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The Reefs at Risk Revisited report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range...

This article discusses UNEP-WCMC's work with the CBD Secretariat and other partners to examine and compare the various standards for commonalities and gaps. The gaps and...

This technical report produced for the Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems Project sets out the key terms and concepts that are relevant for analyzing and...

This report provides a synthesis of the current state of knowledge regarding the natural capital of water related ecosystems and habitats, and offers an overview of the...

This webinar provides an introduction to the concept of natural capital, including associated assets and their roles in providing natural resource inputs and environmental...

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

Spatial analyses relating to co-benefits can provide key information to support planning and decision-making on REDD+ at national and sub-national scales. To do so, they should...

In recent years considerable attention has been paid to tackling inadequacies in the interrelations between science and policy, insofar as this is possible within given...

Emissions from land use change mainly forest loss contribute 17 4% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (IPCC 2007). The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is...

A number of partners, including UNEP-WCMC, UNDP, the GEF Small Grants Programme, the Government of Norway, the German Agency for International Cooperation, and the ICCA...

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...

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-...

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...

UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series No. 33 / UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 188. This report provides an overview of the main methods of economic valuation, their...

​This technical report provides an overview of Phase 1 of the Advancing Environmental Risk Management project. The knowledge base compiled as part of this project is a...

This guidance document, roadmap and accompanying annex have been produced as an output of a joint UNEP-WCMC and IEEP project, funded by Defra, and in collaboration with the CBD...

Ecosystems have not always been taken into account by policymakers, and the essential services they deliver have often been undervalued. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment...

The Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa (GLR) supports extraordinary biodiversity and provides ecosystem services supporting the livelihoods of millions of people...

Covering over 200 million hectares along the Northern and Central Andes mountain ranges and spanning six countries, the Watersheds of the Andes (WA) Region is one of exceptional...

The Watershed Exploration Tool allows watersheds to be compared for their biodiversity and ecosystem function importance, for current (2005) and future (2050) scenarios in three...