The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Confronting the challenges faced by our world's biodiversity. #WeCanMakeChange

Cambridge, England
Joined May 2010
🚨 World reaches a major milestone for nature at sea!🌊 10.01% of the ocean is now officially within protected and conserved areas. This update to the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) is a vital step toward Target 3 of #KMGBF. tinyurl.com/3dj8h337
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Join two National Monitoring Support Initiative side events at #COP17Armenia: 20 October, 12:30–13:30 | Data to Action Pavilion 21 October, 11:45–13:15 | UN Pavilion Learn how knowledge, data and practical support can strengthen national monitoring and reporting. #KMGBF
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🚨 UNEP-WCMC will be attending #CBDCOP17, contributing science, tools & expertise to support Parties in making and taking decisions that will shape and accelerate actions through 2030. 🔗Here are the 5 priorities we're helping advance at #COP17Armenia: bit.ly/4hTwNnh
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🦆This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, UNEP-WCMC Director @Neville Ash reminds us that understanding and taking action for the conservation of migratory birds requires collaboration across society, and across continents. #EveryBirdCounts @BonnConvention
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🚨 Secure your space! UNEP-WCMC are excited to announce the next Nature Action Dialogues in May 2027. 🌿 💡 Join us as we explore the 2027 theme - “Taking Stock: Closing the Nature Implementation Gap” Visit our website to book your tickets: bit.ly/4hEaT8L
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💡An Ecuadorian economy thriving in harmony with nature 🇪🇨 We are pleased to launch a new roadmap for integrating nature into economic decision-making in Ecuador, developed under the Nature Transitions Support Programme (NTSP). Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4rBWDRf
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🚨Nature Action Dialogues is coming back for a fourth year – and we want your ideas in the room!🌿 Session proposals are now open for 2027, with the theme - Taking Stock: Closing the Nature Implementation Gap. Submit your proposals by 14 October 2026: tinyurl.com/4ubutdvk
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🏞️ Each month, the list of protected and conserved areas grows longer, bringing us closer to the global goal of conserving 30% of the planet by 2030. @protectedplanet experts unpack what we know about the effectiveness of these networks 🔗 tinyurl.com/yy822e4w
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We are #hiring!💼 WCMC, a UK-based charity, working in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, seeks an Associate Programme Administrator to join our team and provide extensive administrative support to our technical staff. 👉 vacancies.wcmc.org.uk/VA58 📅 16 Oct 2026
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Did you know that approximately 50% of UK food consumption relies on imports? To help better understand and map the risks associated with global supply chains, we will be hosting an interactive webinar. 📅29 September 🕙10:00 - 11:00 (BST) Register🔗 tinyurl.com/yvfj2kx8
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📢 Join us for an upcoming open webinar exploring how National Ecosystem Assessments (NEAs) can help translate human rights commitments into practical action, with contributors from Botswana, Colombia and Malawi 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/46rDaZV
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The Restoration Project Developers’ Playbook on Private Finance (Europe), is a practical guide de-mystifying private finance options for restoration project developers. 📩 Download The Playbook: bit.ly/4gYC8JB #NatureFinance #PrivateFinance #GenerationRestoration
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Adapting with nature 🌱🛠️ The EbA Tools Navigator guides you through more than 240 tools and methods to support nature-based approaches to climate adaptation. 🔗 bit.ly/4yjtkF8
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🛠️ The Nature Tools Compass helps businesses and financial institutions to seamlessly navigate the tools landscape and find the ones best suited to their operational requirements and assessments. Learn more here 👉 lnkd.in/edTzbxEk #NatureToolsCompass
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💡Scientists at UNEP-WCMC have developed a new database cataloguing 698 global, 200+ regional and 1,400 national online biodiversity data systems. The database makes it easier to navigate categories and find the right portal, platform or tool. Learn more: unep-wcmc.org/en/news/new-da…
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What is a paper park and why is it a serious conservation problem?🏞 A new paper co-authored by conservation experts at UNEP-WCMC proposes a definition to help countries identify and report their paper parks. Learn more here👉️ tinyurl.com/33tf9maj
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Effective nature risk assessments depend on high-quality, region-specific tools and data. ENCORE’s new Southeast Asia Nature Risk Toolkit connects financial institutions with tools, data and guidance for assessing risk across the region. 👉 bit.ly/4faVLyn
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UNEP-WCMC researchers worked with Systems Change Lab, the @WorldResources and the @BezosEarthFund to compile the latest evidence and expertise on global progress on action and transformations needed to protect the world’s freshwater systems. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4d4ksnhk
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📣 Join us at #UNCCDCOP17 for a side event exploring how stronger coordination, integrated planning and collaboration can help turn environmental commitments into action across the #RioConventions and relevant Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
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