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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, 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)
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)
The Global Innovation Index (GII) is a ranking of innovation performance of around 130 countries produced by Cornell University, INSEAD, and WIPO.
Author(s):
- Dutta, Soumitra
- Lanvin, Bruno
- Wunsch-Vincent, Sacha
Organization(s):
- Cornell University, US
- Institut européen d'administration des affaires (INSEAD)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Businesses are seeking biodiversity indicators to help assess performance for a variety of business applications to address a range of internal and external drivers.
Author(s):
- Addison, Prue
- Carbone, Giulia
- McCormick, Nadine
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, University of Oxford
Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors’ connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for conservation.
Author(s):
- Leung, Yu-Fai
- Spenceley, Anna
- Hvenegaard, Glen
- Buckley, Ralf
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
This report is the first comprehensive attempt to collate all the relevant information on institutional arrangements for nature conservation in the region into one coherent report.
Author(s):
- Vasilijevic, Maja
- Pokrajac, Sanja
- Erg, Boris
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs.
Author(s):
- Mitchell, Brent
- Stolton, Sue
- Bezaury-Creel, Juan
- Bingham, Heather C.
- Cumming, Tracey L.
- Dudley, Nigel
- Fitzsimons, James A.
- Malleret-King, Delphine
- Redford, Kent H.
- Solano, Pedro
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
This report is the second in a series that describes IUCN’s work with independent scientific and technical advisory panels.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
The Mediterranean region is one of the world’s great centres of plant diversity and its benign climates have attracted successive waves of civilisations, which have largely shaped our attitudes and ethics to the present day.
Author(s):
- Valderrábano, Marcos
- Gil, Teresa
- Heywood, Vernon
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This booklet is part of a series of compilations assembling PANORAMA solution case studies on a defined topic. “Solutions in Focus” zooms in on a topic of interest covered by PANORAMA, allowing to explore common elements and shared learnings across success stories.
Organization(s):
- Blue Solutions
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- GRID-Arendal
- IUCN
- UNEP
Author(s):
- Sankara-Bassonon, Sandrine
- Awaïss, Aboubacar
- Rocca, Marcello
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme (PACO)
Featuring documentary-style photography, this work traces that remarkable story of how a species that was declared extinct in the wild was successfully reintroduced into its natural habitat.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
Organization(s):
- Madagascar, Ministère de l'environnement, de l'écologie et des forêts
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Amphibian Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- Wildlife Reserves Singapore
- Singapore, National Parks Board
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Pangolin Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Asian Species Action Partnership
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Planning Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
The helmeted hornbill faces a conservation crisis that requires an urgent response.
Author(s):
- Jain, Anuj
- Lee, Jessica G.H.
- Chao, Nerissa
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Hornbill Specialist Group
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige.
Author(s):
- Brumann, Christoph
- Berliner, David
On 5 November 2015, a large dam containing 52 million m3 of iron mining residues (tailings) collapsed in Mariana, Brazil.
Author(s):
- Sánchez, Luis Enrique
- Alger, Keith
- Alonso, Luiza
- Barbosa, Francisco
- Brito, Maria Cecília
- Laureano, Fernando
- May, Peter
- Roeser, Hubert
- Kakabadse, Yolanda
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
The purpose of this study on seamount and hydrothermal vent ecosystems is to review the state of knowledge on the subject matter in order to better guide decision-making processes to develop and implement conservation and sustainable management measures, as well as to discuss knowledge gaps and p
Author(s):
- Zucchi, Sara
- Ternon, Jean-François
- Demarcq, Hervé
- Ménard, Frédéric
- Guduff, Sabrina
- Spadone, Aurélie
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
- Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), FR
Issues of women’s participation and gender equality in the governance of shared waters have received insufficient attention to date in both the research and practice literature, yet action is happening on the ground.
Author(s):
- Fauconnier, Isabelle
- Jenniskens, Annemiek
- Perry, Page
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Water Programme
The Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT) was developed out of a need to more efficiently and effectively communicate the importance of ecosystem services to decision makers.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Raes, Leander
- Vogl, Adrian L.
- Hawthorne, Peter L.
- Moraes, Miguel
- Saborio, Javier L.
- Meza Prado, Kelly
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Organization(s):
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
- Ecuador, Ministerio del Ambiente
- Parque Nacional Galapagos, EC
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Planning Specialist Group
Volume 8 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) contains an unusual compilation of important but smaller orders that we now know have either distant or nearly no taxonomic relationships. They include armadillos, sloths and anteaters.
Author(s):
- Wilson, Don E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
A Future in Ruins is the story of UNESCO's efforts to save the world's heritage and, in doing so, forge an international community dedicated to peaceful co-existence and conservation.
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