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The target adopted by world leaders of significantly reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 was not met but this stimulated a new suite of biodiversity targets for 2020...

In 2008, the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted scientific criteria for identifying ecologically or biologically significant marine areas in need of protection on the...

Advice on assessment of biodiversity impacts is required to support trade negotiations and reduce risks of unforeseen consequences for important biodiversity and those who...

Monitoring butterflies is one of the oldest examples of citizen science. The success of Butterfly Monitoring Schemes (BMS’s) is due to many factors, not least that the...

The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets provide a framework for action on biodiversity for this decade and beyond. In order to progress...

This approach can be applied to any sector or system, and at any scale from local to global. Only by establishing the linkages between different types of indicators can we...

The GLOBIO3 model has been developed to assess human-induced changes in biodiversity, in the past, present, and future at regional and global scales. The model is built on...

The causes of biodiversity loss are complex, so it is easy for the ways conservationists classify them to be misinterpreted. We therefore congratulate Salafsky and colleagues...

We identified 100 scientific questions that, if answered, would have the greatest impact on conservation practice and policy. Representatives from 21 international...

​Knowledge of marine and coastal datasets tends to be fragmented and/or difficult to access for the non-expert or ad hoc data user. To address this lack of information, this...

The European Union (EU) adopted in 2020 a new Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Nature restoration is a key element of the strategy. The European Commission has stated that,...

​The Biodiversity A-Z provides clear, concise and relevant information about various topics relating to biodiversity written and reviewed by experts. It is designed to be a...

UNEP-WCMC provides this information on indicators to inform the process to develop the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Material covers...

​Summary results produced by the REDD-PAC project about potential trade-offs and synergies in the achievement of the SDGs under different macro-economic and land-use policy...

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...

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...

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,...

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

​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...