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Marine Biodiversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Tropical Reefs
Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse of shallow water marine ecosystems but are being degraded worldwide by human activities and climate warming. Analyses of the... -
Review of the Literature on the Links between Biodiversity and Climate...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment Report (IPCC AR4; IPCC 2007) concluded that climate change will have significant impacts on many aspects of... -
Protected Planet Report 2016
The Protected Planet Report 2016, launched at the World Conservation Congress on 2 September, assesses how protected areas contribute to achieving the Strategic Plan for... -
Ecosystems and Human Wellbeing: A Manual for Assessment Practitioners
The Manual is intended to be a “how to” guide for undertaking ecosystem assessments. The Manual contains detailed guidance on conceptual frameworks, assessing status and trends... -
Assessing Environmental Impacts - A Global Review of Legislation
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are the most commonly known, used, and globally widespread, environmental planning and management tools, with Strategic Environmental... -
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: An Urgent Priority for Conservation
Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) are high on the list of the world's most threatened ecosystems. In order to achieve the conservation of remaining areas there is an... -
Protected areas data for the United States - Frequently Asked Questions
This technical briefing note explains why the Protected Areas Database - United States (PAD-US) and the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) are not identical by answering... -
Compendium of guidance for capturing, managing and using data and information
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,... -
Natural Climate Solutions Enabling Project: report. Measuring the climate...
The large-scale restoration of habitats including forests, peatlands and wetlands offers opportunities to tackle the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and global... -
Climate change mitigation in the ELP: Guidance and tool Protocols. Measuring...
The large-scale restoration of habitats including forests, peatlands and wetlands offers opportunities to tackle the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and global... -
Mainstreaming biodiversity into government decision-making
This guidance has been produced as part of the project ‘CONNECT: Mainstreaming biodiversity information into the heart of government decision-making’. It forms part of a series... -
Environmental sensitivity mapping for oil & gas development: A high-level...
Sensitivity maps are a way of presenting spatial data on the sensitivity of assets to any given pressure, such as the sensitivity of natural assets (e.g. mangroves) to oil... -
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Search WCMC's historical publications on The Biodiversity Heritage Library. The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for... -
Distribution and conservation status of forest bamboo biodiversity in the...
Although Asian bamboo species constitute a non-timber forest product of major cultural and economic importance, no detailed regional assessment of their distribution patterns... -
Ecosystem resilience to climate change: What is it and how can it be...
This technical report produced for the Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems Project sets out the key terms and concepts that are relevant for analyzing and... -
PIANC Dredging and port construction around coral reefs
One third of the world's population lives in coastal areas and rapid development of these areas has meant increased construction of coastal infrastructure and related... -
Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Ecosystems - a Scoping Report on their...
The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the key socio-economic, management and governance issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of deep-sea... -
Cold-water Coral Reefs: Out of Sight - No Longer Out of Mind
This report presents comprehensive and up-to-date information and data on marine cold water coral reefs from around the world. Cold Water Coral Reefs: Out of Sight - No Longer... -
The Global Trade in Coral
This study assesses the global trade in coral in an ecological and economic context. Throughout the report, emphasis is placed on the trade in live coral for aquaria because the... -
Global Ecological Forest Classification and Forest Protected Area Gap...
Deforestation and forest degradation continue at an alarming rate worldwide and jeopardize the tremendous diversity of species and habitat types present in forests around the...