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UNEP-WCMC confronts the global crisis facing nature. We do this by ensuring our science, knowledge and insights shape global and national policy and by collaborating with...

Based on input from more than 100 experts, this book aims to provide the most detailed assessment ever of the worldwide distribution and conservation status of national parks...

This report aims to promote a better understanding of the underlying principals and scientific basis behind MPA network design, while disseminating experiences and lessons...

Massive coral bleaching episodes have impacted the function of the reefs and increased rates of mortality. Coral reefs support over one million plant and animal species and...

Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status...

​UNEP-WCMC has undertaken an exciting analysis of how and why area-based management approaches can be used to support the delivery of Sustainable Development Goals. Using...

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...

Biodiversity indicators are an essential tool for understanding and managing changes in biodiversity. Efforts by the private sector to develop biodiversity indicators have often...

​This study describes the intergovernmental organizations and legal agreements that pertain to conservation and sustainable use in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in...

For the first time, a composite map of the world’s ecosystem assets has been produced, covering both marine and terrestrial realms. In this report for the UNEP Division of Early...

The Ocean+ Habitat Atlas (or Atlas) aims to produce the first online, authoritative database on the known extent of ecologically-important ocean habitats, such as seagrasses,...

​This study uses a GIS spatial analysis at a global scale to provisionally delineate the areas that the Convention on Biological Diversity Programme of Work on Dry and Subhumid...

​The Capacity Development Assessment Tool (CDAT) establishes a common and systematic approach to assessing the capacity development needs of partners and/or evaluating impact in...

​The experimental ecosystem accounts for Uganda presented in this report follow on from a recent publication which explored approaches to accounting for species-level...

​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...

​UNEP-WCMC has provided technical support to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to conduct a major study of more than 300 scientific literatures to...

This document sets out a practical, science-based approach to spatial biodiversity assessment and prioritisation, which can be applied at the national level in any country. It...

​This briefing illustrates with maps the protection status, biodiversity value and potential pressures on the peat swamp forest of the Central Congo Basin Peatlands. CongoPeat...

This guidance document is one of a series produced with the support of the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership to assist Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity...

The publication aims to help decision and policy makers around the world understand the importance of coastal habitats to humans, focusing on the role of coral reefs and...