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Designing a platform for area-based conservation: A contribution to the...
At the margins of the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference, the governments of Egypt and China and the CBD Secretariat launched the Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for... -
Clarifying terms used in "area-based conservation": A contribution to the...
With the adoption of a new global biodiversity framework in 2020, there is a critical opportunity to set the world on a path to a sustainable future for biodiversity. Area-based... -
Strengthening Governance of the Oil Sector with Respect to Biodiversity:...
Strengthening governance of the oil sector with respect to biodiversity will help this industry contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals but requires... -
Voluntary REDD+ Database
It is now recognised that the global average temperature rise must be limited to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Emissions from the forestry sector must be... -
Strengthening Synergies: Climate Change Mitigation Benefits From Achieving...
This report makes explicit and quantifies at global scale the role that achieving some of the biodiversity targets being developed for the post-2020 global biodiversity... -
REDD+ Policy Assessment Center (REDD-PAC)
The REDD-PAC project, a collaboration between the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the... -
UN-REDD Programme: Multiple Benefits
While the main purpose of REDD+ is to contribute to global climate change mitigation, REDD+ also has the potential to deliver other benefits, both environmental and social, to... -
UN-REDD Programme: Safeguards
REDD+ has the potential to deliver social and environmental benefits that go beyond the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but which may also entail potential risks to... -
A review of land-use change models
This document aims to provide an overview of the current state of land-use modelling as well as the usability, applicability and availability of modelling tools, particularly in... -
Scenario development: A review of approaches
This report reviews approaches to scenario development in support of policy development and decision-making based on the consideration of synergies and trade-offs between... -
Commodities and biodiversity in the Andes, Mekong and East African Great...
This report summarises the results of the Commodities and Biodiversity project, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The project aimed to develop... -
Commodities and biodiversity in the Greater Mekong
The Greater Mekong and its headwaters is a region of high biodiversity, high carbon-storage value and, crucially, immensely important freshwater services for millions of people.... -
UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)
Ecosystems have not always been taken into account by policymakers, and the essential services they deliver have often been undervalued. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment... -
Commodities and biodiversity in the Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa
The Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa (GLR) supports extraordinary biodiversity and provides ecosystem services supporting the livelihoods of millions of people... -
Commodities and biodiversity in the watersheds of the Andes
Covering over 200 million hectares along the Northern and Central Andes mountain ranges and spanning six countries, the Watersheds of the Andes (WA) Region is one of exceptional... -
Watershed Exploration Tool
The Watershed Exploration Tool allows watersheds to be compared for their biodiversity and ecosystem function importance, for current (2005) and future (2050) scenarios in three... -
Commodities and biodiversity: Spatial analysis of potential future threats...
Over the coming decades, society will have to balance competing needs for land to feed the growing human population, to provide resources and energy to satisfy the ever-... -
Feasibility study for biodiversity accounting in Uganda
Biodiversity is an important part of Uganda’s natural capital stock. The interaction of species and ecosystems (as components of biodiversity generally) deliver a variety of... -
Options for ecosystem-based adaptation in coastal environments
This guide is about taking account of, and managing, ecosystems to help people adapt to climate change in coastal areas: coastal Ecosystem based Adaptation (EBA). Vital to human... -
Using criteria to strengthen biodiversity considerations: Recommendations...
There are obvious interconnections between climate change and biodiversity. However, the possible mutual benefits between climate change mitigation and adaptation and...