A few weeks ago, I represented the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BIO) Program at the first Natural Capital Summit in Stockholm. While the meeting’s attendants were few, they were strategically selected and the event is likely to have a significant impact on the future agenda of a community working to incorporate natural capital into development decisions.
En pocas palabras te enseñamos cómo funciona restauración de los arrecifes de coral.
Los científicos investigan los mejores tipos de coral para sobrevivir a un hábitat particular.
El Canal de Panamá es sin duda un ejemplo icónico de megaproyecto de infraestructura de nuestra Región. Representa un 5% del tráfico de mercancías mundial, explica un 5% del comercio mundial y el 25% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) del país. Impresionante.
I think many of us question how we can be more mindful of energy use in our day to day lives, and these fun and sustainable gadgets give you the opportunity to test out a few ways on World Environment Day.1
Nine year old Gregório refuses to shower. Yes, you read that correctly! He absolutely refuses to shower, not because of childish stubbornness, but because he is fully committed to helping his 20 million neighbors in São Paulo find creative ways to conserve water during the unprecedented drought that has plagued the city over the past year. Gregório is adamant about his “shower strike”. In order to save water, he explained to his mother that showering just once a week should be more than enough under the present times of hardship.
When I first got the call asking me to take on the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Program (BIO), I had been looking for a way to refocus my work on biodiversity at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). I was intrigued by the opportunity to explore the implications of ecosystem services for our work as a development bank and decided to make a leap of faith.
