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Providing the best information on global biodiversity trends

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Explore the world’s national parks and protected areas

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Interactive and dynamic views of trade data

Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Exploring multiple benefits of REDD+

With our partners worldwide we source, collate and verify information on biodiversity and ecosystems which we then synthesise and analyse to create knowledge fit for global decision making

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UNEP-WCMC does not assert any intellectual property rights in the data made available to it by data providers. 

Access to UNEP-WCMC datasets is provided on the understanding that you read and consent to be bound by the Terms and Conditions set out in the policies below.

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Photo Credits: Sun through the Trees © Matteo Cargasacchi; Grand Canyon © Charles Besancon; Tree Frog © Rafael Alvarez; Forest Fire © Tambako the Jaguar

Recent News:

  1. Job Vacancy - Informatics Officer

    23/2/2012

    Informatics Officer
    Informatics Programme
    Salary Band £31,657 - £45,224

    The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) aims to put the best available biodiversity information in front of national, regional and global decision makers. The Centre is the result of a collaborative agreement between UNEP and WCMC, a UK Charity.
     

  2. UN-REDD Programme Draft Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria and Benefits and Risks Tool

    6/12/2011

    Comments are invited on the draft UN-REDD Programme Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) and on the first draft of the associated Benefit and Risks Tool (BeRT). All feedback is welcome. The deadlines for comments are: 31 December 2011 for SEPC and 20 January 2012 for BeRT. Please click on the links above for further information.

  3. UNEP/AEWA Secretariat Launches Online National Reporting Cycle for MOP5

    5/12/2011

    The UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce that it has launched the national reporting cycle for the 5th Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (MOP5, 14-18 May 2012 in La Rochelle, France) using a new state-of-the-art electronic platform for online reporting developed by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in close cooperation with the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat.

     

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 The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is a collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme, the world's foremost intergovernmental environmental organization, and WCMC (UK), a UK-based charity.

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