Environment Matters at the World Bank, 2009 Annual Review : Banking on Biodiversity

• Main Author: World Bank
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: World Bank 2010
• Subjects: ACTION PLANS; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE IMPACTS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURE; ALIEN SPECIES; ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARID REGIONS; BATS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; BIODIVERSITY VALUE; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; BIOMASS; BIRD; BIRD AREAS; BIRD CLUBS; BIRD SPECIES; BIRDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; BREEDING; BUFFER ZONES; BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CATTLE; CHARISMATIC SPECIES; CLEAN WATER; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FORESTS; COAST; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL HABITATS; COASTAL MANGROVES; COASTAL STORMS; COASTAL WETLANDS; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COASTS; CONSERVANCY; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION AREAS; CONSERVATION EFFORTS; CONSERVATION MONITORING; CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURE; CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; CONSERVATION PROJECTS; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION; CORAL; CORAL REEF RESEARCH; CORAL REEFS; CORALS; CRABS; CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM; CRITICAL HABITATS; CROP FAILURE; CROPLAND; CROPS; CULTIVATED LANDS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DAMS; DRAINAGE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EROSION; EROSION CONTROL; EXOTIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FARMS; FAUNA; FIELD GUIDE; FIELD GUIDES; FISH; FISH STOCKS; FISHERIES; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD PROTECTION; FLOODING; FLOODS; FLORA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CROPS; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOREST; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST LAW; FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT; FOREST USE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRESHWATER; GENETIC; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC RESOURCES; GRANT PROGRAMS; GRASSLANDS; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GRIZZLY BEAR; HABITAT DEGRADATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITATS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN DISEASES; IMAGES; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; INSECT; INSECT SPECIES; INSECTS; INTACT ECOSYSTEMS; INTACT FORESTS; INVASIVE SPECIES; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; ISSUES; LAKES; LAND AREA; LAND CLEARANCE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; LITTER; LIVESTOCK; MAMMALS; MANGROVES; MARINE BIODIVERSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE HABITATS; MARINE LIFE; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; MARINE RESOURCES; MARINE SPECIES; MEADOWS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MICROORGANISMS; MIGRATORY BIRDS; MITIGATION; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MOUNTAINS; NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE GRASSLANDS; NATIVE PASTURES; NATIVE PLANTS; NATURAL HABITATS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE BASE; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; OCEANIC ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANS; OIL INDUSTRY; ORCHID; ORCHIDS; PARKS; PEAT; PEAT SOILS; PET; PLAINS; PLANKTON; PLANT; POLLINATION; POLLINATORS; POLLUTANTS; POPULATIONS OF FISH; PRAIRIE; PREDATORS; PRESERVATION; PREY; PREY POPULATIONS; RAIN FOREST; RAINFALL; RAINFALL EVENTS; RANGE COUNTRIES; RANGES; REEF; REEF CONSERVATION; REEF STRUCTURE; REPTILES; RESERVES; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIRS; RESTORATION; RISING WATER LEVELS; RIVER; RIVERINE; SALT MARSHES; SANCTUARY; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEAGRASS BEDS; SEED DISPERSERS; SET ASIDE; SHARKS; SHORE; SHORELINES; SNAILS; SOILS; SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OF FISH; SPECIES OF PLANTS; STEWARDSHIP; SURFACE WATERS; SWAMP; SWAMP FORESTS; TAIGA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TIGER; TIGER CONSERVATION; TIMBER; TOURISM; TREE; TREES; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL FORESTS; TROPICAL TREES; TURTLES; VEGETATION; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; WHITE RHINO; WILD TIGER; WILD TIGER POPULATIONS; WILD TIGERS; WILDERNESS AREAS; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE TRADE; YELLOW FEVER; taiga
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This issue of environment matters celebrates the 2010 international year of biodiversity and describes some of the challenges and opportunities in protecting biodiversity for the benefit of humankind. From the world's highest mountain ranges to the lowland plains, and from the great oceans and coastal wetlands to agricultural landscapes, nations and communities rely on the bounty and services of natural ecosystems. Biological resources and the goods and ecosystem services they provide underpin every aspect of human life and livelihoods, from food and water security to general well-being and spiritual fulfillment. In many countries, it is the poorest of the poor who are most dependent on these benefits. Yet, as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment showed, biodiversity is under severe threat, as ecosystems are being lost and degraded more rapidly and extensively than at any comparable period in our history. Habitat loss and fragmentation, overexploitation of resources, pollution, invasive alien species, and, increasingly, climate change will all lead to further biodiversity loss. One of the key challenges of the coming decades will be how to reconcile biodiversity conservation and development if we are to achieve the twin goals of poverty alleviation and a sustainable future for all. The World Bank is already a major global funder of biodiversity initiatives, including support to more than 624 projects in over 122 countries during the last 20 years. It is actively supporting national actions to safeguard biodiversity and improve natural resource management. Many of these projects have supported globally important protected areas, but efforts have also been made to mainstream biodiversity conservation in the production landscape. As well as national efforts, the Bank has supported numerous partnerships with international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to promote global and regional biodiversity initiatives.