UNEP-WCMC’s National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) Initiative hosted its annual global capacity-building workshop in Cambridge, UK from 17th – 20th September 2024. The event brought together representatives from partner countries, Indigenous and local knowledge holders, UNDP, UNESCO, and other technical experts.
This week, delegates are arriving in Cali, Colombia. The most significant biodiversity meeting in two years, COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, is being held here – one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. But all over the world, biodiversity is in crisis. In December 2022, countries committed to take action to address…
A new study highlights how the involvement of citizens is key to the success of global efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. To ensure this, the research identifies ways to increase citizens’ participation in monitoring biodiversity. The study, published in Nature Sustainability, quantifies how citizens can help to monitor progress towards achieving the goals…
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Young professionals in biodiversity-related fields across Africa on their experiences of the SPIBES MSc
Achieving 30 per cent protected and conserved area coverage is only one part of the picture
Parties and observers to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are invited to peer review the draft indicator methodology for measuring progress on the national implementation of the CBD Gender Plan of Action. Experts at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) have worked with partners to develop a new draft methodology for…
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Recent recommendations on traditional knowledge indicators are a huge step forward
Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience present an opportunity to find common ground in tackling biodiversity loss
Only eight of the top 20 countries with the highest rates of tropical deforestation have quantified targets on forests in their national climate action plans
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