We reflect on the nexus of nature and health and how it relates to business. In anticipation of the upcoming 2026 Nature Action Dialogues, we reflect on emerging nature-related themes impacting businesses. One key theme is health and nature. In 2025’s dialogues, UNEP-WCMC, together with Globalbalance hosted a roundtable titled “The Health–Nature Nexus: The Case…
Momentum is growing for coordinated action across climate and biodiversity conventions As anticipation for the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP30) builds, Dr Valerie Kapos, Principal Specialist, Nature-based Solutions, and Dr Shaenandhoa García Rangel, Deputy Head of Nature Economy, discuss the growing focus on synergies across…
In September 2024, experts from around the world gathered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, for the National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) Initiative’s Annual Global Capacity Building Workshop. Among them was Yuko Kurauchi, Programme Specialist at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and coordinator of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net). In this conversation, Yuko shares insights…
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UNEP-WCMC and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) are embarking on a new project to support the European Commission in the implementation of the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR). Agricultural expansion is a major driver of deforestation, forest degradation and biodiversity loss. In recent years, over 90% of tropical deforestation has been either…
Capturing key information about our oceans is the foundation for protecting them
How we are working to support gender equality and champion the leadership of Indigenous Peoples and local communities
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The new area has considerable significance for global biodiversity conservation
Reflecting on 25 years of working together to deliver impact for nature and people It was 25 years ago this month that the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) was integrated into UNEP as a specialist Centre for biodiversity, operating through a collaboration between UNEP and the UK-registered charity WCMC. Before that, the…
As the global wetlands conference gets underway in Zimbabwe, find out how our delegation will be involved
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