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The Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme is a European Union-funded programme led by GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Key findings of the State of Conservation in Oceania 2013. For the 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, SPREP commissioned an assessment of the status of biodiversity and conservation in Oceania.

Aichi biodiversity targetsAvailable online|Powerpoint presentationCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 36 p

Climate change is a major threat to global biodiversity. From the tropics to the Poles, the world’s ecosystems are all under pressure.

Earth’s most highly threatened terrestrial insular vertebrates (111 of 1,184 species). Of these, 107 islands were in 34 countries and territories and could have eradication projects initiated by 2020.

Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors' connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for conservation. Visitor experiences can be transformative.

Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, we show that in contrast to

Invasive alien species represent an insidious and pervasive threat to the environmental, economic and human well-being of the Pacific islands.

Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as clean air, fresh water, and the pollination of crops.

Who are we? UN Environment’s specialist biodiversity assessment centre, based in Cambridge, UKAvailable online|Powerpoint presentationCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 16 p