Our team has unrivalled expertise in collating, analysing and interpreting information about biodiversity, and sharing this in engaging, innovative and useful ways. We work with partners worldwide to extend our impact and to strengthen the capacity of others to manage biodiversity and ecosystem services.
The latest update to the Protected Planet Report 2016 shows that there are now just under 15,000 MPAs spread across 18.5 million square kilometres of ocean and sea.
The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP), convened by UNEP-WCMC, will today hold a side event at CBD COP13, to help guide Parties through the global biodiversity indicator landscape.
UNEP-WCMC will take part in the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD CoP), taking place in Cancun, Mexico from 4 – 17 December 2016.
UNEP-WCMC, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity will host a workshop entitled: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development and the SDGs: sharing and developing workable solutions on Sunday 11th December.
A new analysis by UNEP-WCMC highlights where current and future oil and gas developments pose a potential threat to areas of biodiversity importance in Africa.
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Robin Bidwell CBE joined the WCMC Board of Trustees as Chair at the meeting held on 22 November 2016.
