Analyst Developer
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.
 

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Assistant Accountant

Finance and Administration Programme

Salary Band – Circa - £27,000

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.
 

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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.

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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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A new, systematic review of the evidence on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA) has been carried out to review the effectiveness of EbA and highlight the knowledge gaps. This research was undertaken as a collaboration between BirdLife International, UNEP-WCMC, IIED and the University of Cambridge.

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UNEP-WCMC and the Government of Brazil, funded by UK's DEFRA, recently completed a review of the economic value of Brazil's extensive network of protected areas. The executive summary of the report "Economic Contribution of Brazilian Conservation Units to the National Economy" is now available in English and the whole report in Portuguese.

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'Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services at the Site Scale' introduces a new ‘toolkit’ for measuring ecosystem services at the site scale which is accessible to non-experts and delivers scientifically robust results.

The work has been coordinated by researchers and conservation from Anglia Ruskin University, BirdLife International, Cambridge University, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, with input and guidance provided by over 50 other scientists.
 

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Upon request from the Ministry of the Environment of Ecuador, and with support from the UN-REDD Programme, the summary report on multiple benefits of REDD+ in Ecuador has now been translated into Spanish.

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20th October, Changwon - “Global Drylands: A UN system-wide response” was launched at a side event at the 10th UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties being held in Changwon, Republic of Korea.

Coordinated by UNEP’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and prepared by 18 UN agencies through the UN’s Environment Management Group (EMG), involving over 60 development and environment researchers and practitioners, the new report sets out a common vision and agenda for UN agencies to step up their efforts to protect and revitalise dryland, and improve the economic and social well being of drylands communities through a positive development and investment approach. It is published by the United Nations with Foreword by the Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
 

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