Biodiversity Beyond Borders

Amidst global urbanization, cities face significant challenges in maintaining and protecting biodiversity within and around their boundaries. Biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem stability, climate resilience, and human well-being. A sustainable relationship between urban and rural landscapes is essential, particularly given that most natural resources are located in rural areas while urban regions are primary beneficiaries. Similarly, the role of intermediary cities which constitutes a third of the global urban population and where urbanization rates are expected to be high cannot be underestimated. They are also the territorial nodes that link the rural communities with the major urban areas. Read more in the Concept Note.