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This report provides an overview of palm oil sustainability standards' measures to stop biodiversity loss and restore habitat for biodiversity conservation. It highlights critical areas that need to be improved and recommends specific actions for palm oil buyers and investors.
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Volcanoes are true wonders of the planet; they are central to the formation, evolution and sustenance of biological systems; they form some of our deepest and most significant cultural attachments to the land; and they attract large numbers of visitors for their aesthetic appeal.
Author(s):
- Casadevall, Thomas J.
- Tormey, Daniel
- Roberts, Jessica
Organization(s):
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, European Regional Office
In 2011, the government of Germany and IUCN together launched the Bonn Challenge as a global commitment to bring under restoration 150 million hectares (Mha) of land by 2020. IUCN has developed the Bonn Challenge Barometer: a progress-tracking framework and tool to support pledgers in meeting th
Author(s):
- Dave, Radhika
- Saint-Laurent, Carole
- Murray, Lara
- Antunes Daldegan, Gabriel
- Brouwer, Rens
- de Mattos Scaramuzza, Carlos Alberto
- Raes, Leander
- Simonit, Silvio
- Catapan, Marisete
- García Contreras, Gerardo
- Ndoli, Alain
- Karangwa, C.
- Perera, Naalin
- Hingorani, Swati
- Pearson, Tim
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Organization(s):
- France, Ministère des Outre-Mer
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
This report details multiple legal breaches by Malaysian palm oil producer Radiant Lagoon near the UNESCO-protected Gunung Mulu National Park, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
The Ganges River Basin is shared by four countries – Bangladesh, China, India and Nepal – and though it lacks a regional basin-level cooperation agreement to facilitate its joint management and address common challenges such as floods and climate change, there are four bilateral agreements on the
Author(s):
- Siddiqui, Shawahiq
- Chohan, Shilpa
- Sinha, Vishwa
This rapid technical review assesses the “Updated Environmental Impact Assessment Report for 2100 MW Power Generation from the Rufiji Hydropower Project in Selous Game Reserve, Pwani and Morogoro regions, Tanzania” of 18 October 2018 that relates to a planned hydropower project to be built at Sti
Organization(s):
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
Author(s):
- Vasilijevic, Maja
- Pokrajac, Sanja
- Erg, Boris
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
This publication explores emerging concepts, challenges, and key policy and law tools to help inform governments as they modernize public sector planning to better address 21st century change and advance their sustainable development goals.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
In recent years synthetic biology has emerged as a suite of techniques and technologies that enable humans to read, interpret, modify, design and manufacture DNA in order to rapidly influence the forms and functions of cells and organisms, with the potential to reach whole species and ecosystems.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Task Force on Synthetic Biology and Biodiversity Conservation
In recent years synthetic biology has emerged as a suite of techniques and technologies that enable humans to read, interpret, modify, design and manufacture DNA in order to rapidly influence the forms and functions of cells and organisms, with the potential to reach whole species and ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Redford, Kent H.
- Brooks, Thomas M.
- Macfarlane, Nicholas B.W.
- Adams, Jonathan S.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Task Force on Synthetic Biology and Biodiversity Conservation
The primary purpose of these guidelines is to assist those actively engaged in snake harvest and trade situations, who are faced with the need to implement monitoring and management.
Author(s):
- Natusch, Daniel J.D.
- Fitzgerald, L.
- Lyons, Jessica A.
- Toudonou, A.S.C.
- Micucci, P.
- Waller, T.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
The report summarizes the methodology and main outcomes of a national Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) process to identify forest landscape restoration opportunities in Myanmar.
Author(s):
- Constable, Daniel
- Brunner, Jake
- Jia, Li
The papers in this volume were, with a few exceptions, presented at the third Island Invasives conference, held in Dundee, Scotland in July 2017. The papers demonstrate up-scaling in several aspects of eradication operations – not least in ambition, land area, operational size, global reach and
Author(s):
- Veitch, C.R.
- Clout, M.N.
- Martin, A.R.
- Russell, J.C.
- West, C.J.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Illegal trade in wildlife has increased dramatically over the past decade; however, so have enforcement efforts aimed at mitigating this threat. Successful enforcement often involves the seizure and confiscation of wild species from diverse taxa of plants, animals and fungi.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Wherever a new sports venue is built, or the refurbishment of an existing venue is undertaken, it is likely that biodiversity will be affected by that development, although the significance of impacts on biodiversity – both negative and positive – will vary enormously from sport to sport and loca
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
In Indonesia, Kutai National Park is home to what is likely to be East Kalimantan’s largest population of the Critically Endangered eastern subspecies of the Bornean Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus morio.
Author(s):
- Lee, Alan Tristram Kenneth
- Carr, Jamie Anthony
- Ahmad, Busran
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Climate Change Specialist Group
- Indianapolis Zoo
The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure that Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) identification is based on consistent, scientifically rigorous yet practical methods.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, KBA Standards and Appeals Committee
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
This book is a celebration of IUCN's history and the 70 years since its establishment in Fontainebleau.
This report seeks to provide a framework to measure the nexus between gender and the environment.
Organization(s):
- UNEP
- IUCN Global Gender Office
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Ministry of Economic Affairs commissioned IUCN NL to research how innovative financial instruments such as green bonds can help scaling up Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) initiatives in the Netherlands.
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Organization(s):
- InterAcademy Partnership, IT
Manta and devil rays are some of the most charismatic creatures in the ocean. Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World includes detailed information on the identification, characteristics, threats and distribution for each of the species within this family of rays.
Author(s):
- Stevens, Guy
- Fernando, Daniel
- Dando, Marc
- Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe
This document illuminates the diverse values of experiences and connections with nature and their relationship to positive behaviours towards the Earth. In 2018, led by Dr.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- Children & Nature Network, US
Este volumen concentra la dinámica de los ecosistemas insulares a través de la lente de un importante taxón de mamíferos, los lagomorfos.
Author(s):
- Lorenzo Monterrubio, Consuelo
- Rioja-Paradela, Tamara M.
- Carrillo-Reyes, Arturo
- De la Paz-Cuevas, Mayra
Organization(s):
- Mexico, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Cranes have coexisted with agriculture for centuries in some regions and may often benefit from cropland or grazing.
Author(s):
- Austin, Jane E.
- Morrison, Kerryn L.
- Harris, James T.
Organization(s):
- International Crane Foundation, US
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Crane Specialist Group
This publication offers nature lovers and visitors to tropical Asia an intriguing insight into the natural history of some of the continent's least known and most threatened species.
The thoughtful integration of built and natural environments in urban areas to advance social and economic goals has become a 21st century imperative.
Author(s):
- Hughes, J.
- Taylor, E.
- Juniper, Tony
Organization(s):
- Scottish Wildlife Trust, UK
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2018 provides a wide range of statistics and indicators relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment, maritime transport and development.
Organization(s):
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Organization(s):
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Emerging evidence shows that the proximity to nature, including coastal environments, provides many benefits to human health and mental well-being.
This book presents 127 species of Korean mammals describing their taxonomy, natural history, distribution, conservation, and management. Also, the book introduces hotspots for mammal watching, history of Korean mammalogy, and mammalian zoogeography of Korea.
Author(s):
- Jo, Yeong-Seok
- Baccus, John T.
- Koprowski, John L.
Organization(s):
- National Institute of Biological Resources, KR
Organization(s):
- Asahi Glass Foundation, JP
The assessment includes a global review of literature and legal information on international and national law and policy, a desk assessment of mangrove-related legal instruments in India, Kenya and Mexico, and an in-depth evaluation of effectiveness of mangrove-related law in Costa Rica, Madagasc
Author(s):
- Slobodian, Lydia
- Rodriguez Chaves, Mariamalia
- Nguyen, Loan T.P.
- Rakotoson, Lalaina N.
Considering the increasing recognition of the role of benefit sharing in facilitating transboundary water cooperation, the IUCN BRIDGE GBM project is facilitating development of a Transboundary Benefit Sharing Strategy (TBSS) for the Meghna Basin.
Author(s):
- Sinha, Vishwa
- Glémet, Raphaël
- Mustafa, M. Golam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
Mangroves are among the most important ecosystems on the planet. They provide nursery grounds for a wide variety of marine and landbased species, sustain livelihoods of coastal populations, and protection from ocean swell and extreme weather events.
Author(s):
- Flint, Raphaëlle
- Herr, Dorothée
- Vorhies, Francis
- Smith, James Roland
Development projects worldwide are increasingly required to quantify and fully mitigate their impacts on biodiversity, with an objective of achieving ‘no net loss’ or a ‘net gain’ (NNL/NG) of biodiversity overall.
Author(s):
- Bull, Joseph W.
- Baker, Julia
- Griffiths, Victoria
- Jones, Julia P. G.
- Milner-Gulland, E. J.
Author(s):
- Davies, Jonathan
- Ogali, Claire J.
- Slobodian, Lydia
- Roba, Guyo Malicha
- Ouedraogo, Razingrim
This report card provides a summary of climate change impacts on coasts and seas in the Pacific island region, and how Pacific islands can respond.
Author(s):
- Townhill, Bryony
- Buckley, Paul
- Hills, Jeremy
Organization(s):
- Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme
The Protected Planet Report 2018 provides an update of progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 at the global scale. With two years to go until 2020, the Protected Planet Report 2018 confirms that significant progress has been made to accelerate protection of biodiversity on land and in the
Organization(s):
- UNEP-WCMC
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- National Geographic Society, US
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
Author(s):
- Jia, Li
- Merten, Jake
- Burke, George
- Mumford, Elaine C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
The Mediterranean Red List assessment is a review of the conservation status at regional level of approximately 6,000 species of animals and plants. This report summarizes the results for a key group of Mediterranean biodiversity: saproxylic beetles.
Author(s):
- García, Nieves
- Numa, Catherine
- Bartolozzi, Luca
- Brustel, Hervé
- Buse, Jörn
- Norbiato, Margherita
- Recalde, José Ignacio
- Dodelin, Benoit
- Alcázar, Elisa
- Barrios, Violeta
- Verdugo, Antonio
- Audisio, Paolo
- Micó, Estefanía
- Otero, José Carlos
- Bahillo, Pablo
- Viñolas, Amador
- Valladares, Lionel
- Méndez, Marcos
- El Antry, Salwa
- Galante, Eduardo
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
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