The GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are par...

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Main Author:	Global Environment Facility
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES ACTION PLANS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AFRICAN ELEPHANT AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGROBIODIVERSITY ALIEN SPECIES AMPHIBIANS AQUACULTURE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUIFERS BARLEY BENEFIT SHARING BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY BENEFITS BIODIVERSITY CHANGE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS BIODIVERSITY INVESTMENTS BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS BIODIVERSITY STATUS BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY BIODIVERSITY VALUATION BIODIVERSITY VALUES BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUFFER ZONES CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON EMISSIONS CAUSES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS CLEAN AIR CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE REGULATION CO-MANAGEMENT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT COASTAL MANAGEMENT COASTAL PROTECTION CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE CONSUMER DEMAND CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES CORAL REEF CORAL REEFS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIVERSITY WITHIN SPECIES EARLY DETECTION ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXES ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMIC VALUATION ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ECOSYSTEM GOODS ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS ELEPHANTS ENDEMIC SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTS EVOLUTION EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES EXISTENCE VALUE EXOTIC SPECIES EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXTINCTION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH FISHERIES FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FISHERS FISHING FISHING GROUNDS FOOD CROPS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST BIODIVERSITY FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY FRAGMENTATION FRESH WATER FRESHWATER WETLANDS FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY GENE POOLS GENETIC DIVERSITY GENETIC RESOURCES GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITY GRAZING AREAS HABITAT HABITAT CHANGE HABITAT DESTRUCTION HABITAT LOSS HETEROGENEITY HOTSPOTS HUNTING ILLEGAL HUNTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTRINSIC VALUE INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES INVASIVE SPECIES ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS IVORY KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS KEYSTONE SPECIES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LANDRACES LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPES LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS LIVING ORGANISMS LIVING RESOURCES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY MACAQUE MAMMALS MANAGING BIODIVERSITY MANGROVES MARINE AREAS MARINE BIODIVERSITY MARINE CONSERVATION MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE SPECIES MARSHES MIGRATORY SPECIES MONITORING SYSTEMS NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL HABITATS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL SITES NATURE NATURE SWAPS OCEANS OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARASITES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PERVERSE SUBSIDIES PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PLANT SPECIES POACHING POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION PROTECTED AREAS QUOTAS RED LIST REPLENISHMENT RESOURCE USE RISK MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RURAL COMMUNITIES SEVERE DECLINES SPECIES SPECIES DIVERSITY SPECIES EXTINCTION SPECIES EXTINCTIONS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY SYNERGY TARGET SPECIES THREATENED SPECIES THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE TROPICAL FORESTS VARIETY VERTEBRATE SPECIES VULNERABLE SPECIES WATERSHEDS WEALTH WILD ANIMALS WILD FAUNA WILD RELATIVE WILD RELATIVES WILDLIFE WILDLIFE TRADE WOODLAND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20278278/gef-6-biodiversity-strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20683

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Summary:	The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) demonstrated that biodiversity underpins ecosystem goods and services that are required for the survival of human societies and for the future of all life on the planet. In addition, biodiversity generates considerable economic value through the provision of goods such as food, water, and materials, and services such as climate regulation, pollination, disaster protection, and nutrient cycling. Governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, indigenous people and local communities, and others have made some progress in sustainably managing biodiversity and ecosystems at local and national levels, but not at the scale necessary to stem the ongoing tide of biodiversity loss globally. Current estimates indicate that species loss is occurring at 1,000 to 10,000 times the natural background rate. Of all the global environmental problems the world is facing today, biodiversity loss is the only one that is likely irreversible.

The GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy

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