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A lack of national level biodiversity data can pose serious challenges for countries when developing and implementing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP),...

'Biological diversity' refers to the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the...

Overreliance on investment in the so-called ‘brown economy’ between the late 20th and early 21st centuries led to a state of financial imbalance and was a contributing factor in...

Accounting for aspects of biodiversity is complex and as such experimentation of biodiversity accounting by countries is less advanced than water or carbon accounting, for...

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 document provides a methodological framework for assessing the impact of EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on biodiversity. The methodology outlines a stepwise process on how...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are conservation tools intended to protect biodiversity, promote healthy and resilient marine ecosystems, and provide societal benefits. Despite...

The Biodiversity Indicators for Site-based Impacts project is a joint initiative between UNEP-WCMC, Conservation International and Fauna & Flora International, with support...

The Lake Victoria Basin provides ecosystem services supporting the livelihoods of millions of people. The Basin is home to numerous terrestrial and freshwater Key Biodiversity...

Many decisions taken by the financial sector require information on biodiversity impacts and dependencies. Within this wider landscape of decision making, the development of a...

Measurement of biodiversity performance by businesses and financial institutions is rapidly gaining attention. We are facing a global biodiversity crisis which requires urgent...

The oceans are under threat; marine species populations declined by 49% between 1970 and 2012 (WWF, 2015). Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment have increased over...

In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States, set out 17 interconnected Sustainable Development Goals. The present report...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) covers a vast territory in Africa, straddling from South Africa in the south to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania...

Coastal resources - including fish, minerals and energy - are critical to people, nature and the economy, and are a focus for the emerging sustainable blue economy agenda. It...

Scenarios are powerful tools to envision how nature might respond to different pathways of future human development and policy choices. Most scenarios developed for global...

A growing digital frontier of nature-related data has resulted in a diverse, interconnected and interdependent ecosystem of online biodiversity platforms that serve tailored...

National reports continue to provide the best means available to assess the status of implementation of the Convention, and a key tool to guide decisions on current and future...

UNEP-WCMC prepares regular reports for the Scientific Review Group (SRG) of the European Union to assist with the implementation of CITES in the EU. For example, in-depth trade...

The aim of this project is to review how the use of the area-based management approaches can contribute towards the delivery of SDGs and Targets. The review is based on a...