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The State of Biodiversity in Africa: A Mid-term Review of Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-05)
The report identifies opportunities and challenges in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in Africa and looks ahead to actions which need to be taken by national governments and other decision makers ...
Deep-sea Sponge Grounds: Reservoirs of Biodiversity
(UNEP, 2010)
This report draws together scientific understanding of deep-water sponge grounds alongside the threats they face and ways in which they can be conserved. Beginning with a summary of research approaches, sponge biology and ...
UNEP-WCMC annual report 2015: Report on achievements for the year 2015;Putting biodiversity at the heart of decision-making
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2015)
UNEP-WCMC annual report. Since the late twentieth century, the global community has profoundly changed its understanding of environmental sustainability. From initial acknowledgement that biodiversity could be lost, we ...
A Marine Spatial Planning Framework for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
(2019)
This document explores how marine spatial planning (MSP) could be applied within areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). MSP is defined as: “a public process of analysing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution ...
Cartographie des bénéfices multiples de la REDD+ en République du Congo
(2015)
Ce document présente les différentes cartes produites et expliquant la pertinence de la planification spatiale de la REDD+ pour la réalisation des bénéfices multiples et la mise en oeuvre des principales garanties définies ...
Protected Planet Report 2012: Tracking Progress Towards Global Targets for Protected Areas
(2012)
For over a century the establishment of protected areas has been a fundamental strategy to conserve biodiversity. Today we know that well-managed protected areas support not only healthy ecosystems and threatened species, ...
Protected Planet Report 2018: Tracking Progress Towards Global Targets for Protected Areas
(2018)
Based on the world’s most up to date records in the World Database on Protected Areas, managed jointly by UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, the report confirms that almost 15% of the earth’s land surface and inland waters, and just above ...
Protected Planet Report 2016: How Protected Areas Contribute to Achieving Global Targets for Biodiversity
(2016)
The report underscores the importance of protected areas in sustaining the functions and values of natural ecosystems as well as the needs of human society. It highlights the nature-based solutions that protected areas ...
Protected Planet National Technical Series: Republic of Korea
(2016)
The aim of the report is to assess the status of the protected area network of the Republic of Korea and propose priorities for expansion to support the implementation of international and national biodiversity targets.
Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People
(2020)
Seagrasses are an often overlooked but vital part of the seascape. While they have been described as the ‘lungs’ and ‘ecosystem engineers’ of the sea, their contributions to planetary health and human well-being are not ...