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  • A group of women wading through water carrying saplings
    Impact 18 Jun 25

    Driving decisions for nature and people: UNEP-WCMC’s 2023-2024 Impact Report

    Report demonstrates breadth of Centre’s work with government, business and scientific communities

    Driving decisions for nature and people: UNEP-WCMC’s 2023-2024 Impact Report
  • A graphic showing silhouettes of a group of women, in bright colours
    Story 11 Feb 25

    Celebrating women in conservation science

    Marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science at UNEP-WCMC

    Celebrating women in conservation science
  • A red panda reclining playfully on a tree branch
    Story 8 Nov 24

    Businesses and governments must act to standardise core metrics if we are to halt biodiversity loss

    UNEP-WCMC scientists examine the challenges faced when implementing effective biodiversity metrics

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    Businesses and governments must act to standardise core metrics if we are to halt biodiversity loss
  • A man with seedlings in a tropical forest, Michael Eko Climate Visuals Countdown
    News 18 Oct 24

    Citizens can contribute towards more than half of the data to track progress on global biodiversity goals

    A new study highlights how citizen involvement is vital for monitoring biodiversity

    Citizens can contribute towards more than half of the data to track progress on global biodiversity goals
  • Students from the CABES SPIBES MSc
    Story 19 Sep 24

    Young African professionals share how they have been empowered to tackle environmental challenges

    Young professionals in biodiversity-related fields across Africa on their experiences of the SPIBES MSc

    Young African professionals share how they have been empowered to tackle environmental challenges
  • A chameleon clinging to a branch, Neil Burgess
    Story 29 Jun 24

    Studies reveal conservation successes for wildlife and habitats in Tanzania

    Two new studies show promising trends for the county’s rare creatures and protected habitats

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    Studies reveal conservation successes for wildlife and habitats in Tanzania
  • Ants work together to form a bridge between two leaves
    Impact 22 May 24

    Being part of the Plan: UNEP-WCMC’s work to support the Global Biodiversity Framework

    For International Day for Biological Diversity, we share a small sample of our work to implement the Biodiversity Plan

    Being part of the Plan: UNEP-WCMC’s work to support the Global Biodiversity Framework
  • Irrigated orchards in a dry landscape
    News 26 Apr 24

    Largest modelling study of its kind highlights need for joined-up climate and biodiversity policy

    The largest modelling study of its kind to date shows an urgent need for policies that better understand the interlinked nature of climate change and biodiversity loss, and their potential impacts on human societies, say scientists at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), who were involved in the research. Global biodiversity declined…

    Largest modelling study of its kind highlights need for joined-up climate and biodiversity policy
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    News 19 Jan 24

    Plants and their contributions to people are insufficiently protected globally

    In ground-breaking research published in the journal Science today, scientists at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew, reveal the global distribution of more than 35,000 plant species used by people. Analysis of the first-ever global map of the diversity and rarity of plant species with…

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    Plants and their contributions to people are insufficiently protected globally
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