Reports Commissioned, published, or contributed to by the expertise of the Campaign for Nature scientists.
Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate
A ground-breaking scientific study from 26 international experts offering the most comprehensive assessment to date of where to ramp up strict ocean protection to increase seafood security, curb biodiversity loss, and provide a cost effective solution to climate change, as well as economic benefits.
Funding the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and 30x30
This briefing provides an overview and status update of resource mobilization issues and discussions in the runup to COP15 for both the implementation of the full post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the specific 30x30 target. Fundamentally, biodiversity goals must be adequately funded if they are to be achieved and a lack of financial resources was one of the main reasons that none of the Aichi targets were fully met. Resource mobilization is currently one of the most critical sticking points in the CBD negotiations. It is clear that closing the global biodiversity finance gap and achieving a comprehensive, ambitious, and just GBF, including 30x30, will require increased financial resources from all sources and from all Parties.
Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications
In the most comprehensive report to date on the economic implications of protecting nature, over 100 economists and scientists find that the global economy would benefit from the establishment of far more protected areas on land and at sea than exist today. The report considers various scenarios of protecting at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean to find that the benefits outweigh the costs by a ratio of at least 5-to-1. The report offers new evidence that the nature conservation sector drives economic growth, delivers key non-monetary benefits and is a net contributor to a resilient global economy.
This report was commissioned by CFN, but that it was conducted by a group of 113 independent experts.
Science Advances Digital Cover Vol. 5, no. 4, May 2019 Image Credit: Greg Asner and Nick Vaughn, ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science.
Reprinted with permission from AAAS.
GLOBAL DEAL FOR NATURE, SCIENCE ADVANCES (APRIL 2019)
This paper presents a “Global Deal for Nature” (GDN), a time-sensitive, science-driven plan to save the diversity and abundance of life on Earth from the climate crisis. The GDN aims to prevent the average global temperature from rising above 1.5 ºC by achieving formal protection for 30% of the Earth and securing an additional 20% of the planet as designated climate stabilization areas by 2050.
According to the report’s authors, preserving at least 50% of the planet as intact natural habitats by 2050, is the only path that will enable a climate-resilient future.