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increase in global sustainable investment between 2016-2018
How we engage
In order to transform the way business values, manages and invests in nature, IUCN engages companies and key sectors to identify their impacts on biodiversity and create innovative solutions to address this challenge.
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All rivers within Selous Game Reserve belong to the Rufiji system, Tanzania's largest basin
Photo: IUCN / Tilman Jaeger
IUCN-outsourced paper finds no proof Rufiji dam project can meet Tanzania’s development needs
05.12.2019A strategic environmental assessment meant to guide decisions on the Rufiji hydropower project in Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve World Heritage site is completely inadequate, according to an independent technical review commissioned and issued today by IUCN....
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Photo: Chantal van Ham/IUCN
With over USD 60 trillion of new infrastructure in the next 20 years, how can nature thrive amongst the concrete?
26.11.2019A guest blog by Sophus zu Ermgassen, who makes the case for safeguarding biodiversity in the face of rapidly expanding infrastructure development.
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Securing Thailand’s future: Business and biodiversity platform explores opportunities for collaboration
18.11.2019After a successful coastal cleanup to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution in July, the Thailand Bio-Diversity Network Alliance (B-DNA) organised its first members’ get-together and workshop on 17 October.
Publications
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Impacts of the Fundão Dam failure
Sánchez, Luis Enrique, Alger, Keith, Alonso, Luiza, Barbosa, Francisco, Brito, Maria Cecília, Laureano, Fernando, May, Peter, Roeser, Hubert, Kakabadse, Yolanda
Language: En
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Business and Key Biodiversity Areas
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Business and Natural Capital
Quick reads
Aimed at policy-makers and journalists, IUCN Issues Briefs provide key information on selected issues in a two-pager format.
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Deep-sea mining
Deep-sea mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the deep sea – the area of the ocean below 200 m which covers about 65% of the Earth’s surface. There is growing interest...
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Palm oil and biodiversity
Palm oil is derived from the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), which is native to West Africa and grows best in tropical climates with abundant water. Three-quarters of total palm oil produced...
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Marine plastics
Plastic is a synthetic organic polymer made from petroleum with properties ideally suited for a wide variety of applications, including packaging, building and construction, household and sports...
