Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 8/2023

Protecting biodiversity

This spectacled bear recently appeared near a settlement.
Living with nature

Bolivia’s extraordinary biodiversity is under threat

Bolivia has many protected areas, but human activities are impacting the country’s biodiversity

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At Lake Bosomtwe in Ghana, both the interests of the local communities and those of nature conservation must be taken into account.
Scientific research

Making the most of Lake Bosomtwe

German and Ghanaian scientists are cooperating to involve local people more in protecting a UNESCO biosphere reserve

Farmer releases fish into a rice field in Qingtian County, China.
Traditional agriculture

Traditional agricultural ecosystems harbour remarkable biodiversity

Examples from China illustrate the exceptional value of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

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A flock of migratory cranes in a national park on Germany’s Baltic coast.
Global environmental crisis

European governments have accepted duty to restore nature

European Green Deal is a sensible response to the global environmental crisis that is destroying both climate and biodiversity

Opening ceremony of the biodiversity summit in Kunming.
Multilateral policymaking

Involving local people in order to reach biodiversity goals

At the COP15 in Kunming-Montréal in 2022, Jochen Flasbarth helped broker consensus

View of the Serranía del Iñao protected area in the Andes.
Conservation

Dialogue for biodiversity

How can the interests of residents of protected areas be reconciled with the needs of conservation?

Marina Silva at her inauguration in January.
Ecosystems

Hope for Brazil’s forests

The Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, has promised to end deforestation in the Amazon

Thousands of dead fish float in the Hatir Jheel Lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Global biodiversity

The basis of our existence

Biodiversity is the cornerstone of ecosystems. The progressive loss of it threatens people’s livelihoods and food security.

Giraffes in Lake Mburo National Park, located in Uganda’s Cattle Corridor.
Land use conflicts

Pressure on wildlife in Uganda

In Uganda, nature, herders and farmers compete for land resources. Better planning is needed – and it must involve local communities