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Biodiversity is essential for human health and well-being, economic prosperity, food safety and security, and other critical areas necessary for the individual and collective thriving of all humans and all human societies. Recognized by a growing coalition of political leaders, civil society, the business community, indigenous peoples and local communities, youth and other key stakeholders, we can all safeguard life on earth with dramatically increased and coordinated action. Let us all look back in 2050 noting that we saved life for future generations, plants and animals. Join the Action Agenda and become a champion of action.

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Genetic Diversity: The Hidden Secret of Life

Water and food, climate regulation, even the interactions between human spirit and nature. These are all ecosystems services, and ...

Agriculture must be part of the solution, not the problem

As we move into 2020, the super year for biodiversity, achieving our global goals will hinge on making food production more ...

Food systems depend on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Biodiversity is key for food security and nutrition, and contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero ...

Biodiversity underpins all fishing and aquaculture activities

Never before have people consumed so much fish or depended so greatly on the sector for their well-being.

2.6 billion people draw their livelihoods mostly from agriculture

The planet will have to feed an additional 1.5 billion people in 2030, 90% of whom will be living in developing countries; and, ...

Biodiversity is essential for sustainable development and human ...

Given the need for biodiversity and healthy ecosystems to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is not ...

Sustainable agriculture promotes biodiversity

Every day, agriculture produces an average of 23.7 million tons of food, provides livelihoods for 2.5 billion people, and is the ...

Our food relies on pollinators

Approximately 33% of the food consumed by humans is dependent, either directly or indirectly, on honey bee pollination.

Forests are much more than trees

Forests provide shelter, jobs and security for forest-dependent communities, with 1.6 billion people relying on forest resources ...

The “blue economy” is critical to food security and the fight ...

Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods, and marine fisheries directly or ...

People depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods

Small-scale fisheries contribute 70% of the global fish catch and employ nearly 90% of fishers and fish workers worldwide.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ...

1 million species face the threat of extinction, more than at any other point in human history. Land use changes, climate change, pollution and invasive species are some of the drivers of biodiversity

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