Biodiversité

Au lendemain de la COP15 sur la biodiversité, et de l’engagement de la communauté internationale à protéger 30% de la nature d’ici 2030, plus de 20 pays représentatifs des grands bassins forestiers se sont retrouvés à Libreville les 1er et 2 mars 2023, pour le premier « One Forest Summit » dédié à la recherche de solutions pour protéger les forêts tropicales.

A ‘Blueprint’ to save critical ecosystems and stabilize the Earth’s climate.

More than two years in development, the Global Safety Net is the first comprehensive global-scale analysis of terrestrial areas essential for biodiversity and climate resilience, totaling 50.4% of the Earth's land. The report was published in Science Advances and highlights the importance of protecting and restoring the natural world to address three converging crises -- climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and the emergence of novel viruses such as COVID-19.

Human rights matter for marine conservation because people and nature are inextricably linked. A thriving planet cannot be one that contains widespread human suffering or stifles human potential; and a thriving humanity cannot exist on a dying planet. (...) We argue that adopting a human rights-based approach to marine conservation, that is integrating equity as a rights-based condition rather than a charitable principle, will not only help meet legal and ethical obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil human rights, but will also result in greater and more enduring conservation impact.

Remettre en cause l’idée que toute nature devrait être travaillée, c’est revenir sur un principe qui a guidé les activités humaines de très longue date.

By Colin Breen and Crystal Safadi Over the past two decades, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have emerged as one of the primary legislative initiatives used to protect the marine environment. Additionally, they are recognised as being an integral management mechanism used to address Climate Change, and can be a driver …