Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity

A new statistical framework to better account for biodiversity and ecosystems in national economic planning and policy decision-making, approved yesterday, allows countries worldwide to use a common set...

Eklipse, an Alter Net run service facilitating biodiversity decisions by institutions and others has a 6th Call for Requests now open. The deadline for submissions is 19 March...

A stronger focus on the promotion of the circular economy, protection of biodiversity and the fight against pollution lie at the heart of a new agreement signed on 26 February 2021 for enhanced cooperation...

WCMC Europe, the Capitals Coalition, Arcadis, ICF and UNEP-WCMC are launching the Align project – Aligning accounting approaches for nature. The project, funded by the European Commission...

Climate change has made Europe’s forests more vulnerable to hazards like fires, insect outbreaks, windthrows, or a combination of these three, according to a new JRC study...

Union Civil Protection Mechanism Decision No 1313/2013/EU requires EU Member States and UCPM participating states to report to the Commission on their disaster risk management...

When: Thursday, 18 February 2021, 7pm EAT/11am EST/5pm CET Where: The press conference was broadcast live. Ahead of the fifth United Nations Environment...

When: Thursday, 18 February 2021, 7pm EAT/11am EST/5pm CET Where: The press conference was broadcast live.

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action created in 1992. The current funding period 2014-2020 has a budget of €3.4 billion.

A set of web services and applications to assess, monitor, report and possibly forecast the state of and the pressure on protected areas at multiple scales.