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 HRH Crown Princess Victoria visits locally-led solutions for health, resilience and nature during UNDP visit to Indonesia Read more News Environment and Health at the Heart of New Prevention Initiative in Angola Read more News Innovative Solutions Sought for Restoring and Connecting Natural Habitats Read more News UNDP Goodwill Ambassador HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to visit Indonesia Read more News Restoration of the Gradac River Strengthens the Local Ecosystem and Climate Resilience Read more News Pacific Power Read more View More Additional resources Projects Biodiversity Finance Plan for Armenia (BIOFIN) Read more Press Releases REEFS Business Incubator launches to back the ventures that protect the Red Sea's coral reefs Read more Press Releases ANAC and UNDP launch “TRANSFORM” to strengthen wildlife conservation and livelihoods in Mozambique Read more View More
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![op-ed - The time for trade-offs is over - pitting people against the planet is dangerous and not how we will thrive, argue Francine Pickup and Astrid Schomaker. [Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis]](/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/styles/pagewide_704_x_488/public/2023-09/fin-7-800x450.jpg?h=ae1281eb&itok=SBxALree "op-ed - The time for trade-offs is over - pitting people against the planet is dangerous and not how we will thrive, argue Francine Pickup and Astrid Schomaker. [Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis]")
