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The MPA Guide
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are conservation tools intended to protect biodiversity, promote healthy and resilient marine ecosystems, and provide societal benefits. Despite... -
Biodiversity Indicators for Site-Based Impacts
The Biodiversity Indicators for Site-based Impacts project is a joint initiative between UNEP-WCMC, Conservation International and Fauna & Flora International, with support... -
Future scenarios to support policy review in the Lake Victoria Basin
The Lake Victoria Basin provides ecosystem services supporting the livelihoods of millions of people. The Basin is home to numerous terrestrial and freshwater Key Biodiversity... -
Aligning financial portfolios with biodiversity goals: Scoping report and...
Many decisions taken by the financial sector require information on biodiversity impacts and dependencies. Within this wider landscape of decision making, the development of a... -
Assessment of biodiversity measurement approaches for businesses and...
Measurement of biodiversity performance by businesses and financial institutions is rapidly gaining attention. We are facing a global biodiversity crisis which requires urgent... -
Marine No Net Loss
The oceans are under threat; marine species populations declined by 49% between 1970 and 2012 (WWF, 2015). Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment have increased over... -
Contributions of Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans to a Healthy Ocean
In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States, set out 17 interconnected Sustainable Development Goals. The present report... -
Southern Africa's Wildlife Trade: An analysis of CITES trade in SADC countries
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) covers a vast territory in Africa, straddling from South Africa in the south to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania... -
Governing Coastal Resources: Implications for a Sustainable Blue Economy
Coastal resources - including fish, minerals and energy - are critical to people, nature and the economy, and are a focus for the emerging sustainable blue economy agenda. It... -
Multiscale scenarios for nature futures
Scenarios are powerful tools to envision how nature might respond to different pathways of future human development and policy choices. Most scenarios developed for global... -
Biodiversity platforms for implementing a sustainable world
A growing digital frontier of nature-related data has resulted in a diverse, interconnected and interdependent ecosystem of online biodiversity platforms that serve tailored... -
CMS Analysis and Synthesis of National Reports COP10
National reports continue to provide the best means available to assess the status of implementation of the Convention, and a key tool to guide decisions on current and future... -
Documents for the Scientific Review Group of the European Union
UNEP-WCMC prepares regular reports for the Scientific Review Group (SRG) of the European Union to assist with the implementation of CITES in the EU. For example, in-depth trade... -
The Contributions of Marine and Coastal Area-Based Management Approaches to...
The aim of this project is to review how the use of the area-based management approaches can contribute towards the delivery of SDGs and Targets. The review is based on a... -
Applying Marine and Coastal Area-Based Management Approaches to Achieve...
This document summarises the key findings of a Technical Report exploring the potential contributions of marine and coastal area-based management approaches to Sustainable... -
Marine Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management Approaches to...
This document is part of a series, funded by the European Commission and produced by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, supported by UN Environment, which... -
Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME)
The Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME) is the most comprehensive global database of management effectiveness assessments for protected areas.... -
PREDICTS
PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) is a statistical model that represents many more species than previous models. It makes... -
Funding Ecosystem Restoration in Europe
Restoring ecosystems can increase biodiversity, safeguard the ecosystem services on which people and nature depend, and contribute to climate change mitigation. However, over... -
The ABNJ Deep Seas Project
The ocean is the life-support system of our planet. Covering 71% of the world’s surface, it is a vast and dynamic system that provides essential services for the livelihoods of...