-
An elephant survey in Digya National Park, Ghana, and implications for...
Information on elephant ranges and numbers is vital for their effective conservation and management. This is especially true in West Africa where elephant populations are small... -
Distribution and Conservation Status of the Orang-Utan ( Pongo Spp.) on...
In recognition of the fact that orang-utans (Pongo spp.) are severely threatened, a meeting of orang-utan experts and conservationists, representatives of national and regional... -
Global Distribution of Seagrasses
This dataset shows the global distribution of seagrasses, and is composed of two subsets of point and polygon occurrence data. The data were compiled by UN Environment Programme... -
Global Distribution of Coral Reefs
This dataset is the most comprehensive global dataset of warm-water coral reefs to date, acting as a foundation baseline map for future, more detailed, work. This dataset was... -
What is IBAT?
The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is a tool for assessing biodiversity risk, combining three global biodiversity datasets – the World Database on Protected... -
Advancing environmental risk management
Environmental degradation puts at risk the capacity of natural capital assets to continue to generate the ecosystem service benefits upon which businesses depend. A failure to... -
Global Protected Planet Reports
In 2010, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2010-2020 and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. It has since... -
The inclusion of biodiversity in voluntary performance standards for business
Voluntary performance standards offer a means of companies to adopt sustainable practices, conveying benefits to the environment, society and indeed to their own business, but... -
Big Cat Trade Dashboard
As a contribution to UN World Wildlife Day 2018 on the theme of ‘Big cats: predators under threat’, UNEP-WCMC has created an interactive dashboard that gives users the... -
Briefing Notes for the Competent Authorities (CA) implementing the EU Timber...
Bi-monthly briefing notes on developments relevant to the implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation, compiled by UNEP-WCMC as a consultant of the European... -
Ocean+ Library
Ocean+ Library connects to the latest data and online resources on ocean biodiversity. With technological advances, access to ocean data has increased dramatically, including... -
A decade of protected area growth: Change in global protected area coverage...
Protected areas have undergone notable growth over the past decade. The expansion of protected area networks is driven by global efforts to conserve biodiversity, and efforts to... -
West Africa vultures - a review of trade and sentinel poisoning
This document is intended to contribute to the completion of Decisions 18.186-192 and support the AC working group on West African vultures in fulfilling its mandate, with a... -
Preliminary guidance on terms related to the artificial propagation of CITES...
Guidance for CITES Parties on the terms related to artificial propagation of plants. This guidance, which addresses paragraph a) of Decision 18.178, aims to explain the... -
Background analyses for the annual synthesis reports of the implementation...
These reports provide an analysis of the reports on the implementation and enforcement of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation (Council Regulation... -
Background analyses of the national biennial reports on the implementation...
Analysis of the biennial reports covering the period from March 2015 to February 2019 on the implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation (Regulation EU No... -
Screening for Critical Habitat: A global screening layer based on the...
This technical briefing note supports the use of the 'Global Critical Habitat Screening layer' and answers Frequently Asked Questions regarding the layer. The briefing note... -
Key obligations and practical aspects of the application of the EUTR and the...
Information on the application of the FLEGT Regulation and EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) in 2019 and 2020, submitted by EU Member States and European Economic Area (EEA) countries. -
FLEGT Regulation: Union-wide annual overviews
In 2005, the European Union (EU) adopted Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December 2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the... -
Planning for REDD+ benefits beyond carbon
The flyer describes the work on REDD+ planning conduct by the UN-REDD Programme in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC. After summarising the importance of using spatial analyses to...