Publications

Mountains play an essential role in supplying water, energy, food and other services to millions of people living in the mountains and downstream. Ensurin ...

Mountains directly contribute to the lives of much of the world’s population through the provision of freshwater or irrigation for agriculture; they are t ...

How healthy marine and coastal ecosystems support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Every year, the sum of humanity’s knowledge increases exponentially. And as we learnmore, we also learn there is much we still don’t know. Plastic litter ...

The oceans cover almost three quarters of the Earth’s surface and are home to more than half of all life forms, which often creates the false impression t ...

The shallow coral reefs that we all know, are like the tip of an iceberg - they are the more visible part of an extensive coral ecosystem that reaches int ...

The first World Ocean Assessment (WOA) is a report on the state of the planet’s oceans. It is the product of the first cycle of the Regular Process for gl ...

The Tropical Andes are the home to many diverse communities, from remote farming villages to large urban centres and capitals, such as Merida, Bogotá, Qui ...