Biodiversity plays an important role in the day-to-day life of a hotel. From the food in the restaurant and wood in furniture and fittings, to the amenities in the spa, the products of biodiversity are everywhere inside hotels.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Accor
International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IHRA)
Governance for sustainability is defined as the set of written and unwritten rules that link ecological citizenship with institutions and norms of governance. It is a complex topic because it addresses the three issues of globalization, democracy and sustainability.
The environmental movement has made huge progress over the last decades. Among others, it has raised awareness of challenges facing humanity, helped develop a critical mass of policies, and worked towards the implementation of many of these policies in collaboration with other stakeholders.
IUCNs Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC) project aims to promote the adoption of improved forest governance arrangements in Viet Nam and five other tropical forest countries in Asia, Africa and South America.
All people, regardless of where they live, depend upon the existence of healthy marine ecosystems. While the role that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can play in promoting the health of the oceans and seas has been widely acknowledged, progress on building a network of MPAs has been slow to date.
This special issue Global Re-introduction Perspectives provides 62 case-studies covering invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.
Organization(s):
Denver Zoological Foundation, US
Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
This book (in English, French and Spanish) provides an overview of the history of IUCN in the Mediterranean region, related mainly to the creation of the Cooperation Centre in Málaga in 2001. It also highlights the major projects of the centre and the work for the future.
An enclosed sea such as the Mediterranean is particularly susceptible to ship-associated impacts due to the high volume of shipping routes, long history of use, shallow sensitive habitats and sensitive deep-sea ecosystems.
An enclosed sea such as the Mediterranean is particularly susceptible to ship-associated impacts due to the high volume of shipping routes, long history of use, shallow sensitive habitats and sensitive deep-sea ecosystems.
This book, in English, French and Spanish, provides an overview of the Mediterranean forest conservation and management challenges posed by climate change.
This book includes a set of strategic guidelines and key conservation and development issues for the Mediterranean mountains, grouped into eight priority themes, as a starting point towards the elaboration of action plans for the Mediterranean mountain chains.The book contents are based on the ou
The main aim of this report is to assess progress towards a network of ecologically representative and effectively managed MPAs that meets international obligations for conservation of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Framework for management effectiveness developed by the IUCN World Commission for Protected Areas was published in the first version of this Best Practice Guideline. It is further explained and interpreted, although not substantially altered, in this version.
Author(s):
Hockings, Marc
Stolton, Sue
Leverington, Fiona
Dudley, Nigel
Courrau, José
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
James Cook University, AU
Rainforest CRC, AU
France, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
The environmental movement has made huge progress over the last decades. Among others, it has raised awareness of challenges facing humanity, helped develop a critical mass of policies, and worked towards the implementation of many of these policies in collaboration with other stakeholders.
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
This book is a product of the Marine Conservation Sub-Committee, an advisory body on marine species issues within IUCN. The book features twelve stories of different ocean animals that highlight the latest issues in marine conservation.
Author(s):
Campagna, Claudio
Griffin, Julie
Hurd, Andrew
Pilcher, Nicolas
Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN, Global Marine Programme
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Marine Conservation Sub-Committee
Seagrasses are flowering plants that thrive in shallow oceanic and estuarine waters around the world. Although there are only about 60 species of seagrasses worldwide, these plants play an important role in many shallow, near-shore, marine ecosystems.
This book follows applications of the Ecosystem Approach over a 5-10 year period in five locations. Key findings include the vital importance of a full stakeholder analysis, of market analysis and of the promotion of institutional evolution.
This publication is a collection of selected case studies representative of the application of the Ecosystem Approach under different ecological, social, economic and cultural contexts in Latin America.
Author(s):
Andrade Pérez, Angela
Medina, Maria Eugenia
Organization(s):
IUCN
Instituto Humboldt, CO
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
Tropenbos International, NL
UNEP, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbeans
The combination of threats currently facing the remaining great apes requires immediate conservation action at all scales from site-level initiatives, through national and regional strategies, to international conventions and action plans.
Author(s):
Ancrenaz, M.
Kühl, H.
Maisels, F.
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This book (published in French) consists of nine articles written by environmental lawyers from the region, regrouped around three themes: Chapter I deals with convergences and divergences of national legal frameworks, and provides illustrations from a number of countries and subjects; Chapter
The environmental movement has made huge progress over the last decades. Among others, it has raised awareness of challenges facing humanity, helped develop a critical mass of policies, and worked towards the implementation of many of these policies in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Lentrée en vigueur du Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour lalimentation et lagriculture signale lengagement de la communauté mondiale à légard dun accord autonome qui a pour but daborder à la fois la nécessité dassurer la sécurité alimentaire au niveau mondial et
Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.
Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.
