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This paper observes the following three challenge to biodiversity monitoring for REDD: choosing which aspects of biodiversity to monitor, the difficulty of attributing...

National reporting is a core requirement for Parties to most, if not all, Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), providing an essential source of information for the...

The Convention on Biological Diversity aims to conserve and sustainably use biological diversity and share the benefits of genetic resources equitably. The 193 countries party...

Do you want to mainstream biodiversity concerns into development policy and planning? Are you involved in national or sectoral development planning and want to highlight how...

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...

This best practice document provides a summary of the above guidance “Incorporating indicators into NBSAPs – Guidance for practitioners” produced by the UNEP World Conservation...

At the margins of the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference, the governments of Egypt and China and the CBD Secretariat launched the Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for...

With the adoption of a new global biodiversity framework in 2020, there is a critical opportunity to set the world on a path to a sustainable future for biodiversity. Area-based...

Strengthening governance of the oil sector with respect to biodiversity will help this industry contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals but requires...

It is now recognised that the global average temperature rise must be limited to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Emissions from the forestry sector must be...

This report makes explicit and quantifies at global scale the role that achieving some of the biodiversity targets being developed for the post-2020 global biodiversity...

The REDD-PAC project, a collaboration between the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the...

While the main purpose of REDD+ is to contribute to global climate change mitigation, REDD+ also has the potential to deliver other benefits, both environmental and social, to...

REDD+ has the potential to deliver social and environmental benefits that go beyond the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but which may also entail potential risks to...

This document aims to provide an overview of the current state of land-use modelling as well as the usability, applicability and availability of modelling tools, particularly in...

This report reviews approaches to scenario development in support of policy development and decision-making based on the consideration of synergies and trade-offs between...

This report summarises the results of the Commodities and Biodiversity project, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The project aimed to develop...

The Greater Mekong and its headwaters is a region of high biodiversity, high carbon-storage value and, crucially, immensely important freshwater services for millions of people....

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...