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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has estimated that between $150 and $440 billion dollars are needed annually to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2020), and

Upon reading the much anticipated Papal Encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si', I found myself immediately looking for ways to get it into the hands of the CEOs I know. While it is a genuinely great read, it is even better as a resource for institutionalizing ethical business principles, and a brilliant illustration of what servant leadership looks like. There will be many interpretations of this Encyclical. Even before its release, detractors denounced it as political and economic "meddling", a "rehash", and a full frontal assault on fossil fuels.

When I arrived for the first time in San Salvador de Jujuy in early 2014, I was immediately struck by the beauty and wildness of this region. The colorful mountains of the Seven Colors Hill enveloped the village of and pristine rivers and salt flats lined the valley. With this as our backdrop, I was looking forward to the next couple of days discussing a new project with the local government and a drinking water company.One of the poorest in Argentina, the province of Jujuy in the far north of the country, does not have enough drinking water to meet its current needs.

In our previous post  we noted how participatory monitoring helps generate more trust between communities and companies with potentially controversial projects.But there are right ways to carry out these joint monitoring exercises. We’ve boiled down our experience at the IDB into three key tips that can provide a starting point for participatory monitoring.

• Can potentially have significant negative environmental and social impacts (i.e.

Every year, the United Nations celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on the 9th of August. This is not only an opportunity to take stock of the many challenges that development poses to indigenous people, but also of the ways that indigenous peoples themselves are challenging traditional development practices and promoting their own approaches. The stakes are probably higher than ever.

An extraordinary number and diversity of fish inhabit the Amazon River basin.

The Amazon Basin is becoming a hot spot for oil and gas exploration. New developments are mostly found in the Amazon Headwaters, extending in an arc from Venezuela through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, western Brazil, and Bolivia. These discoveries bring great promise for economic development. Yet they also pose grave threats to indigenous forest dwellers and to the incomparable biodiversity of the region.

Three years ago, three colleagues and I were semi-kidnapped by a crowd of irate citizens. During half an hour, they surrounded our vehicle and held us hostage until their demands were heard.Although this was not the first occasion where I found myself in the middle of such a disturbance, it was the first in which we were the focus of the social conflict.This was ironic, because we were negotiating a transparent, structured and effective public consultation process.