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- SECTION I Summary of Global Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services – Challenges and Opportunities
- Aichi Targets
- SECTION III Resources, Initiatives, and Tools
- List of Contributors
- Foreword by the United Nations Secretary-General
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outlook action and policy ___________________________ A Global Assessment of the Links between Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services Second Draft, 17 July 2012    
CONTENTS List of Contributors.…….……………………………………………………………….x Foreword by the United Nations Secretary-General.………………………………..x Message from the Executive Director of UNEP…….………………………………..x Preface by the Executive Secretary of the CBD.…….………………………………x Overview of Cities and Biodiversity Outlook – Actions and Policy…………………x Evolution of the CBD’s Cities and Biodiversity Initiative…………………………….x SECTION I Summary of Global Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services – Challenges and Opportunities Urban Expansion..…….…………………………………………………………………x Urbanization and Effects on Biodiversity………..…………………………………….x Urbanization and Ecosystem Services…………………………………………..……x African Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services – Challenges and Opportunities……………………………………………………………………………..x Asian Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services – Challenges and Opportunities in India and China……………………………………………………....x Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………..x
Key Message 1: Urbanization is both a challenge and an opportunity to manage humanity’s ecological footprint………….……………………………………........x Key Message 2: Rich biodiversity can exist in cities………………………………...x Key Message 3: Biodiversity and ecosystem services represent critical natural capital……………………………………………..................................................x Key Message 4: Urban ecosystems significantly improve human health.…………………………………………………………………………………x Key Message 5: Incorporating biodiversity and ecosystems in urban planning and design helps reduce carbon emissions and enhance adaptation to climate change……………………………………………………......................................x Key Message 6: Food and nutrition security depend on local and biodiversity-based food systems…………………………………………………………………x Key Message 7: Ecosystem functions must be integrated in urban policy and planning……………………………………………………………..........................x Key Message 8: Successful management of biodiversity and ecosystem services includes all levels and all sectors……...…………………………………………..x Key Message 9: Cities offer unique opportunities for learning and education about a resilient and sustainable future…………………………………………...x Key Message 10: Cities have a large potential to generate innovations and governance tools and therefore can—and must—take the lead in sustainable development…………………………………………………………………………x
Cities and Biodiversity Outlook on the Internet………………………………………x Acknowledgments ………………………………………………………………..……..x Photo Credits…………………………………………………………………….……....x List of Contributors [This is far from complete; additions will be made, and professional affiliations/addresses added for all contributors] Christine Alfsen-Norodom Lena Chan, Director, National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board, Singapore Julien Custot Marielle Dubbeling Thomas Elmqvist Russell Galt Francesca Gianfelici Oliver Hillel André Mader Ana Persic Jose Puppim de Oliveira Chantal Robichaud Andrew Rudd Maria Schewenius Fabiana Spinelli Keith G. Tidball Foreword by the United Nations Secretary-General [Draft; awaiting sign-off] [Insert photo of Ban Ki-moon] By 2050, given current trends in growth and urbanization, an estimated 3 billion additional people will inhabit the world’s cities, and the world will have undergone the largest and fastest period of urban expansion in all of human history. A recent estimate reveals that the area directly affected by new urban infrastructure within the next 40 years will cover an area roughly the size of Western Europe, with obvious impacts on natural habitat and the wildlife that depends on it. Consequently, urban growth will affect the provision of many ecosystem services and the benefits humans derive from nature, and the demands of cities will reshape most rural landscapes. Without adequate consideration by policy-makers of the implications of the coming urbanization, many of the Millennium Development Goals, the Aichi Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and other goals of related conventions and organizations are unlikely to be met. While rapid urbanization represents major challenges, it also offers opportunities. As centers of diversity, creativity, and innovation, cities are the very places where knowledge, innovations, and the human and financial resources for finding solutions to environmental problems are likely to be found. Cities must move beyond being just consumers of ecosystem services—they must also generate ecosystem services, reduce unsustainable consumption of ecosystem services, and offer better stewardship of the rural ecosystems on which they are so dependent. By redefining their roles, cities can create environments that are socially just, ecologically sustainable, economically productive, politically participatory, and culturally vibrant. [Add signature] Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General, United Nations Download 1.88 Mb. Share with your friends:
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