The GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) demonstrated that biodiversity underpins ecosystem goods and services that are required for the survival of human societies and for the future of all life on the planet. In addition, biodiversity generates considerable economic value through the provision of goods such as food, water, and materials, and services such as climate regulation, pollination, disaster protection, and nutrient cycling. Governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, indigenous people and local communities, and others have made some progress in sustainably managing biodiversity and ecosystems at local and national levels, but not at the scale necessary to stem the ongoing tide of biodiversity loss globally. Current estimates indicate that species loss is occurring at 1,000 to 10,000 times the natural background rate. Of all the global environmental problems the world is facing today, biodiversity loss is the only one that is likely irreversible.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Global Environment Facility
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-09-16
Subjects:	ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES, ACTION PLANS, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AFRICAN ELEPHANT, AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, AGROBIODIVERSITY, ALIEN SPECIES, AMPHIBIANS, AQUACULTURE, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUIFERS, BARLEY, BENEFIT SHARING, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY BENEFITS, BIODIVERSITY CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS, BIODIVERSITY INVESTMENTS, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS, BIODIVERSITY STATUS, BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY, BIODIVERSITY VALUATION, BIODIVERSITY VALUES, BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BUFFER ZONES, CARBON, CARBON CYCLE, CARBON EMISSIONS, CAUSES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS, CLEAN AIR, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATE REGULATION, CO-MANAGEMENT, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, COASTAL PROTECTION, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES, CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE, CONSUMER DEMAND, CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES, CORAL REEF, CORAL REEFS, DEBT, DECISION MAKING, DEFORESTATION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIVERSITY WITHIN SPECIES, EARLY DETECTION, ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXES, ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC VALUATION, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMICS, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT, ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION, ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION, ECOSYSTEM GOODS, ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY, ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, ECOSYSTEMS, ELEPHANTS, ENDEMIC SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTS, EVOLUTION, EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES, EXISTENCE VALUE, EXOTIC SPECIES, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOITATION, EXTINCTION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISH, FISHERIES, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, FISHERS, FISHING, FISHING GROUNDS, FOOD CROPS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOREST BIODIVERSITY, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY, FRAGMENTATION, FRESH WATER, FRESHWATER WETLANDS, FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY, GENE POOLS, GENETIC DIVERSITY, GENETIC RESOURCES, GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY, GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITY, GRAZING AREAS, HABITAT, HABITAT CHANGE, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, HABITAT LOSS, HETEROGENEITY, HOTSPOTS, HUNTING, ILLEGAL HUNTING, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INTRINSIC VALUE, INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS, IVORY, KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS, KEYSTONE SPECIES, LAND AREA, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND USE, LANDRACES, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPES, LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, LIVING ORGANISMS, LIVING RESOURCES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, MACAQUE, MAMMALS, MANAGING BIODIVERSITY, MANGROVES, MARINE AREAS, MARINE BIODIVERSITY, MARINE CONSERVATION, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE SPECIES, MARSHES, MIGRATORY SPECIES, MONITORING SYSTEMS, NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY, NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, NATURAL HABITATS, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL SITES, NATURE, NATURE SWAPS, OCEANS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PARASITES, PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PERVERSE SUBSIDIES, PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, PLANT SPECIES, POACHING, POLICY INSTRUMENTS, POLLUTION, PROTECTED AREAS, QUOTAS, RED LIST, REPLENISHMENT, RESOURCE USE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SEVERE DECLINES, SPECIES, SPECIES DIVERSITY, SPECIES EXTINCTION, SPECIES EXTINCTIONS, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, SYNERGY, TARGET SPECIES, THREATENED SPECIES, THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY, TOURISM, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, TROPICAL FORESTS, VARIETY, VERTEBRATE SPECIES, VULNERABLE SPECIES, WATERSHEDS, WEALTH, WILD ANIMALS, WILD FAUNA, WILD RELATIVE, WILD RELATIVES, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE TRADE, WOODLAND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20278278/gef-6-biodiversity-strategy https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20683
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