Browsing Discussion Papers, Concepts and Proposals by Author "Communications Division"
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4 Million Trees in 4 years Initiative (4MT4Y)
(2019)In the fight against climate change and protecting our environment and rich biodiversity, the Fijian Government is embarking on the ‘4 million trees in 4 years initiative’(4MT4Y) as it recognizes the important service that ... -
50/50 - The Plan to Save Life on Earth
(2019)In April 2019, scientists published a paper explaining why protecting half the planet is needed, and how if embedded in a Global Deal for Nature it could promote increased habitat protection and restoration, national and ... -
Accelerating Adaptation by Spurring a Paradigm Shift in Water Engineering in Indonesia, with Replication in Asia and Globally
(2019)It is MMAF’s ambition to spur a paradigm shift in hydraulic engineering in Indonesia, Asia and ultimately worldwide through the establishment of a BwN platform, to convene public private and civil society actors in the ... -
Achieving Multiple Global Objectives in a Synergistic and Pragmatic Manner through Scaling up Public-Private Partnerships for Managing Protected Areas
(2019)How the contribution leverages living natural systems as a solution to avert climate change? Ensuring nature-based climate solutions are about conserving and restoring wild places and planting indigenous species, so that ... -
Advocating all Sectors of Society to Achieve Carbon Neutrality through Afforestation
(2019)In order to encourage enterprises and organizations to participate in green carbon sink public welfare undertakings, establish a good social image as well as improve their soft power, China Green Carbon Foundation has ... -
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
(2019)The African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-NEPAD Agency has a network of partners across Africa that could provide a perspective from the African Regional point of view. The AFR100 Secretariat works closely with country ... -
Agroecology: A Nature-based Food System - NBS Proposal from the AgroEcology Fund
(2019)In India, the state of Andhra Pradesh is investing $200 million to convert its farmers to the agroecological practice known as zero budget natural farming, which uses from-the-farm nutrients to grow crops without using ... -
Agroforestry a Nature Based Solution for Sustainability
(2019)The contribution will evaluate the five types of agroforestry practices: silvopasture, silvoarable, homegardens, riparian buffer strips and forest farming in the different types of land use across the world (table 1) as a ... -
Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative: Initial Results and Contributions to Global Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
(2019)The Sacred Headwaters region of Ecuador and Peru is composed of the ancestral territories of a dozen indigenous nations, adjoined by a number of protected areas, together forming a vast contiguous mosaic containing the ... -
Andes Action: Restoration of One Million Hectares of High Andean Forest Ecosystems
(2019)Andes Action is a new Latin American-led large-scale restoration initiative, aiming to restore one million hectares of high Andean ecosystems (mostly Polylepis forests) in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and ... -
The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART): Attracting New Investment to Protect and Restore Forests
(2019)ART will provide a credible, independent program overseen by a global Board, and run by a Secretariat. It includes a rigorous Standard to quantify emissions reductions from REDD+ activities at a jurisdictional and national ... -
AUT Living Laboratories
(2019)The research objective of the AUT Living Laboratories project is to fill knowledge gaps for planting the right trees on the right site for the right purpose. In particular, the Living Laboratories is focused on (a) optimal ... -
Back to Earth – Using Natural Processes to Turn CO2 Permanently into Rock
(2019)The CarbFix collaborative research project, led by Reykjavik Energy, centers around one of the world's largest geothermal power plants in Hellisheidi, Iceland. Industrial scale application of the CarbFix process has been ... -
Bamboo for Climate Change
(2019)The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) is a multilateral development organisation which promotes environmentally sustainable development using bamboo and rattan. It is currently made up of 44 Member states, ... -
Bankable Water Solutions (BWS) - Engaging with the Nature-Based Solutions coalition for the Climate Action Summit
(2019)Investors, banks and private companies are investing heavily in water-related infrastructure and they are hungry to invest in more sustainable water projects, but there is no pipeline of viable projects. WWF is taking ... -
Belt and Road Initiative Green Development Coalition
(2019)BRIGC is an open, inclusive and voluntary international network which aims to incorporate green development into the Belt and Road Initiative, promote international consensus and collective actions on the development of ... -
Biodiversity and Climate Change
(2019)Biodiversity is as important as climate change and both must be treated with equal importance. Climate change is a major factor in the erosion of biodiversity. Changes in atmospheric temperature and precipitation, ocean ... -
Blue Lifelines for a Secure Sahel (BLiSS)
(2019)BLiSS will connect interventions for wetlands and drylands to reverse land degradation and build community resilience to climate change in the Sahel. Vision: Sahelian communities become more secure and resilient to climate ... -
Bringing Concrete to Life - Enhancing Natural Processes on Concrete Based Coastal and Marine Infrastructure (CMI)
(2019)The ecological engineering of shorelines schemes is an evolving discipline (Mitsch., 2012) with the aim of building more inclusive, resilient and safe coastal and marine structures for people and nature that maximize ... -
Bringing into Full Play the Function of Marine Carbon Sequestration and Developing Marine Carbon Sequestration Economy
(2019)Bio-pump and micro-bio-carbon pump are two important ways of ocean carbon storage. They have not only important scientific significance, but also broad application prospects. It can be used to increase carbon sink, so as ...
