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This paper reviews the drivers and current practice around business measurement, reporting and disclosure on biodiversity, investigates the role of these approaches in future...

This article discusses UNEP-WCMC's work with the CBD Secretariat and other partners to examine and compare the various standards for commonalities and gaps. The gaps and...

The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is a tool for assessing biodiversity risk, combining three global biodiversity datasets – the World Database on Protected...

Environmental degradation puts at risk the capacity of natural capital assets to continue to generate the ecosystem service benefits upon which businesses depend. A failure to...

Voluntary performance standards offer a means of companies to adopt sustainable practices, conveying benefits to the environment, society and indeed to their own business, but...

This technical briefing note provides an overview of species' responses to climate change that require consideration with respect to biodiversity management strategies, and...

This technical briefing note provides an overview of open-access global remote sensing products, and summarises current and emerging applications for biodiversity management....

This technical briefing note provides support to interpret the protected areas text within IFC PS6 (paragraph 20) on Legally Protected and Internationally Recognised Areas. The...

“Biodiversity offsets” are a conservation and business tool that have arisen from regulatory requirements in a number of countries (e.g. USA, Brazil and in Europe). Biodiversity...

The issue of dependence and impact on ecosystems services is a pressing topic for companies now and will be for many generations to come: how to guarantee society’s activities...

The United Nations International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 presents a great opportunity for businesses from all sectors to take stock of their biodiversity commitments....

Standards, including those in certification schemes, are widely used to influence environmental performance. Amongst other things, they create performance requirements related...

UNEP-WCMC wrote several briefing notes for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, covering different topics: Synergies among multilateral...

Developed in partnership with UNEP’s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, this publication provides an overview of the impacts and dependencies that business has on...

Businesses depend on or impact biodiversity, either directly through their activities or indirectly through their supply chains. In order to manage impacts and dependencies on...

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...

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...

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...

The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is designed to facilitate access to accurate and up-to-date biodiversity information to support critical business decisions....