CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
  • Global warming
  • Drought
  • Wildfires
  • Mitigation of natural disasters


ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
  • Air, water and land pollution
  • Chemical pollution
  • Oil spills
  • Waste management


PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS
  • Degradation of ecosystems
  • Preservation and restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity
  • Restoration of freshwaters, wetlands, degraded land, etc.
  • Sustainable management of natural resources
  • Nature-based solutions, Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)
  • Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)


BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT CHALLENGES
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Habitat loss (destruction, fragmentation or degradation)
  • Displacement/extinction of wildlife
  • Loss of endangered species
  • Non-indigenous species


FORREST, TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
  • Deforestation and logging
  • Forest ecosystem
  • Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
  • Desertification


MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • Coastal and marine ecosystem
  • Preservation of marine biodiversity and restoration of degraded marine environments
  • Over-exploitation of natural resources





Photo credits (left to right, top to bottom)

1st Photo by Abner abiu Castillo diaz on Unsplash

2nd Photo by Alenka Skvarc on Unsplash

3rd Photo by Bryce Evans on Unsplash

4th Photo by Isaac Quick on Unsplash

5th Photo by Mike Erskine on Unsplash

6th Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash