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While developed countries control most of the world's financial resources, it is the developing world that is home to most of its biological resources. This study provides an...

This report reviews the current (as of 2009) state of knowledge on the biodiversity impacts (both positive and negative) of biofuel production, with an emphasis on the potential...

This study uses an analysis of new data on deforestation in the humid tropics to estimate deforestation within protected areas between 2000 and 2005. These estimates are used in...

Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the greatest global threats to human well-being. An urgent and coordinated response is needed to avoid catastrophic impacts on...

The present report aims to give an overview on the state of knowledge and relevant research initiatives concerning the status and trends of major ecosystem types with regard to...

Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA) integrate the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into an overall strategy for helping people adapt to climate change. To...

This summary report aims to provide the European Commission with an overview of the likely impact of climate change on biodiversity in the European Union and indications as to...

This publication brings together eight original articles by experts to tackle head on some of the most difficult questions facing us all: How can a stable climate and a...

This paper reviews the potential for carbon sequestration in dryland ecosystems, which includes forests, but also covers other habitats, such as grasslands, and, importantly,...

Coral reefs are a critical global resource, both biologically, and in socio-economic terms. They are the most diverse marine habitat, with an estimated one million different...

There are significant knowledge gaps concerning current and potential future impacts of climate change on European island biodiversity. However, there is enough evidence to...

Diseases in the marine environment are integral to the regulation of marine ecosystems. However, in recent decades, unprecedented disease outbreaks have brought into focus the...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is currently discussing the development of a mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation in developing...

This report illustrates several of the cumulative environmental impacts of piecemeal infrastructure development, population growth, water shortage and climate change in the...

This paper modelled the long-term trends in plant species distributions in response to predicted changes in global climate. The authors concluded that to maintain the greatest...

Climate change over the past ∼30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions and abundances of species1,2 and has been implicated in one species-level extinction3....

The impacts of "human-induced" climate change are now being observed in every aspect of life, and it is the most significant and far-reaching current environmental threat. This...

This publication has been compiled by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEPl World Conservation Monitoring...

The report highlights achievements made in protected areas around the world during 2007. Through this publication, UNEP-WCMC provides an assessment of progress made towards...

This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of existing World Heritage Sites of particular importance for the conservation of biodiversity, and...