EBD Solutions

 

The management of ecosystems & biodiversity (EBD) can draw on a range of strategies, according to the choice of management objectives, among them:

 

• Conservation

• Sustainable use

• Restoration

• Mainstreaming

• Valuation

• Leveraging finance

• Access benefit sharing

• Policies

• Promoting awareness 

 

In turn, solutions will seek to address the drivers behind the loss of biodiversity and/or the degradation of ecosystem services. These include: 

 

• Protecting biological resources, including through the creation and strengthening of protected areas

• Securing a sustained flow of essential and valuable ecosystem services

• Defining thresholds for resource extraction

• Regulating land- and resource use across land and seascapes through a combination of relevant policies and practices

• Addressing consumption patterns and policy measures that negatively impact the integrity of ecosystems and biodiversity

• Proposing mechanisms, including financial, for promoting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services

 

People, their needs, rights and well-being, as well as the need to take into consideration the pursuit of sustainable development goals, are part and parcel of any optimal EBD solutions.