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There is wide recognition of the need to enhance cooperation and create opportunities for synergies in implementing the biodiversity-related conventions at the national level,...

​Seagrasses are unique as they are the only marine flowering plants. Seagrass beds form complex physical structures and are a highly productive ecosystem. This enables them to...

​Marine industries face a number of risks that necessitate careful analysis prior to making decisions on the siting of operations and facilities. An important emerging...

Critical Habitat has become an increasingly important concept used by the finance sector and businesses to identify areas of high biodiversity value. The International Finance...

The table was based on global indicator reviews conducted by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and aims to enhance coherence in the...

This report results from collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), which represents the...

Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse of shallow water marine ecosystems but are being degraded worldwide by human activities and climate warming. Analyses of the...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment Report (IPCC AR4; IPCC 2007) concluded that climate change will have significant impacts on many aspects of...

​The Protected Planet Report 2016, launched at the World Conservation Congress on 2 September, assesses how protected areas contribute to achieving the Strategic Plan for...

​The Manual is intended to be a “how to” guide for undertaking ecosystem assessments. The Manual contains detailed guidance on conceptual frameworks, assessing status and trends...

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are the most commonly known, used, and globally widespread, environmental planning and management tools, with Strategic Environmental...

​Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) are high on the list of the world's most threatened ecosystems. In order to achieve the conservation of remaining areas there is an...

​This technical briefing note explains why the Protected Areas Database - United States (PAD-US) and the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) are not identical by answering...

There is wide recognition of the need to enhance cooperation and create opportunities for synergies in implementing the biodiversity-related conventions at the national level,...

​The large-scale restoration of habitats including forests, peatlands and wetlands offers opportunities to tackle the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and global...

​​The large-scale restoration of habitats including forests, peatlands and wetlands offers opportunities to tackle the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and global...

This guidance has been produced as part of the project ‘CONNECT: Mainstreaming biodiversity information into the heart of government decision-making’. It forms part of a series...

Sensitivity maps are a way of presenting spatial data on the sensitivity of assets to any given pressure, such as the sensitivity of natural assets (e.g. mangroves) to oil...

​Search WCMC's historical publications on The Biodiversity Heritage Library. The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for...

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