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World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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<p>The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is the specialist biodiversity centre of <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Environment_Programme/2P9vPoSU">UN Environment Programme</a>, based in <a href="/facts/Cambridge/gNRdbmwK">Cambridge</a> in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. UNEP-WCMC has been part of UN Environment Programme since 2000 and has responsibility for <a href="/facts/Biodiversity/GruakEzs">biodiversity</a> assessment and support to policy development and implementation. The "World Conservation Monitoring Centre" was previously an independent organisation jointly managed by <a href="/facts/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature/QwV8JXup">IUCN</a>, UN Environment Programme and <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature/u8NgdHjK">WWF</a> established in 1988. Before that, the centre was a part of the IUCN Secretariat. </p>