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Coverage of protected areas. Guidance for national and regional use
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
This guidance document is one of a series produced with the support of the 201 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (201 BIP) to assist Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to track their progress towards ...
Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1999)
The intention of this work is to provide a combined list of amphibian and reptile species included in the Appendices to CITES, the Annexes of the European Community (EC) Regulation 338/97, and to list their IUCN (World ...
Biodiversity indicators for integrated environmental assessments at the regional and global level: feasibility study on data availability of six biodiversity indicators
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1996)
As a "Collaborating Centre for Integrated Environmental Reporting, Assessments and Forecasting" of UNEP, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), is developing methodologies for integrated ...
Industrial reliance on biodiversity. WCMC Biodiversity Series 7 (1997)
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1993)
While developed countries control most of the world's financial resources, it is the developing world that is home to most of its biological resources. This study provides an overview of the extent to which industry in the ...
GIS Assessment of the Status of Protected Areas in East Asia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2005)
East Asia is comprised of eight countries and territories: People's Republic of China (China),Hong Kong, Japan, Democratic People's Republic (DPR) of Korea, Republic of Korea,Macau, Mongolia and Taiwan, with a combined ...
Crossroads of Life on Earth - Exploring means to meet the 2010 Biodiversity Target
(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityNetherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2007)
The aim of this assessment study was to explore policy options under current discussion in the global political arena that could have major positive or negative impacts on biodiversity. The central concern of the assessment ...
Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1995)
The purpose of this work is to provide a list of the species and subspecies included in Appendices I, II and III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). This document ...
The costs and benefits of forest protected areas for local livelihoods: a review of the current literature
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008)
Protected areas could play a significant role in the implementation of schemes to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries, through either the strengthening of the existing protected ...
World trade in Crocodilian skins, 1999-2001. Prepared as part of the International Alligator and Crocodile Trade
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2003)
UNEP-WCMC has previously produced nine reports for the International Alligator and Crocodile Trade Study (IACTS) that have examined the international trade in crocodilian skins from 1980 to 2000. As in the previous reports, ...
Are you a green leader? Business and biodiversity making the case for a lasting solution
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
Produced jointly between UNEP-WCMC and UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, this document reviews the business case for biodiversity