Publication:
The GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy

dc.contributor.author Global Environment Facility
dc.date.accessioned 2014-12-08T19:58:14Z
dc.date.available 2014-12-08T19:58:14Z
dc.date.issued 2014-09-16
dc.description.abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) demonstrated that biodiversity underpins ecosystem goods and services that are required for the survival of human societies and for the future of all life on the planet. In addition, biodiversity generates considerable economic value through the provision of goods such as food, water, and materials, and services such as climate regulation, pollination, disaster protection, and nutrient cycling. Governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, indigenous people and local communities, and others have made some progress in sustainably managing biodiversity and ecosystems at local and national levels, but not at the scale necessary to stem the ongoing tide of biodiversity loss globally. Current estimates indicate that species loss is occurring at 1,000 to 10,000 times the natural background rate. Of all the global environmental problems the world is facing today, biodiversity loss is the only one that is likely irreversible. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20278278/gef-6-biodiversity-strategy
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20683
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES
dc.subject ACTION PLANS
dc.subject ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
dc.subject AFRICAN ELEPHANT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject AGROBIODIVERSITY
dc.subject ALIEN SPECIES
dc.subject AMPHIBIANS
dc.subject AQUACULTURE
dc.subject AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject AQUIFERS
dc.subject BARLEY
dc.subject BENEFIT SHARING
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY BENEFITS
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY CHANGE
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY INVESTMENTS
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY LOSS
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY STATUS
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY VALUATION
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY VALUES
dc.subject BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS
dc.subject BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
dc.subject BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subject BUFFER ZONES
dc.subject CARBON
dc.subject CARBON CYCLE
dc.subject CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject CAUSES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS
dc.subject CLEAN AIR
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject CLIMATE REGULATION
dc.subject CO-MANAGEMENT
dc.subject COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COASTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject COASTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES
dc.subject CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE
dc.subject CONSUMER DEMAND
dc.subject CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
dc.subject CORAL REEF
dc.subject CORAL REEFS
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEFORESTATION
dc.subject DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject DIVERSITY WITHIN SPECIES
dc.subject EARLY DETECTION
dc.subject ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXES
dc.subject ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC VALUATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC VALUE
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM GOODS
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
dc.subject ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject ELEPHANTS
dc.subject ENDEMIC SPECIES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subject EVOLUTION
dc.subject EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES
dc.subject EXISTENCE VALUE
dc.subject EXOTIC SPECIES
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject EXPLOITATION
dc.subject EXTINCTION
dc.subject FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject FISH
dc.subject FISHERIES
dc.subject FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
dc.subject FISHERS
dc.subject FISHING
dc.subject FISHING GROUNDS
dc.subject FOOD CROPS
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FOREST BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject FORESTRY
dc.subject FRAGMENTATION
dc.subject FRESH WATER
dc.subject FRESHWATER WETLANDS
dc.subject FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
dc.subject GENE POOLS
dc.subject GENETIC DIVERSITY
dc.subject GENETIC RESOURCES
dc.subject GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject GRAZING AREAS
dc.subject HABITAT
dc.subject HABITAT CHANGE
dc.subject HABITAT DESTRUCTION
dc.subject HABITAT LOSS
dc.subject HETEROGENEITY
dc.subject HOTSPOTS
dc.subject HUNTING
dc.subject ILLEGAL HUNTING
dc.subject INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject INTRINSIC VALUE
dc.subject INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
dc.subject INVASIVE SPECIES
dc.subject ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject IVORY
dc.subject KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS
dc.subject KEYSTONE SPECIES
dc.subject LAND AREA
dc.subject LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject LAND USE
dc.subject LANDRACES
dc.subject LANDSCAPE
dc.subject LANDSCAPES
dc.subject LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject LIVING ORGANISMS
dc.subject LIVING RESOURCES
dc.subject LOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject MACAQUE
dc.subject MAMMALS
dc.subject MANAGING BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject MANGROVES
dc.subject MARINE AREAS
dc.subject MARINE BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject MARINE CONSERVATION
dc.subject MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject MARINE SPECIES
dc.subject MARSHES
dc.subject MIGRATORY SPECIES
dc.subject MONITORING SYSTEMS
dc.subject NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY
dc.subject NATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subject NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject NATURAL HABITATS
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject NATURAL SITES
dc.subject NATURE
dc.subject NATURE SWAPS
dc.subject OCEANS
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject PARASITES
dc.subject PERVERSE INCENTIVES
dc.subject PERVERSE SUBSIDIES
dc.subject PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
dc.subject PLANT SPECIES
dc.subject POACHING
dc.subject POLICY INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject PROTECTED AREAS
dc.subject QUOTAS
dc.subject RED LIST
dc.subject REPLENISHMENT
dc.subject RESOURCE USE
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject RIVER BASINS
dc.subject RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject SEVERE DECLINES
dc.subject SPECIES
dc.subject SPECIES DIVERSITY
dc.subject SPECIES EXTINCTION
dc.subject SPECIES EXTINCTIONS
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
dc.subject SYNERGY
dc.subject TARGET SPECIES
dc.subject THREATENED SPECIES
dc.subject THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject TOURISM
dc.subject TOURISM INDUSTRY
dc.subject TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject TROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subject VARIETY
dc.subject VERTEBRATE SPECIES
dc.subject VULNERABLE SPECIES
dc.subject WATERSHEDS
dc.subject WEALTH
dc.subject WILD ANIMALS
dc.subject WILD FAUNA
dc.subject WILD RELATIVE
dc.subject WILD RELATIVES
dc.subject WILDLIFE
dc.subject WILDLIFE TRADE
dc.subject WOODLAND
dc.title The GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Climate Change
okr.date.disclosure 2014-10-10
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20278278/gef-6-biodiversity-strategy
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333037_20141010121529
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 20278278
okr.identifier.report 91236
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/10/10/000333037_20141010121529/Rendered/PDF/912360WP0Box380091620140final0lores.pdf en
okr.topic Environment :: Biodiversity
okr.topic Environment :: Ecosystems and Natural Habitats
okr.topic Environment :: Wildlife Resources
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Water Resources :: Wetlands
okr.unit Global Envirnmt Facility Secretr (GEF)
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