Home Nature Hub News Nature News The latest news and articles from our nature work Op-ed No more trade-offs: Pitting people against planet is dangerous and not how we will thrive Too often we hear that protecting nature and tackling the triple planetary crisis are obstacles to igniting growth, creating jobs and improving incomes. This thinking belongs to the past. Countries around the world are showing us that broad-based prosperity can be delivered during the very transition to environmentally sustainable economies. Working on one helps achieve the other. Read the full op-ed News News Citizens can contribute towards more than half of the data to track progress on global biodiversity goals Read more News Improving Natural Values in Protected Areas Read more News Unraveling the Paths of Water: A New Eco-Tourism Route in the Ozyory Nature Reserve Read more News EU announces €12 million support for global biodiversity conservation efforts led by UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative Read more News Bhutan and the Tiger Conservation Coalition Commit to Catalysing US$1 billion for tigers Read more News Belarus is Developing an Online Map of Protected Nature Areas Read more View More Additional resources Projects VIET NAM CLIMATE-SMART COASTAL COMMUNITIES (VNCSCC) Read more Press Releases Empower Local Communities in Biosphere Reserves’ Buffer Zones to Promote Biodiversity Conservation through Sustainable Livelihoods Read more Press Releases Moldova strengthens its local volunteers’ rangers network and protected area management, with Czech and UNDP support Read more View More
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