UNEP-WCMC
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The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Confronting the challenges faced by our world's biodiversity.
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Protected areas play a vital role in #ClimateAction through mitigation and adaptation. WCMC Europe’s Elise Belle explores this in a chapter of a new open access book published by Palgrave Macmillan, 'Managing Protected Areas' ➡️tinyurl.com/yxeamrdc
Financial institutions 🌎 can now measure the positive impact of their investments into #biodiversity conservation, adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable livelihoods with the sustainable land use finance impact directory.
Learn more here ➡️ eu1.hubs.ly/H06PV7-0
UNEP-WCMC hosted an Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme workshop bringing together diverse experts working on nature restoration and carbon markets in Europe 🇪🇺
Here we share their insights into how restoration practitioners can navigate carbon markets ➡ tinyurl.com/3kk943jb
Expanding area-based conservation is crucial to meet the goals of the #ParisAgreement and #GlobalBiodiversityFramework
In 2023, we explored #OECMs with the Cook Islands. Learn more the strides made ➡ tinyurl.com/2vaxjmu3
Better peatland management could help halt biodiversity loss, support climate change mitigation and adaptation and improve the livelihoods of communities living in these landscapes.🏞️
#PeatlandsMatter
Learn more in the report 👇 eu1.hubs.ly/H06PTNG0
Soils store thousands of billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide 🪱 🌱
UNEP-WCMC has just started work supporting the Soil Health Benchmarks project on monitoring soil health. Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/tzwfdb9f
“We are entangled in an economic system, in metrics like GDP, that doesn’t really measure what matters to people.”
🎙️ Najma Mohamed recently discussed a shift in economic thinking over the past decade on BBC World Service
🎧 Hear more: tinyurl.com/33bya8jx
Home to more than 38,000 animal species and over 44,000 plant species, China's biodiversity faces challenges as urban and agricultural environments expand. 🌿🐼
Here are the 4⃣ possible futures of China's #biodiversity predicted by our experts ➡️ eu1.hubs.ly/H06PT8D0
As part of the EU Align project - helping businesses understand & value #biodiversity - UNEP-WCMC & partners have released new guidance for supply chain measurement.
Download it here ➡️tinyurl.com/ctwevz7t