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​The climate and biodiversity crises are fundamentally connected and more integrated approaches are needed to address them effectively. The one-year delay in the 2020...

The table was based on global indicator reviews conducted by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and aims to enhance coherence in the...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment Report (IPCC AR4; IPCC 2007) concluded that climate change will have significant impacts on many aspects of...

This publication has been compiled by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEPl World Conservation Monitoring...

The report highlights achievements made in protected areas around the world during 2007. Through this publication, UNEP-WCMC provides an assessment of progress made towards...

Climate change within Guangxi Province will affect not only people, but also species and ecosystems. Mitigation and adaptation activities, including ecosystem-based approaches...

Protected areas could play a significant role in the implementation of schemes to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries, through...

A number of partners, including UNEP-WCMC, UNDP, the GEF Small Grants Programme, the Government of Norway, the German Agency for International Cooperation, and the ICCA...

This eight volume series, developed for use by decision makers, mid-career professionals, and interested parties, reviews the issues and processes involved in the management of...

Coverage of Protected Areas has been selected as one of the indicators suitable for assessing progress towards and communicating the 2010 Target at the global level. This...

One of the desired outcomes of protected areas should be to improve or at minimum ‘do no harm’ to the livelihoods of local people living near the protected area (IUCN World...

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...

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...

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,...

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 Asia Protected Planet Report 2014 is the first regional report of its kind. It assesses progress towards the achievement of elements of the Convention on Biological...

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...

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...

At its third session, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Plenary adopted a number of capacity-building priorities, and...