Healthy ecosystems produce goods and services that provide livelihoods for people and the potential for economic development. These include fresh water, agricultural productivity, fisheries, forest products, energy and protection from natural hazards. But when human activity degrades the environment, these goods and services decline, hampering economic and social development and leaving rural, marginalized communities more vulnerable.
About conservation and social policy
Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome hails IUCN’s work
The highest spiritual authority of the Orthodox Church of the World, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, has praised participants of an IUCN Workshop on the Protection of Sacred Lands being held in Ouranoupolis, Greece. …
29 Oct 2007 | News story
Nomadism benefits the economy, new study shows
New report on the economics of nomadism reveals importance of this traditional lifestyle to the income of developing countries and international trade …
06 Feb 2007 | International news release
