• A shorebird on a beach

    Building momentum for a more connected world at CMS COP15

    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.

    Building momentum for a more connected world at CMS COP15
  • Woman cuts flowers inside a polytunnel

    Behavioural tweaks are not enough to save nature. Here’s how we achieve transformative change

    Dr Thiago Uehara, Principal Specialist in UNEP-WCMC’s Nature-Based Solutions team, shares five insights from a recent series of reports that examine how to bring about a systemic approach to biodiversity policy Much of today’s biodiversity policy is built around good intentions. It encourages better choices, greater awareness and more responsible behaviour. These efforts matter, and…

    Behavioural tweaks are not enough to save nature. Here’s how we achieve transformative change
  • An introduction to the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment from its co-chair 

    Ahead of the launch of the Business and Biodiversity Assessment, co-chair Matt Jones explains how this first-of-its-kind report moves the world closer to living in harmony with nature. There is an old stereotype that people who advocate for the environment and those involved in business sit on different sides of the table, locked into inevitably adversarial positions. That is changing.   The latest science and research enable us to look at this through…

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    An introduction to the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment from its co-chair 
  • Aerial view of Amazon rainforest in Brazil, South America. Green forest. Bird’s-eye view.

    UNEP-WCMC supports implementation of European Union deforestation regulation  

    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…

    UNEP-WCMC supports implementation of European Union deforestation regulation  
  • A large bird wading through a wetland

    What to expect from Ramsar COP15

    As the global wetlands conference gets underway in Zimbabwe, find out how our delegation will be involved

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    What to expect from Ramsar COP15
  • 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
  • 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