UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre is a world leader in biodiversity knowledge. It works with scientists and policy makers worldwide to place biodiversity at the heart of environment and development decision-making to enable enlightened choices for people and the planet.
UNEP-WCMC, in partnership with the Norwegian Environment Agency, is working to ensure a positive relationship between oil & gas development and environmental & social responsibility in c...
UNEP-WCMC is the lead organisation for this global project, working together with partners towards sustainable trade in commodities and wild products
The Development Corridors Partnership, led by UNEP-WCMC, is helping countries in East Africa to plan for a sustainable future.
In 2020 a new global biodiversity framework will be agreed to replace the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets. UNEP-WCMC is well placed to support govern...
The ABNJ Deep Seas Project works to achieve efficiency and sustainability in the use of deep-sea living resources, and is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization and UN Envi...
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre is working with the Natural Capital Finance Alliance to build the knowledge base needed by financial institutions to understand thei...
Our 100-strong international team are recognised leaders in their field and have unrivalled understanding of the institutional landscape surrounding biodiversity policy and ecosystem management.
Neil’s primary role as Chief Scientist is to oversee the scientific and technical work of UNEP-WCMC, to work to develop our profile and collaborations with external partners interested in the conservation of nature, and to promote the role data and analysis plays in effective conservation delivery. He also helps to publish leading scientific work at the science-policy interface, mentors staff in scientific delivery and ensures overall quality and scientific credibility of outputs across UNEP-WCMC.
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Climate Change and Biodiversity
Valerie leads on our work on the impacts of climate change and the role of ecosystems in climate change mitigation and adaptation. In addition to overseeing and managing the work of the large Climate Change and Biodiversity team, her role includes overseeing the development of new projects and ideas, and liaising with counterparts in national governments, and with key collaborators, partners and funders.
Discover more about Valerie Kapos >New research shows the potential for natural resource monitoring anchored in and conducted by communities to deliver credible data, inform decision-making, and empower communities in governing n...
Protected and conserved areas provide refuge for much of the world’s most precious wildlife - but these areas also offer vital solutions to some of today’s most pressing global chall...
A new paper has found that mangrove research using unmanned aerial tools like drones is largely conducted in and led by institutions in higher-income countries, despite fewer mangroves being loc...
Ensuring sustainability of crop and timber production would mitigate the greatest drivers of terrestrial wildlife decline, responsible for 40% of the overall extinction risk of amphibians, birds...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, devastating impacts on communities and economies across the world. This World Health Day, 7th April 2021, the importance of preventing futur...
In China, there is increasing ambition within municipal governments towards designing, and redesigning, urban centres so that nature is at the heart everyday city-life.
