From Myth to Management: How Armenia’s High Altitude Water Towers, Once Guarded by Dragon Stones, Can Still Protect Economies and People Water feeds our culture, language, and histories as much as it feeds our ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods.

In Armenia, natural capital assessments are helping to update river basin management plans, re-incorporating the role of the forests and high-altitude protected areas where "dragon stones" or Vishaps (վիշապ) stand guardian ⛰️💡

#NatCapReview #PeoplePlanet #Watersheds

Read now: bit.ly/4sMRtS2

Purple fades to reveal an image of mangroves with water flowing under them. In the bottom half, white text over the purple reads "Quartz article explores the role of natural capital accounting in environmental conservation".

#DidYouKnow that a recent Quartz article says more than half of the world's GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature? 🌎💰

Read the brief rundown about why natural capital accounting is important—and how its growing: bit.ly/4b7h8gN

#Colombia #NatureFinance #PeoplePlanet

Too often, climate policies leave frontline communities behind. It’s time to center benefit-sharing in climate decisions. #JustTransition #PeoplePlanet

Retrouvez l’UNCDF au « Blue Economy and Finance Forum » pour activer les financements en faveur de notre vaste et fragile océan.

#BEFF #OceanFinance #PeoplePlanet

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