Mangroves are key to conservation in Kenya, but Kenya's mangroves have been exploited for centuries for shipbuilding and construction materials among others. Lamu archipelago, around the northern coast of Kenya, accounts for more than half of the country's mangroves, but across the country approximately 40% of this commodity has been degraded. This is where the region's women come to the rescue to run mangrove conservation effort.

Agricultural Partnership to Enhance Water Quality and Protect Nature

Still in the spirit of Biodiversity Day, our latest blog written by Sir Partha Dasgupta asks that we change our economic accounting model to one that measures inclusive wealth to account for nature in economic decision-making, as reflected on his landmark report the Dasgupta Review.

Biodiversity plays a vital role in supporting human life. CDSB's recent research on European reporting practices provides guidance for companies in addressing such matter and land-use related financial reporting.

In the lead up to the Biodiversity Day, our latest blog from one of the GGKP Natural Capital Expert Group members, Anil Markandya, highlights the critical needs to invest on nature in order to meet the SDGs. According to a recent study by the GGKP and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), globally it is estimated that, additionally, about $774 billion/year is required to meet the selected targets for the eight natural capital-related SDGs by 2030.

Do you have any question about the study? Reach out to John J. Maughan, Sun Cho, or Andrew Pickens

To address water management challenges, these cities use nature-based-solutions

Rwanda, a growing country in Sub-Saharan Africa, has suffered significant damage to its environment over the last few decades, and has begun using policy to reverse this trend. Though aggressive strategies have achieved some success, growing social, environmental, and economic constraints have made increasing the effectiveness of these strategies critical.

Here's a policy brief outlining how various policy interventions can affect economic, poverty amelioration, and environmental outcomes in Rwanda.