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​The flyer describes the work on REDD+ planning conduct by the UN-REDD Programme in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC. After summarising the importance of using spatial analyses to...

In Paraguay REDD+ has the potential to deliver benefits beyond climate change mitigation alone; these will depend on the location and type of REDD+ action implemented. The maps...

​Brazil aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and land use as a contribution to climate change mitigation and to conserve the country’s rich biodiversity. The country has...

​On behalf of ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) UNEP-WCMC produced an Operations Manual to support planning to provide multiple ecosystem...

The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-...

This brochure is intended for all audiences concerned with decision and policy making in regard to the environment and sustainable development. There are many different types of...

​The Trade, Development and the Environment Hub is a five-year project led by UNEP-WCMC that brings together over 50 organisations from 15 different countries to help make trade...

​This document accompanies a series of tutorials which have been used to build capacity in a number of countries to produce datasets and maps relevant to their spatial planning...

​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...

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

This document sets out a practical, science-based approach to spatial biodiversity assessment and prioritisation, which can be applied at the national level in any country. It...

​This briefing illustrates with maps the protection status, biodiversity value and potential pressures on the peat swamp forest of the Central Congo Basin Peatlands. CongoPeat...

​The 24 page demonstration atlas, launched at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, shows that areas high in both...

ENCORE was developed by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance in partnership with UNEP-WCMC and was financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the...

This layer presents the best-known point and perimeter locations of wildfire occurrences within the United States over the past 7 days. Points mark a location within the...

This map is part of Indicators of the Planet. Please see https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/indicatorsSource: ESA Climate Change Initiative land cover, years 2017 and 2018.ESRI...

This map is part of Indicators of the Planet. Please see https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/indicatorsThis map displays the latest average global carbon dioxide concentration in the...

Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local...

Nuestro Planeta Vol.17 No.2 : Cambio climatico y desarrollo economico

UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) is a mechanism for identifying, selecting and communicating early warning information on emerging issues to decision makers on a...