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Mapping multiple benefits of REDD+ in Paraguay: using spatial information 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... -
Using models to inform policies that meet multiple objectives: Assessing the...
Summary results produced by the REDD-PAC project about the impacts of Brazil’s Native Vegetation Protection Act, commonly known as the Forest Code (FC), on biodiversity... -
Modelling Land Use Change in Brazil: 2000–2050
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... -
World Atlas of Biodiversity
World Atlas of Biodiversity addresses the remarkable growth in concern at all levels for living things and the environment and the increased appreciated of the links between... -
Mountain watch: environmental change & sustainable development in mountains
UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 12This report provides the first map-based overview of environmental change in mountain regions and its implications for sustainable development.... -
From Ocean to Aquarium: the global trade in marine ornamental species
From Ocean to Aquarium is the product of a collaboration between UNEP-WCMC, the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) and the industry itself. It is the first of its kind, examining... -
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse marine habitats in the world, host to an extraordinary variety of plants and animals. They are also one of the world's most... -
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
The Earth's climate is changing and the impacts are already being felt by biodiversity and wildlife habitats across the planet. This summary report from the international... -
Global Drylands: A UN system-wide response
Coordinated by UNEP-WCMC and prepared by 18 UN agencies through the UN's Environment Management Group, involving over 60 development and environment researchers and... -
How much do we know about the current extinction rate?
Since about 1600, 486 animal species have been recorded extinct. This represents about 0.04 of all animal species so far described. In the same period, 600 plant species are... -
World Heritage information sheets
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, with support from UNESCO, compile information sheets for all properties inscribed on the World Heritage List for natural or mixed (natural and cultural)... -
Planning Management for Ecosystem Services – An Operations Manual
On behalf of ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) UNEP-WCMC produced an Operations Manual to support planning to provide multiple ecosystem... -
Species' responses to climate change: implications for resilient...
This technical briefing note provides an overview of species' responses to climate change that require consideration with respect to biodiversity management strategies, and... -
Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO-4): Environment for Development
The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-... -
Biodiversity Data Sourcebook
140 pages of tabular data with supporting text and graphics, on global biodiversity. Topics are covered in a concise way, using tables supported by minimal text and graphics.... -
World Mangrove Atlas
The World Mangrove Atlas is the first significant attempt to provide an overview of the distribution of mangroves worldwide. Mapped data were gathered from a wide range of... -
Carbon Storage in Protected Areas
Carbon emissions from deforestation account for an estimated 20% of global carbon emissions(IPCC2007); second only to that produced by fossil fuel combustion. To successfully... -
Carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services: exploring co‐benefits: Jiangxi...
In September 2009, UNEP-WCMC and Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), with support from GTZ, BMU and BfN, investigated the distribution of carbon and... -
The State of Biodiversity in Africa
Global Biodiversity Outlook-4, the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, provided a global assessment of progress towards the attainment of the... -
A review of area-based planning tools. What is the potential for...
The main objective of this review is to examine a number of area-based planning tools and identify key features that enable them to be used for cross-sectoral area-based...