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Handbooks on Biodiversity Information Management
This eight volume series, developed for use by decision makers, mid-career professionals, and interested parties, reviews the issues and processes involved in the management of... -
BCIS Framework for Information Sharing
These handbooks were prepared by the members of the Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS) consortium to support BCIS Members and others making decisions on the... -
Biodiversity offsets: voluntary and compliance regimes
“Biodiversity offsets” are a conservation and business tool that have arisen from regulatory requirements in a number of countries (e.g. USA, Brazil and in Europe). Biodiversity... -
Brownfield sites: Achieving net gain through the biodiversity potential of...
This technical briefing note highlights how brownfield sites can be (1) restored to their pre-development (higher) biodiversity value, with potential co-benefits for climate... -
Approach for reporting on ecosystem services
The issue of dependence and impact on ecosystems services is a pressing topic for companies now and will be for many generations to come: how to guarantee society’s activities... -
Emergent Global Patterns of Ecosystem Structure and Function from a...
The pace and scale of anthropogenic environmental change has caused the widespread degradation of ecosystems and the services they provide that ultimately support human life on... -
Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA)
Understanding the impacts on natural capital and ecosystem services of actual and potential changes in state at individual sites is important for promoting better planning... -
Environmental Risks from Agriculture in Europe
Europe’s environment, biological diversity and landscape have to a large extent been shaped by agricultural land use. Today agricultural practices have both positive and... -
The Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment's Role in Averting Future Food Crises
A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world's food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless action... -
Developing and Mainstreaming Ecosystem Service Indicators Workshop
UNEP-WCMC In collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Commission for Ecosystem Management and the World Resources Institute organized and hosted... -
The case for safeguarding profitability and reputation
The United Nations International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 presents a great opportunity for businesses from all sectors to take stock of their biodiversity commitments.... -
Review of the biodiversity requirements of standards and certification schemes
Standards, including those in certification schemes, are widely used to influence environmental performance. Amongst other things, they create performance requirements related... -
China Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Situation Analysis and...
In 2008 UNEP-WCMC produced a report with a consortium of Chinese and international partners on research needs for reducing poverty through better ecosystem management in China.... -
The Benefits of Natural World Heritage
This study, funded by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, represents the first time that ecosystem services and the wider benefits delivered by natural World... -
African Natural Heritage: Possible Priorities for the World Heritage List
Africa is the world’s second-largest continent, covering about a fifth of the planet’s land area, and home to a wide variety of environments from coral reefs to rainforests.... -
Management Effectiveness Evaluation in Protected Areas - A Global Study
1st Edition The Global Study into management effectiveness evaluation was conducted between late 2005 and 2007. In cooperation with many people across the world, we aimed to... -
Coverage of Protected Areas: Guidance for National and Regional Use
Coverage of Protected Areas has been selected as one of the indicators suitable for assessing progress towards and communicating the 2010 Target at the global level. This... -
PARCC West Africa
Protected areas have long been recognized as a robust system for biodiversity conservation, but they are under heavy and increasing pressures from human activities, including... -
CMS Analysis and Synthesis of National Reports COP 9
National reports continue to provide the best means available to assess the status of implementation of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), and a key tool to guide... -
Terrestrial Biodiversity and the World Heritage List
This study reviews the biogeographic and biodiversity coverage of the current World Heritage network and identifies broad gaps. It also identifies priority sites for...