Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 11/2021

Ecosystem services

Land can serve more than one purpose: agroforestry in East Timor.
Agriculture and biodiversity

Tackling the global land-use trilemma

Protecting food security, biodiversity and climate requires new mindset everywhere

Bolivian red howler monkey in Madidi National Park, Bolivia. This park may be one of the areas funded by the Legacy Landscapes Fund.
Wildlife

New fund for conservation areas

Many conservation areas in income-poor world regions need better funding. KfW Development Bank has established a new tool to address this issue

The Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo is under review to receive funding by the Legacy Landscapes Fund.
Wildlife

Biodiversity conservation areas need better funding

Humanity depends on a diverse natural world but many important conservation areas are underfunded, especially in developing countries

More Articles

Working together for children’s rights: a workshop in Assam.
Children’s rights

Involving local partners in education

In Assam, an initiative for children’s rights is tackling Covid-caused challenges

Indian Ocean

Indigenous communities at risk

Tribal cultures and languages are disappearing from Andamans and Nicobars

A man of the Onge tribe relaxing on a hammock.
Ecosystems

Not only wildlife depends on Andaman biodiversity

How a small indigenous tribe is put at risk on an Indian Ocean island

A malaise trap set up by SFHC in Malawi.
Farms

Environment-friendly pest management

Why organic agriculture does not need synthetic pesticides

Human food security depends on pollinators.
Our point of view

Safeguard ecosystem services to save humanity

Determined international action on biodiversity is needed – and largely missing

Helmut Kohl, then Germany’s chancellor, is applauded after signing the UN Convention on Biodiversity in Rio in 1992.
Global environment

Environmental UN conventions are mutually reinforcing

Ecosystem services are vital for mitigating climate crisis

In August 2020, an oil-spill had severe impacts on the coast of Mauritius as well as the Blue Bay Marine Park.
Biodiversity

International community misses maritime protection target

International agreements endorse notion of sustainable blue economy

Farmers producing organic pesticides.
Rural life

Activists raise awareness of ecosystem relevance in Malawi

Agricultural biodiversity has been neglected far too long, for instance in Malawi

James Michel, then president of the Seychelles, with Pope Francis in Rome in 2015.
Ocean life

“Blue economy” is more than a catch word

Humanity depends on maritime resources and must exploit them sustainably

Bees are the most important pollinators.
Global environment

Fundamental questions of survival

Humanity’s food security depends on biodiversity and ecosystem services