Achievement is an urgent reminder that protected and conserved areas at sea need to triple by 2030
Our Conservation and Policy teams travel to Brazil this week to support the 15th meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species. They share insights from their work ahead of this important event.
New designations reported by Australia to the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas mean the world is near to protecting 10 per cent of the ocean
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Half of all migratory species that are recognised as needing protection now have declining populations A new report warns that 49 per cent of migratory species recognised by the world’s governments as needing protection have declining populations, up from 44 per cent two years ago. Species threatened by extinction have also risen, to 24 per…
There have been exciting new changes for Protected Planet, including a bringing together and rebrand of the flagship databases into the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas. These changes will streamline the reporting process for data providers, expand the options for data analysis, and provide added transparency around the impact of protected and conserved areas (PCAs) on the world’s biodiversity.…
UNEP-WCMC experts contribute to new protections for a range of species at CITES CoP20. A team of UNEP-WCMC biodiversity experts travelled to Samarkand, a major city in Uzbekistan, for the 20th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20). The Convention…
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How we are working to support gender equality and champion the leadership of Indigenous Peoples and local communities
The new area has considerable significance for global biodiversity conservation
As the global wetlands conference gets underway in Zimbabwe, find out how our delegation will be involved
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