World Conservation Monitoring Centre at Cambridge
Q. The United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is based in -- Published on 05 Oct 15a. Geneva
b. Nairobi
c. Zurick
d. Cambridge
ANSWER: Cambridge
The United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is an executive agency of the United Nations Environment Programme, based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
UNEP-WCMC has been part of UNEP since 2000, and has responsibility for biodiversity assessment and support to policy development and implementation.
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre was previously an independent organization jointly managed by IUCN, UNEP and WWF established in 1988, and prior to that the Centre was a part of the IUCN Secretariat.