’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush … customary rights of local people, and conserving biodiversity represents a major challenge. This project focuses on the mining … feasibility of implementing a national biodiversity offset scheme in Liberia to help minimize adverse impacts on biodiversity and …

Unlocking Nature-Smart Development: An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is part of a series of … biodiversity and ecosystem services. The paper makes the case that the rapid global decline in nature is a development issue and … development agendas. As countries formulate a set of new global biodiversity targets, this paper also offers insights that could …

richest and most endangered terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and species. The biodiversity endowment is crucial to the Lao … greener economic growth model. But Lao biodiversity is in danger. The highest priority threats to the country's biodiversity … actions to ameliorate the main threats to biodiversity and to sustainably utilize the biodiversity assets to help drive Lao …

Biodiversity represents the variety of life on Earth, including the full range of ecosystems, species, and genes …. Biodiversity conservation efforts to date have achieved a great deal to help secure the continued functioning of many threatened … ecosystems and the survival of numerous species. Biodiversity offsets can: (i) improve the conservation outcomes from large …

Biodiversity loss will be an increasingly important source of risk and opportunity for the insurance sector. The …. Understanding the physical and transition risks associated with biodiversity loss and working to mitigate the damage to biodiversity … biodiversity risks in several ways: as underwriters, as investors, and as corporate citizens. Insurers will be impacted both by …

The Kingdom of Morocco is endowed with a wealth of marine resources, characterized by high biodiversity with at least …

Biodiversity and ecosystem services, or nature for short, underpin many aspects of economic activity and are … COVID-19 pandemic is likely an example of how the disturbance of ecosystems can have systemic consequences. As biodiversity … that are potentially harmful to biodiversity. This paper argues that governments and regulators, supported by financial …

Ethiopia. The study uses evidence mainly from a survey of both formal and informal businesses in Addis Ababa and four major …

The Ethiopia Investment Climate Program, managed by the World Bank Group's Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice … address investment climate issues that are holding back investment and productivity growth in Ethiopia. This report presents a … summary of the major findings about the business registration and licensing regime in Ethiopia and develops recommendations …

shared prosperity in Ethiopia. Achieving those goals requires a two pronged strategy of building on the strengths of past … urbanization right' are essential going forward. The report identifies two key challenges to sustainable progress: Ethiopia needs …