Home Nature Hub News Nature News The latest news and articles from our nature work Op-ed No more trade-offs: Pitting people against planet is dangerous and not how we will thrive Too often we hear that protecting nature and tackling the triple planetary crisis are obstacles to igniting growth, creating jobs and improving incomes. This thinking belongs to the past. Countries around the world are showing us that broad-based prosperity can be delivered during the very transition to environmentally sustainable economies. Working on one helps achieve the other. Read the full op-ed News News Call for Proposals from Community-Led Conservation Projects in Zambia Read more News Trainings Strengthen Business Capacity for Human Rights-Based Climate and Nature Strategies Read more News Global momentum for nature finance: UNDP’s biodiversity finance initiative helps countries unlock over $2.7 billion for nature Read more News Call for Proposals: Promoting Climate Resilient Livelihoods Read more News Belarus's Wild Heart Beats Stronger Read more News Citizens can contribute towards more than half of the data to track progress on global biodiversity goals Read more View More Additional resources Press Releases Scientific Partnership for Land Restoration and Agricultural Adaptation in the Aral Sea Region Read more Press Releases Marshall Islands Secures Major UNDP–GEF Investment to Protect Water, Land, and Atoll Communities from Climate Change Read more Press Releases South Africa Secures Major Investment to Advance Biodiversity Conservation and Community Livelihoods Read more View More
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