World Heritage forests are some of the most biodiversity-rich habitats on Earth and play a crucial role in climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. However, these forests are under increasing anthropogenic pressures, including climate change. By combining remote…
In November 2018, Parties?to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted at the 14th Conference of the Parties?a definition of an "other effective area-based conservation?measure" (OECM) as well as guiding principles, common?characteristics and criteria for identification of OECMs (CBD/COP/…
This Resource Manual has a specific purpose: helping to manage natural values within World Heritage properties. As such it is aimed at natural and mixed World Heritage properties as well as cultural landscapes (inscribed under cultural criteria). The intention is to help managers understand and…
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognised as having the highest global nature conservation priority. As of November 2017,?there are 241 natural and mixed (both cultural and natural) World Heritage?sites, representing about 0.1% of the total number of protected areas globally,…
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognised as having the highest global nature conservation priority. As of November 2017,?there are 241 natural and mixed (both cultural and natural) World Heritage?sites, representing about 0.1% of the total number of protected areas globally,…
The manual provides guidance for States Parties and all those involved in the care of World Heritage cultural properties on how to comply with the requirements of the Convention. It also aims to help States Parties to ensure that heritage has a dynamic role in society and harnesses, but also…
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and…
The main goal of this Explanatory Guide is to facilitate the understanding of the legal obligations of the Parties under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological…
Value is a practical guide that explains the most important steps and techniques for the valuation of ecosystem services, and the incorporation of its results in decision making. It explains, step by step, how to generate persuasive arguments for more sustainable and equitable development…
The Convention on Biological Diversity is an historic committment by the world's nations to conserve biological diversity, to use biological resources sustainably and to share equitably the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. It is the first global legal instrument to…