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Global Coral Disease Database
The Global Coral Disease Database (GCDD) aims to collate information on the global distribution of coral diseases to contribute to the understanding of coral disease prevalence.... -
GLOBIO: Global Biodiversity Model for Policy Support
GLOBIO focuses on a single measure of the intactness of ecological communities: the average abundance of all species. As a policy tool, it is regularly applied in global,... -
Guidelines for Standardised Global Butterfly Monitoring
Monitoring butterflies is one of the oldest examples of citizen science. The success of Butterfly Monitoring Schemes (BMS’s) is due to many factors, not least that the... -
Earth Observation for Biodiversity Monitoring: A Review of Current...
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... -
Mechanisms Underpinning Climatic Impacts on Natural Populations: Altered...
Shifts in species' distribution and abundance in response to climate change have been well documented, but the underpinning processes are still poorly understood. We present the... -
Joined-up Indicators Guide Policy Better
This approach can be applied to any sector or system, and at any scale from local to global. Only by establishing the linkages between different types of indicators can we... -
GLOBIO3: A Framework to Investigate Options for Reducing Global Terrestrial...
The GLOBIO3 model has been developed to assess human-induced changes in biodiversity, in the past, present, and future at regional and global scales. The model is built on... -
Capturing the Many Dimensions of Threat: Comment on Salafsky et al.
The causes of biodiversity loss are complex, so it is easy for the ways conservationists classify them to be misinterpreted. We therefore congratulate Salafsky and colleagues... -
One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological...
We identified 100 scientific questions that, if answered, would have the greatest impact on conservation practice and policy. Representatives from 21 international... -
Use of a Bayesian Belief Network to Predict the Impacts of Commercializing...
In recent years, commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as an appropriate means of developing tropical forest resources (Lawrence 2003,... -
Overview of Competent Authority EU Timber Regulation checks
The EUTR works to ensure that illegal timber does not enter the EU market, by laying out the obligations of a) operators that place timber on the EU market (Article 4, 6), b)... -
Country overviews of Competent Authority EU Timber Regulation checks
Biannual overviews of the checks performed by EU Member States and EEA Competent Authorities to enforce the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation, compiled on behalf of... -
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis of the Key Findings
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment provided the first analysis of the UK’s natural environment in terms of the benefits it provides to society and our continuing economic... -
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment follow-on: Synthesis of the Key Findings
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment provided the first analysis of the UK’s natural environment in terms of the benefits it provides to society and our continuing economic... -
Wildlife trade in Amazon countries: an analysis of trade in CITES-listed species
The eight South American countries subject of this analysis (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela) enjoy an extremely diverse range of... -
Manual of marine and coastal datasets of biodiversity importance
Knowledge of marine and coastal datasets tends to be fragmented and/or difficult to access for the non-expert or ad hoc data user. To address this lack of information, this... -
Compendium of guidance on key global databases related to...
There is wide recognition of the need to enhance cooperation and create opportunities for synergies in implementing the biodiversity-related conventions at the national level,... -
Nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios for emission reductions are clear. In order to keep temperature rise close to the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C we... -
Benefits of Restoring Europe: Examples of the biodiversity, climate and...
The European Union (EU) adopted in 2020 a new Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Nature restoration is a key element of the strategy. The European Commission has stated that,... -
Biodiversity A-Z
The Biodiversity A-Z provides clear, concise and relevant information about various topics relating to biodiversity written and reviewed by experts. It is designed to be a...