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#19592012-08-21
"Cities for Life: City & Subnational Biodiversity Summit" A Forum for Local and Subnational Governments in parallel with the 11th meeting of Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 15-16 October 2012 - Hyderabad, India
Reference: SCBD/AM/OH/80589 (2012-117)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
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#1202672019-03-07
"We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds"
Our cities need to become part of our agricultural system. In recent decades it has become increasingly clear that the way we live and eat is a big threat to our health and the health of our ecosystem. Climate change is forcing us to rethink our way of life and to reconnect agriculture back into ...
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#1253112020-04-29
'Sweet City': the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees
“Pollinators were the key,” says Edgar Mora, reflecting on the decision to recognise every bee, bat, hummingbird and butterfly as a citizen of Curridabat during his 12-year spell as mayor.
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#1253382020-04-30
'Sweet City': the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees
“Pollinators were the key,” says Edgar Mora, reflecting on the decision to recognise every bee, bat, hummingbird and butterfly as a citizen of Curridabat during his 12-year spell as mayor.
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#1252542020-04-28
'The bliss of a quiet period': lockdown is a unique chance to study the nature of cities
Empty streets and skies let the birds be heard and leave animals free to roam as well as allowing scientists to examine how humans change urban biodiversity.
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#1226342019-10-11
'We are not alone' in fighting climate change, says Freetown mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Over 90 mayors of the world's biggest cities have signed a Global Green New Deal in Copenhagen this week.
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#1201672019-03-01
10 of our favourite green buildings in the world
Against the stark concrete skyline of Sydney, Australia, one building’s cascading green gardens unfurl like a vertical oasis. Completed in late 2013, One Central Park (pictured, above) won a suite of high-profile awards in 2014 (including Best Tall Building in the World) thanks to its clever fea ...
Meeting
#525410th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10)
4 - 10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain
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#1327852022-01-27
15 innovations bringing nature back into our cities
We live in an urban era, by 2050 cities will host nearly 70% of humanity. If cities don’t heal their relationship with nature, our species will face increasing threats. In this foreseeable future we might forget that cities are living systems where the positive relationship between the natural a ...
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#1225192019-10-03
20+ Cities Call for Integrating Climate, Biodiversity Concerns into Urban Planning
More than 20 cities, including Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Dakar (Senegal), Helsinki (Finland), Paris (France), La Paz (Bolivia), Melaka (Malaysia) and São Paulo (Brazil), have endorsed a statement on urban development that integrates environmental considerations, including low-emission targets, lo ...