FDES - Sub-components 1.2: Land Cover, ecosystems and biodiversity
This subcomponent organizes environment statistics on land cover, ecosystems and biodiversity, as well as their recordable changes over time and across locations.
Methodology sheet of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES. (Topics 1.2.3: Forests, 2.3.2: Use of forest land, 2.5.1: Timber resources, and 2.5.5: Other non-cultivated biological resources of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013)
The GISD aims to increase public awareness about invasive species and to facilitate effective prevention and management activities by disseminating specialist’s knowledge and experience to a broad global audience. It focuses on invasive alien species that threaten native biodiversity and natural areas and covers all taxonomic groups from micro-organisms to animals and plants.
Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.
Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of information on protected areas, updated monthly with submissions from governments, non-governmental organizations, landowners and communities. It is managed by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) with support from IUCN and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
UNSD disseminates global environmental statistics with indicators compiled from a wide range of data sources, on ten themes: Air and climate; biodiversity; energy and minerals; forests; governance; inland water resources; land and agriculture; marine and coastal areas; natural disasters; and waste.
Difunde estadísticas ambientales globales con indicadores compilados a partir de una amplia gama de fuentes de datos, sobre diez temáticas: Aire y clima; biodiversidad; energía y minerales; bosques; gobernanza; recursos hídricos continentales; tierra y agricultura; zonas marinas y costeras; desastres naturales; y residuos.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force on 29 December 1993. It has 3 main objectives: the conservation of biological diversity; the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity; the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.