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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 ...
National and Regional Networks of Marine Protected Areas: A Review of Progress
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2008)
The report describes 30 national and 35 sub-national ecological MPA network initiatives. Most are still under development with very few formally gazetted, and even fewer fully managed. Those that have been declared and are ...
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 ...
2003 United Nations List of Protected Areas
(2004)
The 2003 United Nations List of Protected Areas presents data on 102,102 protected areas covering 18.8 million km2. Within this total figure, there are 69,066 protected areas with lUCN Management Categories. In addition, ...
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 ...
Making EbA an Effective Part of Balanced Adaptation Strategies: Introducing the UNEP EbA Briefing Notes - Briefing Note 1
(2020)
This briefing note serves as an introduction to the series, with a focus on creating conceptual clarity on EbA and its relation to other related approaches, as well as how EbA is key to achieving a much needed paradigm ...
EbA in Different Ecosystems: Placing Measures in Context - Briefing Note 3
(2020)
This briefing note provides an overview of EbA measures commonly implemented in particular ecosystems (mountains, drylands, wetlands, coasts, and urban systems), reflecting interventions supported by UN Environment EbA ...
Selecting Complementary Adaptation Measures - Briefing Note 4
(2020)
To respond to climate change hazards and impacts, an overall adaptation strategy should be devised drawing on the full range of possible adaptation solutions.
This briefing note provides an overview of the range of ...
Integrating EbA into National Planning - Briefing Note 6
(2020)
To effectively address the negative impacts of climate change now and in the future, climate change adaptation strategies need to be integrated into wider national policies and planning processes – adaptation cannot stand ...
Navigating the Adaptation Challenge - Briefing Note 2
(2020)
This Briefing Note introduces how resilience thinking, which considers interactions within a coupled socialecological system, can help to navigate the adaptation challenge and explores the use of ecosystems as part of the ...