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The Madingley Model is the first ever attempt to model the biological and ecological interactions of the world’s ecosystems – both on land and in the ocean – for all organisms....

This synthesis focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends. The term...

In 2002, world leaders committed, through the Convention on Biological Diversity, to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. We compiled 31...

Defining an appropriately scaled ‘Area of Influence’ is integral to high level screening processes that aim to identify important biodiversity features that may generate risk....

​This report supports the launch of a UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) project, in partnership with the Luc Hoffmann Institute (LHI) and...

​The Ocean Data Viewer (ODV) offers users the opportunity to view and download a range of global datasets on coastal and marine biodiversity (such as corals, mangroves and...

The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) is a global initiative that has operated since 2007. Mandated by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), it promotes and...

Proteus was initiated in 2003 as a unique collaboration to provide companies with the biodiversity information needed for better informed decisions, and to support the...

​UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre has launched an initial step-by-step approach to enable specialist agencies, research institutes and other organizations to...

Biodiversity underpins all economic activities through the provision of a range of ecosystem services, and it is experiencing dangerous and unprecedented declines due to the...

Over the coming decades, society will have to balance competing needs for land to feed a growing population, to provide resources and energy to satisfy the changing patterns of...

There is a great urgency to address biodiversity loss and chemicals and waste pollution. These global challenges are intertwined in many ways. Pollution is identified as one of...

Over the past decades, countries have negotiated and agreed to be bound by a number of biodiversity-related conventions and other multilateral environmental agreements. These...

The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) describe plausible futures for the society and economy of the world, using a combination of storylines and quantified elements (Riahi et...

The purpose of this document is to review recent information from the scientific literature on the status, trends, and projections of global biodiversity and ecosystem services,...

UNEP-WCMC has worked with national and international partners, through the UN-REDD Programme and the REDD-PAC project, to support a range of countries in their REDD+ planning...

GIS training materials and tools have been developed for use in planning REDD+ activities that deliver multiple benefits. These resources are designed to assist technical staff...

This report provides an overview of the state-of-the art in mapping ecosystem services (hereafter referred to as ES), with the intention of building the understanding and...

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...