Agricultural food production depends on and impacts the health of the wider landscapes in which it functions. A landscape is a social and economic system that consists of natural and/or human-modified ecosystems, and which is influenced by different ecological, historical, economic and socio-cultural processes and activities. In their new business brief, UNEP-WCMC experts Vargas et…
In their new policy brief, UN Environment Programme Environment (UNEP) and TRADE Hub explore the role of trade policy in transitioning to a more sustainable level of wild meat consumption and trade in Congo Basin countries. The brief maintains that policy measures must protect the economic livelihoods of those dependent on the trade and protect traditional customs involving wild meat, while also maintaining a sustainable rate of harvesting to prevent species population declines.
A balance needs to be struck between ensuring families have access to economic security and preventing long-term damage to forests. This can be achieved by co-designing, with the farmers, sustainable land management practices that contribute to sustainable livelihoods.
‘Landscape Game 2’ entertains as it educates on real-world sustainability challenges Innovative tools that educate and engage the global population are crucial in an era marked by rapid environmental changes and increasing ecological challenges. Into this milieu, Landscape Game 2 emerges as a groundbreaking blend of entertainment and education designed to simulate complex landscape management…
Circular economy is a system focused on extending the lifetime of materials. It moves away from a linear mode of production with waste at the end of the chain, to a circular mode of production in which materials are designed to remain in use as long as possible and where products and byproducts of production…
The International Institute of Sustainability (IIS) hosted a final event presenting project findings from the vast array of research papers and tools developed as part of the TRADE Hub in Brazil. The event was hosted at the AYA Earth Hub in Sao Paulo on 29 February 2024 and focused on understanding soy and cattle supply chains, and the national and global policies governing deforestation across major biomes such as the Amazon and Cerrado. To explore these themes, an audience of policymakers, journalists and experts tuned in for a series of panels and roundtables with trade and agriculture experts.
The UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund is funding the UK Research and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund, Trade, Development and the Environment Hub, led by the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The TRADE Hub is a five-year project, funded until 2024, and is the first research hub of its kind – bringing together over 50 organisations from 15 different countries to help make trade sustainable for people and the planet.
TRADE Hub researcher and UNEP-WCMC’s Head of Policy, Thiago Kanashiro Uehara, recently published a paper titled “Planetary Welcare Principles for Just and Sustainable Futures: A Compass for System Change, Trade Reforms, and Transformations.” In it, he challenges conventional sustainable trade and environmental, social, and governance frameworks and introduces the Planetary Welcare Principles, shaping a compass…
A session at the Global Development Conference 2023: Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (31 Oct – 1 Nov 2023) | Quito, Ecuador Session date: 31 Oct Session time: 14 – 15.30 (Quito) There is increasing recognition of the role that trade and trade-related policies play in addressing the biodiversity crisis. Trade can exacerbate biodiversity degradation and loss, with about…