At UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre we develop and share data and knowledge-based tools to help decision makers understand how they depend and impact upon biodiversity. We work actively with them to ensure that they can – and do – use these tools effectively. We help people to explicitly account for the value of biodiversity in policy- and decision-making for development and the environment. In dozens of projects every year we work with our partners to strengthen the foundations of good environmental management in the following ways.