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The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is based in Cambridge, England, in the United Kingdom. The programs of the WCMC concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, and marine and freshwaters, as well as habitats affected by climate change.
"The World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own."--Home page.
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Features the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) based in Cambridge, England, which provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources. Describes WCMC's training and capacity building programs.
framework Framework for the World. The geographical framework for the world is so fundamental it affects the lives of everyone on earth. On top of this 'template' virtually all other kinds of information are collected and displayed, ranging from population and socio-economic statistics, through environmental data of all kinds to asset registers such as the location of underground pipes and cables. For many years, the framework comprised simple topographic paper maps. Increasingly it is formed by topographic digital databases, from which maps and other products can be 'spun off'. These maps and databases have been created by a branch of national government, the National Mapping Organizations....