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Climate change and marine diseases: The socio-economic impact
Diseases in the marine environment are integral to the regulation of marine ecosystems. However, in recent decades, unprecedented disease outbreaks have brought into focus the... -
The Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment's Role in Averting Future Food Crises
A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world's food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless action... -
Connecting the dots: biodiversity, adaptation, food security and livelihoods
Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, provides millions of people with livelihoods besides helping to ensure food security and is a rich source of both traditional... -
Investing in Natural Capital for a Sustainable Future in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Natural capital has been a key contributor to the subregion’s rapid economic growth over the past 3 decades or so. However, the subregion’s key natural capital stocks are in a... -
The State of Food Insecurity in the World
This year´s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally established hunger targets, and reflects on... -
Dead planet, living planet: biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for...
Biodiversity and ecosystems deliver crucial services to humankind, from food security to keeping our waters clean, buffering against extreme weather, providing medicines to... -
Taking root: the cash crop trade in Darfur
The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of a decade of conflict in Darfur on the trade in some of Darfur’s major cash crops. How has the cash crop trade adapted,... -
Small holders, food security and the environment
Small holders form a vital part of the global agriculture community yet they are often neglected. The report analyses the food security and environment with respect to small... -
Afghanistan Wakhan Mission: Technical report
The mission was commissioned by the United National Environmental Programme (UNEP), as one of five missions visiting a selection of environmentally important locations in... -
Environmental dispatches: Reflections on challenges, innovation and...
This publication “Environmental Dispatches: Reflections on Challenges, Innovation and Resilience in Asia-Pacific” brings together some of these stories. The APFED Showcase... -
Make #NotWasting a way of life: How much food is lost or wasted?
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Environment for food and nutrition security : UNEP Post 2015 Note 7
Profound imbalances are increasing pressures on ecosystems to satisfy a growing demand for quantity, quality and diversity of food. This will require substantial changes in the... -
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Global Food Security Index Global score - Period 2012 - 2019 (MSSD Indicator 11)
Lack of adaptation and mitigation measures for natural disasters and strong external food dependency are still significant challenges for the region. Physical access to food...