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

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

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 t...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
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
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Summary:	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.