Global Environment Facility2014-12-082014-12-082014-09-16https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20683The 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-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCESACTION PLANSADAPTIVE MANAGEMENTADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURESAFRICAN ELEPHANTAGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSAGROBIODIVERSITYALIEN SPECIESAMPHIBIANSAQUACULTUREAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMSAQUIFERSBARLEYBENEFIT SHARINGBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY BENEFITSBIODIVERSITY CHANGEBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIODIVERSITY IMPACTSBIODIVERSITY INVESTMENTSBIODIVERSITY LOSSBIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENTBIODIVERSITY PROJECTSBIODIVERSITY STATUSBIODIVERSITY STRATEGYBIODIVERSITY VALUATIONBIODIVERSITY VALUESBIOLOGICAL CORRIDORSBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBUFFER ZONESCARBONCARBON CYCLECARBON EMISSIONSCAUSES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSSCLEAN AIRCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE REGULATIONCO-MANAGEMENTCOASTAL DEVELOPMENTCOASTAL MANAGEMENTCOASTAL PROTECTIONCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCONSERVATION OBJECTIVESCONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCECONSUMER DEMANDCONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIESCORAL REEFCORAL REEFSDEBTDECISION MAKINGDEFORESTATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDIVERSITY WITHIN SPECIESEARLY DETECTIONECOLOGICAL COMPLEXESECOLOGICAL INTEGRITYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITYECONOMIC VALUATIONECONOMIC VALUEECONOMICSECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTECOSYSTEM DEGRADATIONECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONECOSYSTEM GOODSECOSYSTEM INTEGRITYECOSYSTEM RESILIENCEECOSYSTEM SERVICESECOSYSTEMSELEPHANTSENDEMIC SPECIESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTSEVOLUTIONEVOLUTIONARY PROCESSESEXISTENCE VALUEEXOTIC SPECIESEXPENDITURESEXPLOITATIONEXTINCTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISHFISHERIESFISHERIES MANAGEMENTFISHERSFISHINGFISHING GROUNDSFOOD CROPSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOREST BIODIVERSITYFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFRAGMENTATIONFRESH WATERFRESHWATER WETLANDSFUNCTIONAL DIVERSITYGENE POOLSGENETIC DIVERSITYGENETIC RESOURCESGLOBAL BIODIVERSITYGLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITYGRAZING AREASHABITATHABITAT CHANGEHABITAT DESTRUCTIONHABITAT LOSSHETEROGENEITYHOTSPOTSHUNTINGILLEGAL HUNTINGINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTRINSIC VALUEINVASIVE ALIEN SPECIESINVASIVE SPECIESISLAND ECOSYSTEMSIVORYKEY BIODIVERSITY AREASKEYSTONE SPECIESLAND AREALAND DEGRADATIONLAND USELANDRACESLANDSCAPELANDSCAPESLARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMSLIVING ORGANISMSLIVING RESOURCESLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOSS OF BIODIVERSITYMACAQUEMAMMALSMANAGING BIODIVERSITYMANGROVESMARINE AREASMARINE BIODIVERSITYMARINE CONSERVATIONMARINE ECOSYSTEMSMARINE SPECIESMARSHESMIGRATORY SPECIESMONITORING SYSTEMSNATIONAL BIODIVERSITYNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGYNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL ECOSYSTEMSNATURAL HABITATSNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERSNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL SITESNATURENATURE SWAPSOCEANSOPPORTUNITY COSTSPARASITESPERVERSE INCENTIVESPERVERSE SUBSIDIESPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRYPLANT SPECIESPOACHINGPOLICY INSTRUMENTSPOLLUTIONPROTECTED AREASQUOTASRED LISTREPLENISHMENTRESOURCE USERISK MANAGEMENTRIVER BASINSRURAL COMMUNITIESSEVERE DECLINESSPECIESSPECIES DIVERSITYSPECIES EXTINCTIONSPECIES EXTINCTIONSSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITYSUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYSYNERGYTARGET SPECIESTHREATENED SPECIESTHREATS TO BIODIVERSITYTOURISMTOURISM INDUSTRYTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGETROPICAL FORESTSVARIETYVERTEBRATE SPECIESVULNERABLE SPECIESWATERSHEDSWEALTHWILD ANIMALSWILD FAUNAWILD RELATIVEWILD RELATIVESWILDLIFEWILDLIFE TRADEWOODLAND10.1596/20683