68 datasets found

Multiple protected area management effectiveness (PAME) methodologies have been developed to assess how well protected and conserved areas are performing. The large range of...

This screening layer shows the global spatial distribution of likely or potential Critical Habitat, as defined by the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard 6...

Although Asian bamboo species constitute a non-timber forest product of major cultural and economic importance, no detailed regional assessment of their distribution patterns...

UNEP-WCMC in partnership with SNV, have been working with collaborators from Green Field Consulting and Development, Research Centre for Forest Ecology and Environment, and the...

The United Nations climate negotiations are focusing unprecedented attention on tropical forests and the urgent need to reduce sharply rates of deforestation and degradation to...

Any new global agreement on climate change mitigation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will include the action of reducing emissions from...

Co-benefits, often called multiple benefits, are the positive impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) that are additional to emissions...

Recent climate talks in Bali have made progress toward action on deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, within the anticipated post-Kyoto emissions...

Covering 13.2 million square kilometres, or more than 8.8% of the earth's land area, protected areas are at the core of global efforts to conserve biological diversity (Green...

Summary results produced by the REDD-PAC project about the impacts of Brazil’s Native Vegetation Protection Act, commonly known as the Forest Code (FC), on biodiversity...

​Brazil aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and land use as a contribution to climate change mitigation and to conserve the country’s rich biodiversity. The country has...

​World Atlas of Biodiversity addresses the remarkable growth in concern at all levels for living things and the environment and the increased appreciated of the links between...

​Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse marine habitats in the world, host to an extraordinary variety of plants and animals. They are also one of the world's most...

Coordinated by UNEP-WCMC and prepared by 18 UN agencies through the UN's Environment Management Group, involving over 60 development and environment researchers and...

​On behalf of ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) UNEP-WCMC produced an Operations Manual to support planning to provide multiple ecosystem...

The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-...

The World Mangrove Atlas is the first significant attempt to provide an overview of the distribution of mangroves worldwide. Mapped data were gathered from a wide range of...

Through extensive interviews with those involved with CCAMLR, the report describes the context, drivers, scope and design, stakeholder collaboration and implementation of the...

Land-use change models can help in developing a holistic understanding of the range of potential impacts of different land-use related policy options, and so strengthen the...

This policy brief provides summary results produced by the REDD-PAC project about the impacts of Brazil’s Native Vegetation Protection Act, commonly known as the Forest Code...