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Humanity is waging war on nature. This is senseless and suicidal. The consequences of our recklessness are already apparent in human suffering, towering economic losses and the accelerating erosion of life on Earth. This report represents a scientific blueprint for howclimate change, biodiversity loss and pollution can be tackled jointly within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The report is a synthesis based on evidence from global environmental assessments.

The GEF and UNCCD Secretariats collaborated on this new book to convey how sustainable land management (SLM) practices are helping shape a sustainable future for people and the planet. The book is illustrated with high quality photos donated by the GoodPlanet Foundation and from other sources, to demonstrate how human ingenuity is largely driving innovations in soil, land, water, and vegetation management. It describes how harnessing natural, social, and cultural capital is addressing fundamental needs for livelihood and well-being—food, water, energy, and wealth—while delivering global environmental benefits.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a financial mechanism that provides grant and concessional funds to recipient countries for activities aimed at protecting the global environment. This operational strategy has been developed to guide the preparation of country driven initiatives in the GEF four focal areas: biodiversity, climate change, international waters and ozone layer depletion.

Most countries have met their reductions in methyl bromide targets under the Montreal Protocol by adoption of alternative fumigants in the soil sector, such as fumigant mixtures containing chloropicrin or by applying consecutive treatments with other fumigants to increase their reliability. Adoption of transition strategies that reduce the rate of MB used per unit area of soil such as by using MB/chloropicrin mixtures and/or allow reduced rates of MB application by adoption of barrier films (e.g. VIF) have also been used widely. Most applications granted Critical Use Exemptions at the EMOP use these transition strategies

Marine litter poses a vast and growing threat to the marine and coastal environment. It is found in all sea and ocean areas of the world – not only in densely populated regions but also in remote places far away from any obvious source. Marine litter travels over long distances with ocean currents and winds and is found everywhere in the marine and coastal environment, from the poles tothe equator, from continental coastlines to small remote islands. Marine litter originates from many sources and causes a wide spectrum of environmental, economic, safety, health and cultural impacts. The very slow rate of degradation of most marine litter items, mainly plastics, together with the continuously growing quantity of the litter and debris disposed, is leading to a gradual increase in marine litter found at sea and on the shores.