Conservation performance in securing biodiversity can be evaluated better with metrics based on the concept of a conservation balance sheet.
Though potentially highly valuable, the value of the current scheme for securing biodiversity is yet to be confirmed.
This is important, the report highlights, because UNODC policies work "in direct opposition to concurrent UN efforts to protect biodiversity, secure ecosystem services, ensure the rights of indigenous peoples, mitigate climate change, and promote sustainable development".
"Alternatively, the United States exhibits many of the factors associated with resilience, including decentralized governance, a diversified economy, inclusive society, large land mass, biodiversity, secure energy supplies, and global military power projection capabilities and alliances".
Given Madagascar's considerable biodiversity, securing fungi from both areas and comparing the orchid mycoflora between the two regions seems like a logical next step.
This new epidemiological framework is important for understanding virus host co-evolution and future disease management options of pest species to secure Australia's remaining natural biodiversity.
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It has been recognized that biodiversity is key to securing global food supply[1].
To conclude, pro-active and collaborative spatial planning across different sectors and countries is needed to secure functional forest green infrastructure as base for biodiversity conservation and human well-being.
This does not include the numerous co-benefits of mitigation, such as improved ecosystems and human health from cleaner air, biodiversity conservation, water availability and food security, and a more secure and resilient energy supply.
