This website is hosted by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) and provides a series of briefing and scoping papers produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and contributed to by MLURI.

The purpose of these documents is to raise the profile of the ecosystems approach in the UNFCC 15th Conference of the Parties meeting in Copenhagen to tackling not just climate change mitigation and adaptation, but also poverty alleviation, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity loss and many other environmental issues.

The need for climate information to support ecosystem management: Copenhagen Discussion Series 4		Ecosystem management: part of the climate change solution		The need for climate information to support ecosystem management: World Climate Conference 3 White Paper
	The need to include ecosystems management as part of the COP 15 Agenda		The ‘Win-Win-Win’ link between ecosystems and climate change mitigation, adaptation and long term sustainability		Cost effective solutions for climate change mitigation, adaptation and long-term sustainability: the Ecosystems Approach