UNEP-WCMC

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

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🚨 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. https://t.co/5I0fzw4zhG

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This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we honour the role of #IndigenousPeoples from across the globe as stewards of biodiversity and reaffirm the lasting value of their knowledge systems for generations to come. 

Learn more 🔗 https://t.co/NSlFXHWIIN

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Join @WorldResources , @BezosEarthFund & UNEP-WCMC for a webinar launching #SystemsChangeLab’s new freshwater system. Hear about where progress is being made, where action is falling short, and the opportunities to build a more equitable future🔗Register: https://t.co/eZ5e7LV76Z

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Banco Bolivariano, Ecuador’s fifth largest private bank is using tools such as ENCORE to build its nature risk strategy and guide sustainable financing.

Read the full case study 🔗 https://t.co/Tm2LWlWyxG

Also available in Spanish📄

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🛠️ Help us shape the next major update of the ENCORE tool!

The ENCORE team is gathering feedback to better understand users’ requirement for information on nature-related opportunities.

Complete this survey by 24 July 🔗 https://t.co/5jOo5VOrqw

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New brief!

Developed by the Proteus Partnership, the 'Every Job is a Nature Job' guidance for Social Engagement Officers outlines key recommendations to integrate nature into social engagement activities.

Download the full brief here 🔗 https://t.co/U3FNatcZO7

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🌿 Join us for the global presentation of the Botswana National Ecosystem Assessment. 

📅 15 July 2026 
🕑 14:00–15:15 BST 
💬 English, with live French and Spanish interpretation 
📍 Online via Zoom 

Register here: https://t.co/oC85QFGpG9

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📣 Call for session proposals for the Business and Finance Hub at CBD #COP17Armenia is now open!

If your organisation is interested in hosting a session in the Hub space, submit your proposal by filling out our application form by 31 July 2026.

🔗 https://t.co/7hcICfVCvN

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🌿 Join us for the global presentation of the Botswana National Ecosystem Assessment.

📅 15 July 2026
🕑 14:00–15:15 BST
💬 English, with live French and Spanish interpretation
📍 Online via Zoom
Register here: https://t.co/oC85QFGpG9

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Introducing ENCORE’s new Southeast Asia Nature Risk Toolkit – connecting financial institutions in the region with tools, data and guidance for assessing nature-related financial risk. 👉 https://t.co/8k2EULK4EW

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📣We are pleased to launch the UNEP-WCMC Impact Report 2025.

In a year marked by continued environmental challenges, the report highlights how science, partnerships & collaboration are helping turn ambition into action for nature and people.

Read more: https://t.co/UM8lqB1HMj

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Nature is higher than ever on the agenda of this year’s London Climate Action Week 🌳🌡️

Through collaborative sessions and workshops, UNEP-WCMC will champion the role of nature at this year’s #LCAW.

Learn more here: https://t.co/5mhNWvCAU2

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Measuring what matters. 🔍🌳

At the #JuneClimateMeetings, join UNEP-WCMC and partners for a session on "Developing monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) systems for adaptation."

🗓️ 16 June 2026
🕥 10.30 AM - 11.45 AM (Central European Summer Time)

#BonnConference

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From being mere beneficiaries of the ocean and its vast resources, let’s become the guardians of our blue planet. 🌊

This World Oceans Day, let’s act with ambition and reimagine our relationship with our ocean.

#WorldOceansDay #bluecarbon

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This World Environment Day, listen closer. Nature is sending us signals.🌿🚦

Nature is our strongest ally in #ClimateAction. To address the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, nature needs to be at the forefront of climate solutions.

🔗 https://t.co/rFJB37HWPc

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With extreme weather events increasingly shaping our daily reality, implementing ecosystem-based adaptation has become critical to safeguarding both people and nature.

Our latest blog shares how we are working with countries in scaling up EbA 🔗 https://t.co/mDGNAzn4Vb

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Next week, UNEP-WCMC’s Valerie Kapos will join global climate negotiators in Germany for the Bonn Climate Change Conference (#SB64).

We will engage in discussions advancing greater synergies between the global climate and biodiversity agendas.

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Exploring the social implications of the #30x30 conservation target 🌍

A new report examines the socioeconomic implications of the highly ambitious #Target3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF.

Access here 🔗 https://t.co/ATTpV7rBHB | @protectedplanet

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How can business and financial institutions ensure that nature thrives? 🌿

Our latest blog shares key takeaways from this year's Nature Action Dialogues. Read the full insights here: https://t.co/JU1N7tuwus

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As we celebrate #BiodiversityDay, we shine a light on 'Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures' (OECMs) and how action by local communities is key to achieving global progress #ForNature.🌿

🔗 https://t.co/mVnFO2LaT1

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Over 75% of globally significant crops depend on animal pollination but face threats from habitat loss & climate change.🐝

We are working to reverse this trend & bridge the science-policy gap through 2️⃣ projects:
👉️ https://t.co/ynRsDCz4BU
👉️ https://t.co/4ChF053CIU