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Illegal logging and associated trade is a global issue of major concern. It threatens forests and biodiversity, and undermines sustainable forest management and development. The...

At its third session, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Plenary adopted a number of capacity-building priorities, and...

Over the past decades, countries have negotiated and agreed to be bound by a number of biodiversity-related conventions and other multilateral environmental agreements. These...

Working with our project partners, UNEP-WCMC have developed a comprehensive, coordinated approach to supporting countries with their revision and implementation of NBSAPs as...

The NBSAP Forum is a global partnership aiming to support the revision and implementation of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs). The Secretariat of...

This guidance document has been prepared to support National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) practitioners in producing updated NBSAPs that incorporate spatial...

An expert meeting was convened from 10-12 April 2018 in Cambridge, United Kingdom with the aim of supporting preparations for developing a post-2020 global biodiversity...

The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) describe plausible futures for the society and economy of the world, using a combination of storylines and quantified elements (Riahi et...

The purpose of this document is to review recent information from the scientific literature on the status, trends, and projections of global biodiversity and ecosystem services,...

Over the next two years, governments will be reviewing implementation of the current Strategic Plan and considering the elements of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework to...

As part of the process to develop a post-2020 strategy, this symposium brought together international scientists, conservation practitioners, policy-makers, business leaders,...

UNEP-WCMC has worked with national and international partners, through the UN-REDD Programme and the REDD-PAC project, to support a range of countries in their REDD+ planning...

GIS training materials and tools have been developed for use in planning REDD+ activities that deliver multiple benefits. These resources are designed to assist technical staff...

This report provides an overview of the state-of-the art in mapping ecosystem services (hereafter referred to as ES), with the intention of building the understanding and...

A lack of national level biodiversity data can pose serious challenges for countries when developing and implementing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP),...

'Biological diversity' refers to the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the...

Overreliance on investment in the so-called ‘brown economy’ between the late 20th and early 21st centuries led to a state of financial imbalance and was a contributing factor in...

Accounting for aspects of biodiversity is complex and as such experimentation of biodiversity accounting by countries is less advanced than water or carbon accounting, for...

The large-scale restoration of habitats including forests, peatlands and wetlands offers opportunities to tackle the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and global...

This document provides a methodological framework for assessing the impact of EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on biodiversity. The methodology outlines a stepwise process on how...