News in the Framework of the European Business & Biodiversity Campaign

New Study on trade and biodiversity

A new study analyses the various ways in which international trade affects biodiversity and analyses what trade policy tools are available to tackle trade-related biodiversity issues. The study was commissioned by the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament.

UN report: As the world’s forests continue to shrink, urgent action is needed to safeguard their biodiversity

Press Release - Eu environment programme, ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

Mid-term review of the LIFE BooGI BOP project: nature-oriented business premises throughout Europe

A good time to present achievements:

New guide and tool about Natural Capital in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry

Global Nature Fund (GNF) has published the new guide "Natural Capital in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry". 

Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline

Declining farmland biodiversity is a major threat

IST ends implementation of pilot projects on farms

IST has recently completed the implementation of pilot projects on 11 farms under the EU LIFE Food & Biodiversity project.

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Promotion of corporate commitment, expansion of protected areas and organic farming

With its recently published strategy on biodiversity, the EU Commission has set ambitious targets.

Microsoft: Protecting biodiversity through artificial intelligence

The IT company would like to make well-founded ecological decisions possible through the use of machine learning. Environmental data from all over the world are to be collected and processed in a new "Planetary Computer". The goal is to accelerate data processing and the resulting decisions and actions in order to promote the protection of species more effectively.

COVID-19, Biodiversity and Food Systems

The FAO agroecology team as well as our colleagues from Biodiversity in Good Company have collected and listed articles showing the linkages between the loss of biodiversity and the outbreak of pandemics.

IPBES discusses on business and biodiversity assessment

The new work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) includes a methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature´s contributions to people.