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Ecological Connectivity Indicators for Measuring Progress Towards The...
The importance of ecological connectivity for achieving biodiversity conservation outcomes is reflected within the draft goals and targets of the post-2020 global biodiversity... -
Biodiversity Measures for Business: Corporate biodiversity measurement,...
This paper reviews the drivers and current practice around business measurement, reporting and disclosure on biodiversity, investigates the role of these approaches in future... -
Assessing Environmental Impacts - A Global Review of Legislation
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are the most commonly known, used, and globally widespread, environmental planning and management tools, with Strategic Environmental... -
REDD+ Beyond Carbon: Supporting decisions on safeguards and multiple benefits
It is increasingly recognized that REDD+ can contribute to a range of policy goals in addition to climate change mitigation. It can promote biodiversity conservation and secure... -
Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Policy and Legislative Frameworks that are...
Those who are involved in the development of REDD+ strategies need to consider not only the legal regulations and policies that have been created specifically for REDD+, but... -
The distribution of threats from future agricultural development for...
Over the coming decades, society will have to balance competing needs for land to feed the growing human population, provide resources and energy to satisfy the ever-... -
Building capacity for national ecosystem assessments: linking science and policy
This brief outlines the national ecosystem assessment process, and how assessments can be integrated into national decision-making. This project was undertaken via funding by... -
Assessing Biodiversity Impacts of Trade: A Review of Challenges in the...
Advice on assessment of biodiversity impacts is required to support trade negotiations and reduce risks of unforeseen consequences for important biodiversity and those who... -
One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological...
We identified 100 scientific questions that, if answered, would have the greatest impact on conservation practice and policy. Representatives from 21 international... -
Reports on Uganda's Natural Capital Accounts
Biodiversity is an essential part of Uganda’s ‘natural capital stock’, underpinning the delivery of the ecosystem services that support economic activity and the wellbeing of... -
Preconditions for Harmonization Of Reporting to Biodiversity-Related...
Spanning more than a decade, a series of papers has been written and a number of workshops conducted exploring options for harmonizing and streamlining approaches to reporting... -
Clarifying terms used in "area-based conservation": A contribution to the...
With the adoption of a new global biodiversity framework in 2020, there is a critical opportunity to set the world on a path to a sustainable future for biodiversity. Area-based... -
Scenario development: A review of approaches
This report reviews approaches to scenario development in support of policy development and decision-making based on the consideration of synergies and trade-offs between... -
Funding Ecosystem Restoration in Europe
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Fauna & Flora International (FFI), supported by the Endangered Landscapes Programme (ELP),... -
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development: Guidance from African experience 2012-17
Do you want to mainstream biodiversity concerns into development policy and planning? Are you involved in national or sectoral development planning and looking to highlight how... -
Using scenarios and mapping to support sustainable agricultural policy development
This document aims to offer guidance on how scenarios describing different plausible future contexts can be used to map potential changes in land-use, biodiversity and ecosystem... -
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
The third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) summarizes the latest data on status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions for the future strategy of the... -
Building a multidimensional biodiversity index
This report supports the launch of a UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) project, in partnership with the Luc Hoffmann Institute (LHI) and... -
Effective use of knowledge in developing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
An expert meeting was convened from 10-12 April 2018 in Cambridge, United Kingdom with the aim of supporting preparations for developing a post-2020 global biodiversity... -
Safeguarding space for nature and securing our future: developing a...
Over the next two years, governments will be reviewing implementation of the current Strategic Plan and considering the elements of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework to...