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Landscapes provide a multitude of benefits, or ecosystem services, and are managed for multitude of planning objectives. During this webinar Dr Louise Willemen (ITC-University...

Scenario development and scenario planning has become increasingly popular over the last decades, within the climate change community but increasingly also in other disciplines....

The Navigator was developed and is maintained as part of two International Climate Initiative (IKI) funded global projects (Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA):...

The UNESCO World Heritage List includes 217 properties recognized for their outstanding natural heritage values. Despite UNESCO estimating that up to a quarter of these World...

An international system of protected area categories In 1994, after several decades of development, IUCN – The Conservation Union and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre...

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...

This eight volume series, developed for use by decision makers, mid-career professionals, and interested parties, reviews the issues and processes involved in the management of...

These handbooks were prepared by the members of the Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS) consortium to support BCIS Members and others making decisions on the...

“Biodiversity offsets” are a conservation and business tool that have arisen from regulatory requirements in a number of countries (e.g. USA, Brazil and in Europe). Biodiversity...

This technical briefing note highlights how brownfield sites can be (1) restored to their pre-development (higher) biodiversity value, with potential co-benefits for climate...

The issue of dependence and impact on ecosystems services is a pressing topic for companies now and will be for many generations to come: how to guarantee society’s activities...

The pace and scale of anthropogenic environmental change has caused the widespread degradation of ecosystems and the services they provide that ultimately support human life on...

Understanding the impacts on natural capital and ecosystem services of actual and potential changes in state at individual sites is important for promoting better planning...

Europe’s environment, biological diversity and landscape have to a large extent been shaped by agricultural land use. Today agricultural practices have both positive and...

A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world's food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless action...

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...

The United Nations International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 presents a great opportunity for businesses from all sectors to take stock of their biodiversity commitments....

Standards, including those in certification schemes, are widely used to influence environmental performance. Amongst other things, they create performance requirements related...

In 2008 UNEP-WCMC produced a report with a consortium of Chinese and international partners on research needs for reducing poverty through better ecosystem management in China....

This study, funded by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, represents the first time that ecosystem services and the wider benefits delivered by natural World...