The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is a collaboration centre of UN Environment Programme, based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. UNEP-WCMC has been part of UN Environment Programme since 2000, and has responsibility for biodiversity assessment and support to policy development and implementation.[1] The World Conservation Monitoring Centre was previously an independent organisation jointly managed by IUCN, UN Environment Programme and WWF established in 1988. Prior to that, the centre was a part of the IUCN Secretariat.
The activities of UNEP-WCMC include biodiversity assessment, support to international conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), capacity building and management of both aspatial and spatial data on species and habitats of conservation concern. UNEP-WCMC has a mandate to facilitate the delivery of the global indicators under the CBD's 2010 Biodiversity Target on the rate of loss of biological diversity, and works alongside the CITES Secretariat producing a range of reports and databases. It also manages the World Database of Protected Areas in collaboration with the IUCNWorld Commission on Protected Areas. A series of world atlases on biodiversity topics have been published by UNEP-WCMC through University of California Press. UNEP-WCMC has expertise across six thematic areas:
Mainstreaming biodiversity into sustainable development;
Strengthening natural capital in private sector decision-making;
Planning for places;
Securing a sustainable future for wildlife;
Supporting the transition to a healthy ocean;
Supporting intergovernmental agreements on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
These thematic areas are supported by cross-cutting expertise in science, economics, knowledge management and digital innovation.[2]
Resources and dataedit
UNEP-WCMC has created a considerable amount of resources and data[3] Some notable datasets include:
The Ocean Data Viewer[4] (containing datasets of the global distribution of seagrasses, mangroves, coral reefs, cold-water corals, and saltmarshes)[5]
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
December 15, 2023
world, conservation, monitoring, centre, environment, programme, unep, wcmc, collaboration, centre, environment, programme, based, cambridge, united, kingdom, unep, wcmc, been, part, environment, programme, since, 2000, responsibility, biodiversity, assessment. The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre UNEP WCMC is a collaboration centre of UN Environment Programme based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom UNEP WCMC has been part of UN Environment Programme since 2000 and has responsibility for biodiversity assessment and support to policy development and implementation 1 The World Conservation Monitoring Centre was previously an independent organisation jointly managed by IUCN UN Environment Programme and WWF established in 1988 Prior to that the centre was a part of the IUCN Secretariat Contents 1 Areas of work 2 Resources and data 3 References 4 External linksAreas of work editThe activities of UNEP WCMC include biodiversity assessment support to international conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES capacity building and management of both aspatial and spatial data on species and habitats of conservation concern UNEP WCMC has a mandate to facilitate the delivery of the global indicators under the CBD s 2010 Biodiversity Target on the rate of loss of biological diversity and works alongside the CITES Secretariat producing a range of reports and databases It also manages the World Database of Protected Areas in collaboration with the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas A series of world atlases on biodiversity topics have been published by UNEP WCMC through University of California Press UNEP WCMC has expertise across six thematic areas Mainstreaming biodiversity into sustainable development Strengthening natural capital in private sector decision making Planning for places Securing a sustainable future for wildlife Supporting the transition to a healthy ocean Supporting intergovernmental agreements on biodiversity and ecosystem services These thematic areas are supported by cross cutting expertise in science economics knowledge management and digital innovation 2 Resources and data editUNEP WCMC has created a considerable amount of resources and data 3 Some notable datasets include The Ocean Data Viewer 4 containing datasets of the global distribution of seagrasses mangroves coral reefs cold water corals and saltmarshes 5 World Database on Protected Areas WDPA 6 Protectedplanet net 7 which is an on line interface for the WDPAReferences edit UNEP 2004 UNEP Programmes and Resources for Environmental Education and Training UNEP Nairobi Kenya amp Earthprint UK UNEP WCMC 2018 Annual Review 2017 18 UNEP WCMC Cambridge UK UPEP WCMC Resources and data page Ocean Data Viewer List of datasets for Ocean Data Viewer WDPA Protectedplanet net page on UNEP WCMCExternal links editUN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Conservation Monitoring Centre amp oldid 1165299756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
