Protected areas are vital for life on earth. They safeguard biological and cultural diversity, help to improve the livelihoods of local communities, provide the homelands for many indigenous peoples and bring countless benefits to society at large.
Author(s):
Hamilton, Lawrence S.
Sandwith, Trevor
Sheppard, David
Shine, Clare
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
University of Cardiff, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
A companion document to the Strategic Approach document, this guide reviews the lessons learned from the various agency initiatives to integrate biodiversity issues into development cooperation programmes.
This set of 20 4-page briefs aims to raise awareness about biodiversity issues within EC development cooperation. The briefs are broken down into three types, including policy, sector and background biodiversity briefs.
This document is the product of extensive consultation between EC policy advisers and task managers dealing with biodiversity and the environment, and those working on natural resource and non-natural resource issues.
Over 800 million human beings suffer from hunger and malnutrition. The future of global food security depends on the success of our efforts in the conservation and enhancement of agrobiodiversity, the biodiversity occurring in plants and animals.
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Alien invasive species are considered by the Species Survival Commission to be the second largest threat to indigenous species, following habitat destruction.
The fourth part in a series of action plan, this publication covers less than one-quarter of the world's antelope species that are found in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Author(s):
Kingswood, Steven C.
Mallon, David P.
Organization(s):
Center for Marine Conservation, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Antelope Specialist Group
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
It is sometimes assumed that protected areas must be in conflict with the rights and traditions of indigenous and other traditional peoples on their domains.
Author(s):
Beltrán, Javier
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Cardiff University, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
An invaluable reference book, showing the dates of inclusion, transfer and deletion of all taxa that are or have been included in the CITES appendices, together with dates of the making and withdrawal of reservations by the Parties.
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Numerous initiatives are now underway to deal with the prevention, control, eradication and management of invasive alien species. A regional workshop was held in 1999 to discuss the problem in South and Southeast Asia.
Produced by IUCN's Eastern Africa Programme, this publication aims to investigate the extent to which communities have been provided with economic incentives to become involved in sustainable forest management in Eastern and Southern Africa, and how far perverse incentives and disincentives encou
Author(s):
Mogaka, Hezron
Simons, Gacheke
Turpie, Jane
Emerton, L. (Lucy)
Karanja, Francis
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Natural Resources International
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
The spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is creating complex and far-reaching challenges that threaten both the natural biological riches of the earth and the well being of its citizens.
Author(s):
McNeely, Jeffrey A.
Mooney, Harold A.
Neville, Laurie E.
Schei, Peter Johan
Waage, Jeffrey K.
Organization(s):
International Council for Science (ICSU), Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
The way in which forest land is owned directly influences the status of the forest, its condition and the way in which it is managed. The greater the security of local forest tenure, the stronger the interest and will of the community towards its security.
Author(s):
Alden Wily, Liz
Mbaya, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Natural Resources International
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
Bats make up a quarter of all mammals, and almost half of the species can be considered threatened or near threatened at a global level. This publication offers the results of the first comprehensive review to identify the conservation priorities for the 834 species of Microchiroptera.
Author(s):
Hutson, Anthony M.
Mickleburgh, Simon P.
Racey, Paul A.
Organization(s):
Bat Conservation Trust
Center for Marine Conservation, US
Fauna and Flora International, UK
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Chiroptera Specialist Group
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
This publication deals in two distinct parts with the status of our natural resources on the high-seas (approximately 50 per cent of the Earth's surface) which contain open-access common resources.
This paper addresses the environmental and developmental impacts of patent protection by specifically focusing on the global agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
This checklist provides alphabetical lists of the species of fauna and flora included in Appendices I, II and III of CITES in order to help management and scientific authorities, customs officials, and all others involved in implementing and enforcing the Convention.
Organization(s):
WCMC
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
European Union, Commission
United Kingdom, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
The Convention on biological diversity is an historic committment by the world's nations to conserve biological diversity, to use biological resources sustainably and to share equitably the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
