• Illustration of Dr Dessima Williams
    ‘Sustainability is a lesson of our history’
    Grenada is promoting sustainable tourism, in line with SDG 12. Hotel owner and diplomat Dessima Williams explains what this involves.
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  • Einer Ranger späht durch das Fernglas
    Custodians of the Sundarbans
    In the world’s biggest mangrove forest, Bangladesh Forest Department rangers are focusing on preserving biodiversity. Digital tools are helping them to protect this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Germany is supporting the country in this work.
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  • Frau auf einem Boot
    ‘My neighbour, the Sundarbans World Heritage Site’
    The world’s biggest mangrove forest is situated on the border between Bangladesh and India. We meet the people who live with and earn a livelihood from the Sundarbans UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Artensterben
    Extinction – diversity under threat
    Our natural environment is being lost at an unprecedented pace. Biodiversity is vanishing everywhere, with both ecosystems and species affected.
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  • Ebb and flow
    Ebb and flow
    The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions of people in South-East Asia. In times of climate change, riparian countries are working hand in hand for sustainable use of the ecosystem – with Germany’s support.
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  • COP 15
    ‘The UN Biodiversity Conference was unexpectedly a great success’
    The international community adopted the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Silke Spohn explains its strengths and weaknesses, and what it means for GIZ.
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  • The powerful voice of the Lenca people
    The powerful voice of the Lenca people
    Radio presenter Martina López provides environmental education over the airwaves in a Honduran biosphere reserve.
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  • Three crises, one solution 
    Three crises, one solution 
    Why an intact natural world can help us address various challenges. By Kirsten Hegener, Director of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Biodiversity, Forests and Agriculture.  
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  • When natural areas disappear, so does biodiversity
    When natural areas disappear, so does biodiversity
    akzente explains the five most important reasons for species loss and why we need to reverse the trend.
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