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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Promoting the Synergies within the Cluster of Biodiversity-Related Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(2012)
The objective of this report is to analyse the potential for enhancing synergies between the biodiversity-related agreements and to develop a set of practical options for realising synergies built around four selected key ...
2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas: Supplement on protected area management effectiveness
(2018)
The United Nations List of Protected Areas (hereafter referred to as ‘the UN List’) is a list of terrestrial, coastal and marine protected areas designated by governments around the world. Since its initial publication in ...