Biodiversity policy: State of the World's Birds 2013
Birdlife has produced State of the World's Birds 2013, giving snapshots and overviews of biodiversity status, pressures and responses. Links to further resources. Exuberant graphics.
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Biodiversity policy EU: Strategy to 2020
The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 was adopted in April 2012 - a useful policy timeline sets out the steps and decisons made to reach this point. The main EU nature and biodiversity page also has links to a brochure celebrating 20 years of the Habitats Directive. Birdlife have produced a website and recent report On the Road to Recovery that examines EU progress towards meeting the 2020 targets.
Biodiversity policy: Empowering the Grassroots in biodiversity conservation
Interesting report from Birdlife International on Empowering the Grassroots. All about community responsibility, engagement and collaboration on biodiversity projects - useful resources and case studies on capacity building.
Biodiversity policy: Banking on biodiversity
Just published, a good entry-level report on biodiversity/economics/poverty from IIED, Birdlife and Pavan Sukhdev - Banking on biodiversity. Free pdf download
Banking on Biodiversity by Dilys Roe, Pavan Sukhdev, David Thomas and Robert Munroe
"We're in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. For those of us in the North, that can seem abstract; for the rural poor in the developing world, it's all too real. Their absolute dependence on the bounty of forests, deserts and coasts means 'biodiversity loss' can mean losing all: food, fuel, building material, medicine, forage, livelihoods and culture.
The good news is that it can work the other way. Poor communities, as long-term stewards of the South's natural riches, are steeped in profound knowledge about them. As this pocketbook shows, working with them can reverse the downward spiral of environmental degradation. By banking on biodiversity, we can protect our natural legacy while tackling poverty locally, nationally and globally."