UN Environment 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.
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...
UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre is working with the Natural Capital Finance Alliance to enable financial institutions to better understand, assess, and integrate natural capi...
Ocean+ Library is an online library that identifies 183 ocean-related resources available globally.
Illegal harvest of timber is a global threat to forests and biodiversity, and has considerable impacts on livelihoods and development. UNEP-WCMC provides support to the European Commission in mo...
UNEP-WCMC is currently working on several global coral reef projects with UN Environment Coral Reef Unit and a number of other project partners to address the conservation challenges facing cora...
The Development Corridors Partnership, led by UNEP-WCMC, is helping countries in East Africa to plan for a sustainable future.
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 develop the scientific work and profile of UNEP-WCMC with external partners interested in the conservation of nature, and the role data and analysis plays in this. He also oversees the work of the Science Programme and its staff, 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.
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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 >WCMC is very pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan (Jonny) Hughes as CEO for the Cambridge-based biodiversity charity.
Human habitat modification is favouring the same species everywhere while unique species are disappearing, finds a study co-authored by Samantha Hill, Senior Biodiversity Modelling Scientist at ...
To share experiences and the achievements of REDD+ in Mongolia so far, the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and UN-REDD Mongolia National Programme have prepared a...
New ENCORE tool, launched today by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance in partnership with UNEP-WCMC, is three years in the making and aims to “Plug nature into financial market decision-...
Around 15% of the world’s terrestrial area is better safeguarded by conservation measures, as well as over 7% of the world’s oceans, ensuring the world is on track to meet important ...
An analysis of experiences from the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership that is helping to shape discussions on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework at the UN Biodiversity Conference in S...
