On December 15, 2022, 90 civil society groups from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the world called on Chinese authorities and actors to protect biodiversity and people in its overseas investments.
禁入区域二：该简报呼吁银行和金融机构通过禁止对可能损害这些地区的项目进行融资，以保护国家和次国家认可的地区，例如公园、保护区、纪念馆、纪念碑、保护区等。该简报提供了有关投资国家认可领域相关风险的重要经验教训，以及银行和金机构家如何采取更多措施来保护这些领域免受不可持续发展和项目的影响。
On December 9, 2022, Brazilian and international civil society organizations (CSOs) wrote a letter to the International Finance Corporation (IFC, an arm of the WorldRead More »Civil society organizations urge the IFC to reject proposed loan to expand pulp plantations in Brazil’s Cerrado.
No Go area 3: Key Biodiversity Areas and habitats with endangered and endemic speciescalls on banks and financiers to prohibit direct and indirect financing to activities and projects which may harm these critical areas.
No Go area 2: Nationally recognized areas calls on banks and financiers to protect nationally and sub-nationally recognized areas, such as parks, reserves, memorials, monuments, preserves, among others, by prohibiting direct and indirect financing to activities and projects which may harm these areas. This paper provides key lessons on the risks associated with investing in nationally recognized areas, as well as on how banks and financiers can do more to protect these areas from unsustainable development and projects.
Friends of the Earth US’ new briefing paper, “Protecting Biodiversity from Harmful Financing: Internationally-Recognized Areas,” details the critical role of banks and financiers in protecting internationally recognized areas, such as World Heritage sites, IUCN category sites, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.
禁入区域一：该简报介绍了代表了地球上最有标志性和珍贵的自然，例如世界遗产地、世界自然保护联盟只等保护区，联合国教科文组织生物圈保护区等第。简报介绍了这些地区面临的威胁，且呼吁银行和金融机构拒绝为在这些地区内的商业活动提供融资。
In their recent report, “In Debt to the Planet: An assessment of the 25 largest European banks’ biodiversity and climate strategies,” ShareAction assesses and ranksRead More »ShareAction’s new report shows that Europe’s largest banks are not doing enough to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss
On December 12, 2022, during the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), civil society organizations impressedRead More »Civil society organizations send a letter to commercial and public financial institutions, calling for biodiversity protection
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