This list contains 19204 entry(ies).
Author(s):
- Begeladze, Salome
- De Pinto, Alessandro
- Robertson, Richard
Organization(s):
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Mangroves for the Future
- Marriott International
With 48 threatened bird species, and the highest number of breeding endemic bird species (11) in mainland Southeast Asia, Viet Nam is a global conservation priority. Many of these threatened species are hunted unsustainably for wildlife trade.
Author(s):
- Eaton, James A.
- Nguyen, D.T. Minh
- Willemsen, Madelon
Author(s):
- Moneron, Sade
- Okes, Nicola
- Rademeyer, Julian
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- TRAFFIC East-Southern Africa
The 1st Asia Bonn Challenge High-Level Roundtable was held on the 9th and 10th of May 2017 in Palembang, South Sumatra.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions cooperate to protect human health and the environment from the negative effects of hazardous pollutants.
Organization(s):
- Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm (BRS) Conventions, Secretariats
- IUCN Global Gender Office
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, implementation remains mostly underdeveloped worldwide. Lack of knowledge on the implementation process present an important barrier.
Author(s):
- Buyck, Camille
- Miththapala, Sriyanie
- Monty, Fabiola
- Murti, Radhika
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Ecosystem Management Programme
Author(s):
- Ali, Mariam Kenza
- McInnes, Robert
- Pritchard, Dave
Organization(s):
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Many Parties to the CBD underutilise tourism as a means to contribute towards the financial sustainability of protected areas.
Author(s):
- Eagles, Paul F. J.
- Snyman, Susan
- Spenceley, Anna
Organization(s):
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS Group)
Many organizations do amazing work and provide essential services that make an important, positive impact on the people they serve.
Organization(s):
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Nonprofit Finance Fund
The Annie Sunbeam and Friends is a comic book to promote and share information on Life Below Water, SDG Goal #14. Illustrated by famed DC Comics artist Bernard Chang, the 12-page comic will help readers worldwide understand the importance of protecting life under water.
Author(s):
- Horwitz, Debbie Margolis
- Schneider, Jill
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- UNICEF
Central Africa has been identified as one of the main sources of illegal ivory fueling unregulated domestic ivory trade throughout West and Central Africa and overseas destinations, especially Asia, in recent years.
Organization(s):
- TRAFFIC Central Africa Regional Office
- TRAFFIC International
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
Although focused on aiding managers, these Guidelines are for anyone involved in supporting LSMPAs or the communities that hold an interest in them.
Author(s):
- Lewis, Nai'a
- Day, Jon
- Wilhelm, 'Aulani
- Wagner, Daniel
- Gaymer, Carlos
- Parks, John
- Friedlander, Alan
- White, Susan
- Sheppard, Charles
- Spalding, Mark
- San Martin, Gustavo
- Skeat, Andrew
- Taei, Sue
- Teroroko, Tukabu
- Evans, Jacqueline
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
In recent years, awareness has risen surrounding the crucial role of plants in providing ecosystem services and on their decline – they are one of the essential foundations of healthy ecosystems that we depend on. However, significant gaps in knowledge still remain.
Author(s):
- Bento Elias, R.
- Christenhusz, M.J.M.
- Dyer, R. A.
- García Criado, M.
- Ivanenko, Y.
- Ivanova, D.
- Lansdown, R. V.
- Molina, J.A.
- Nieto, A.
- Rouhan, G.
- Rumsey, F.
- Troia, A.
- Väre, H.
- Vrba, J.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- European Commission
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN, European Regional Office
Author(s):
- Mabita Mafuta, Christian
- Mashini Mwatha, Cléo
- Shabani Aziza, Nancy
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) provides an opportunity to transform degraded lands into productive landscapes that yield numerous ecological, economic, and social benefits.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
- Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, US
This report provides an overview of the conservation status of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) in the Arabian Seas Region (ASR) and describes the results of a regional Red List workshop held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in February 2017.
Author(s):
- Jabado, Rima W.
- Kyne, Peter M.
- Pollom, Riley A.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
- Save Our Seas Foundation
This field guide provides information on marine turtles in the Maldives. Marine turtles live permanently in a saltwater environment. Unlike tortoises, marine turtles have a streamlined shell and flippers that allow them to swim quickly, but this is not enough to survive in saltwater.
Author(s):
- Ali, Khadeeja
- Hudgins, Jillian
- Mancini, Agnese
Organization(s):
- IUCN Maldives
- Maldives, [Government]
- United States, USAID
To gain a better understanding of the presence and potential sources of Southern Bluefish Tuna traded and/or consumed in mainland China, desk-based research and a market survey “snapshot” were carried out.
A workshop was held in Cambridge between March 20-22, 2017, to bring together the PiN team and the Global Species Programme (GSP) and TRAFFIC to discuss the inclusion of data from PiN landscape assessments within the Species Information Services (SIS), building on discussions held over the last f
Author(s):
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Davidson-Hunt, Iain J. (Iain Johnson)
- Deutsch, Nathan
- Hilton-Taylor, Craig
- Meijer, Seline S.
- Oldfield, Thomasina
- Olsen, Nathalie
- Smith, Kevin
Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine life, and the various approaches to management and conservation.
Organization(s):
- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
This guide aims to assist companies, which are interested in transforming their operations to meet today’s widely-accepted global goals for biodiversity and sustainable development.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
Author(s):
- Amato, Sal
- Kramer, Rachel
- LaFontaine, Peter
- Sawyer, Robin
Author(s):
- Lekgowa, Diphetogo
- Molatedi Andrias, Leburu
- Satau, Baakantse
- Wallican Satau, Gakemotho
Organization(s):
- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
- Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
This report aimed at understanding resource use and dependence, perception of marine conservation policies, and adaptive capacities of communities of North Ari atoll, Maldives.
Author(s):
- Abdulla, Ameer
- Abdulla, Fisam
- Afau, Aminath
- Ibrahim, Munshidha
- Mancini, Agnese
- Nistharan, Fathimath
- Rasheed, Rifaee
Organization(s):
- IUCN Maldives
- Maldives, [Government]
- United States, USAID
The project "Facilitating REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru" (2013-2016) aimed to implement early REDD+ actions enabled by appropriate, efficient and equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms that are sufficiently robust to be mainstreamed into long-term national and international REDD+ frameworks.
Author(s):
- Gutiérrez, Cecilia
- Podvin, Karen
- Sandoval, Milagros
- Schneider, Claudio
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
IUCN collaborates with business at the company and sector level as well as across sectors. It also works with key associations and organisations concerned with promoting good business practices.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
This document presents the key results of the Our Common Dignity initiative on rights and World Heritage undertaken by the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN) under the coordination of ICOMOS Norway between 2011 and 2016.
Author(s):
- Larsen, Peter Bille
- Sinding-Larsen, Amund
Organization(s):
- ICOMOS
- ICOMOS Norway
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Malawi, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Organization(s):
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
World Heritage sites are examples of critical natural capital that must be protected. This report highlights the increasingly important and urgent role that banks need to play in helping to safeguard natural World Heritage sites now and for future generations.
This thematic study focuses on the contribution the World Heritage Convention can make to wilderness conservation around the world.
Author(s):
- Badman, Tim
- Bertzky, Bastian
- Jaeger, Tilman
- Kormos, Cyril F.
- Larsen, Peter Bille
- Merm, Remco van
- Osipova, Elena
- Shi, Yichuan
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
Biodiversity and the Great Green Wall explores the dependence of humanity on nature and the importance of biodiversity for wellbeing and sustainable development in the Sahel.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Regional Programme (PACO)
Reducing the environmental footprint of aquaculture has become a high priority as part of the drive for greater sustainability in modern society.
Author(s):
- Le Gouvello, Raphaëla
- Simard, François
Organization(s):
- Comité français de l'UICN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
This report represents the most comprehensive effort to monitor coral bleaching in the Maldives to date, using a combination of citizen science and expert scientist (governmental, academic and non-governmental) data sets.
Author(s):
- Ibrahim, Nizam
- Mohamed, Maeesha
Organization(s):
- IUCN Maldives
- Marine Research Centre
- United States, USAID
Singapore is known to play a major role in the global trade and consumption in shark and ray parts, though a country-specific analysis has not been conducted recently.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, European Regional Office
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
Baseline assessment of coral reefs of North Ari is the first study to investigate spatial variation in reef condition within the context of different human pressures in one atoll in the Maldives.
Author(s):
- Abdul Rahman, Mahid
- Abdulla, Ameer
- Pisapia, Chiara
Organization(s):
- IUCN Maldives
- Maldives, [Government]
- United States, USAID
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
The IUCN Mediterranean Reflections 2016 report summares the main activities undertaken by the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med), based in Malaga.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This paper has been prepared to inform discussions at the upcoming Livelihoods Module development workshop organised by the People in Nature (PiN) team.
Author(s):
- Davidson-Hunt, Iain J. (Iain Johnson)
- Deutsch, Nathan
- Meijer, Seline S.
- Olsen, Nathalie
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- IUCN, Economics Unit
This report presents the conservation status of the anthozoans occuring in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the assessment of 136 species using the IUCN Red List methodology.
Author(s):
- Bo, Marzia
- Numa, C.
- Otero, María del Mar
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
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