• TRADE Hub advanced sustainable agricultural commodity supply chains across the EU and beyond 

    UNEP-WCMC’s TRADE Hub project contributed to advancing sustainable agricultural research and policy practice across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.  The Trade, Development and Environment Hub (TRADE Hub) was a five-year project that significantly advanced research on agricultural commodities, wild meat and wildlife trade. Not only did it conduct research in over nine countries, but…

    TRADE Hub advanced sustainable agricultural commodity supply chains across the EU and beyond 
  • A girl watering scattered plants in an arid landscape

    Counting the costs of drought

    With ever-rising temperatures and mounting pressure on natural resources, we must take urgent action to build drought resilience

    Counting the costs of drought
  • A tiger looking out from a mangrove forest

    A boost for biodiversity data

    Record-level growth of investment in Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool will have real impacts for nature data

    A boost for biodiversity data
  • Prudence Tangham Galega and Fabiana Spinelli in conversation, September 2024, Cambridge, UK

    Cameroon’s National Ecosystem Assessment: Developing a knowledge base for the wider African continent 

    Prudence Tangham Galega, co-chair of the Cameroon National Ecosystem Assessment, discusses key milestones achieved during Cameroon’s assessment journey, the challenges faced, and obstacles overcome along the way. Having trained as a judge, Prudence has held senior leadership roles in environmental protection across Africa. She is currently the Director of the Multimedia Legal and Judicial Centre of…

    Cameroon’s National Ecosystem Assessment: Developing a knowledge base for the wider African continent 
  • Combining landscape and supply chain approaches to protect nature 

    Under the Proteus Partnership, UNEP-WCMC has been exploring how companies can use supply chain sustainability initiatives and Landscape-level Approaches (LLAs) to conserve and restore landscapes along their supply chains and operations.   Companies depend on nature, yet ecosystems across the world are being degraded. All businesses rely on healthy and functioning landscapes for their direct…

    Combining landscape and supply chain approaches to protect nature