do this, three pressures on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction were…

6th June 2017

Horizon scan of pressures on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction

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This horizon scan, reviews the historic trends, current status and future projections of three key pressures on biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The three pressures are:  Physical loss and damage to the seabed;  Removal of biological resources; and  Ocean acidification. A number of activities contribute to each of these pressures, including…

6th June 2017

A Conservation Agenda for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Legal Scan

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In an effort to better understand how a bespoke international legal instrument might be drafted to protect Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), this legal scan does two things: 1) it surveys the international legal framework that applies to three specific threats to BBNJ, pollution arising from seabed activities; fisheries and biomass depletion; and ocean acidification;…

6th June 2017

Report: Biodiversity at the heart of accounting for natural capital

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This paper by members of CCI (with lead authors from the University of Cambridge, Fauna & Flora International, the RSPB, and UNEP-WCMC) describes how biodiversity is central to the natural capital framework and yet its values are often overlooked in natural capital assessments. It sets out positive ways that businesses and others can better reflect biodiversity…

13th July 2016

Reducing the carbon footprint of conservation organisations

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This report, produced by the CCI-CCF Carbon Management Task Force, showcases a range of carbon saving projects from across Cambridge and outlines measures that organisations can take to reduce the net carbon emissions from their activities, ranging from best office practices to travel and carbon accounting. Depending on the size and nature of the organisation,…

13th June 2013

Information document: A preliminary review of the motivations for participating in IPBES assessments (IPBES/1/INF/15)

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This paper aims to inform discussions concerning the participation of experts in potential IPBES assessments, using interview responses to illustrate the positive and negative incentives to participate in assessments. The ideas of positive incentives – a benefit of participating in IPBES assessments – and negative incentives – the costs of participation – are used to…

17th January 2013

Conserving biodiversity on farmland – A guide to agriculture extension work

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This handbook is a revised version of the first edition which was based on results from a research project ““Conserving biodiversity on the modernising farmed landscapes of Uganda”” and the CCI Collaborative funded project Farming for wild nature ‐ integration of biodiversity and sustainable development in tropical agricultural landscapes in Africa. The project aimed to…

15th November 2012

Conserving biodiversity and delivering ecosystem services at Important Bird Areas in Nepal

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This report presents the results of a study which has helped to test a new practical ‘toolkit’ for assessing ecosystem services at the sitescale. The methods used are accessible to non-experts and deliver scientifically robust results. This report is one of the outputs of a CCI Collaborative funded project Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at the…

15th November 2012

When Economics Meets Hierarchy: A Field Experiment on the Workings of the Invisible Hand

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In this working paper, the authors depart from the traditional experimental investigation of neoclassical competitive theory by using the tools of experimental economics in an actual marketplace.  Their laboratory mimics a market in rural Sierra Leone, a region characterized by low levels of market integration and high levels of personalized trade.  It was found that…

14th November 2012