Biodiversity Conservation

Healthy, biodiverse ecosystems provide goods and services critical to human well-being and resilience. Climate change poses a direct threat to biodiversity through stressors such as higher temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and ocean acidification. Nature-based solutions to climate change, like land use planning and sustainable forest management, can help conserve biodiverse ecosystems while also addressing the climate crisis. Healthy ecosystems can play a critical role to address climate change by absorbing carbon, reducing disaster risk, supporting livelihoods, and improving food and water security. USAID’s Climate Strategy outlines the Agency’s work to achieve these objectives.