From Data to Decision-making

Supporting conservation strategies, improving protected areas management.

The BIOPAMA (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management) Reference Information System (RIS) is a free web-based, open-source information system for protected areas across the 79 countries of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States.

This version - the "RIS 3.0" - is a major re-design to the previous version. Explore the set of modules below to track progress towards conservation targets, analyse protected area performance,  conservation scenarios, or simply browse facts, figures and story maps.