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This conservation strategy provides a summary of available information for the three species of angel shark in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Organization(s):
- The Shark Trust, UK
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
- Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), ES
- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, DE
- Zoological Society of London (ZSL), UK
Indonesia is home to one species of pangolin, the Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica, which can be found from Sumatra, Java and adjacent islands to Kalimantan. While little is known about the population of pangolins in Indonesia, it is likely that current trade and hunting levels are unsustainable.
Author(s):
- Gomez, Lalita
- Leupen, Boyd T.C.
- Krishnasamy, Kanitha
- Heinrich, Sarah
Pangolins are currently the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. In this report, the illegal pangolin trade from 2010–2015 was investigated, focusing on the global trade routes used to traffic pangolins and their derivatives.
Author(s):
- Heinrich, Sarah
- Wittmann, Talia
- Ross, Joshua V.
- Shepherd, Chris R.
- Challender, Daniel W.S.
- Cassey, Phillip
Organization(s):
- TRAFFIC Southeast Asia
- IUCN
- United States, USAID
- University of Adelaide, AU
Organization(s):
- Poland, Bialowieski Park Narodowy
Author(s):
- Laffoley, D.
- Baxter, J. M.
- Turley, Carol
- Lagos, Nelson A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
In recent years, the governments of the Sahel have committed to combat poverty and food insecurity through a significant increase in the development of irrigable areas. From 2013 onwards, GWI has carried out retrospective studies on three existing dam and rice field sites: Sélingué in Mali, Bagré
Author(s):
- Bazin, Frédéric
- Hathie, Ibrahima
- Skinner, Jamie
- Koundouno, Jérôme
Organization(s):
- Global Water Initiative (GWI)
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- IUCN Burkina Faso
Author(s):
- Barnard, Francois
- Davies, Giles
- McLuckie, Matthew
- Victurine, Raymond F.
Organization(s):
- Conservation Capital
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
Volume 7 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) covers 9 families of Rodents.
Author(s):
- Wilson, Don E.
- Lacher, Thomas E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle (BRST) (Myuchelys georgesi) is a freshwater turtle endemic to a 60 km stretch of the Bellinger River, and possibly a portion of the nearby Kalang River in coastal north eastern New South Wales (NSW). In mid-February, 2015 a significant mortality event was obser
Author(s):
- Jakob-Hoff, Richard M.
- Lees, C.M.
- McGilvray, G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
Organization(s):
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), DE
The Arctic is an increasingly important region faced with major challenges caused not only by the effects of climate change, but also by a growing interest in its living and non-living resources, its attraction as a new destination for tourism, and as a route for navigation.
Anna's Forest focuses on the need to protect life on land (SDG #15). After Anna’s father finds out that he is facing some serious health concerns, enhanced by the pollution in the city, she and her family temporarily move to the countryside.
Organization(s):
- Tinta Vital
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- UNICEF
The Guidelines aim to be equally relevant for any taxon on Earth. Recent experience has shown that no two planning situations are the same.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Species Conservation Planning Sub-Committee
The Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot is known to be one of the most biologically rich and complex regions on Earth.
Author(s):
- Máiz-Tomé, Laura
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Numa, C.
- Barrios, V.
- Smith, K. G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Vultures are a characteristic, distinctive and spectacular component of the biodiversity of the environments they inhabit. They also provide critically important ecosystem services by cleaning up carcasses and other organic waste in the environment.
Organization(s):
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Secretariat
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Vulture Specialist Group
- BirdLife International
- Vulture Conservation Foundation
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
The Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket, Zeuneriana marmorata, is a rare bush-cricket species, which is found in a few wetlands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and Slovenia. For several decades, Z.
Author(s):
- Hochkirch, Axel
- Gomboc, Stanislav
- Veenvliet, Paul
- Lipovšek, Gregor
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grasshopper Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invertebrates Conservation Sub-Committee
- L'Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket, Zeuneriana marmorata, is a rare bush-cricket species, which is found in a few wetlands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and Slovenia. For several decades, Z.
Author(s):
- Hochkirch, Axel
- Tami, Francesca
- Fanin, Yannick
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grasshopper Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invertebrates Conservation Sub-Committee
- L'Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Bonn Challenge, launched in September 2011 and extended by the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests, is an enormous opportunity to improve environmental and social outcomes globally, nationally and sub-nationally.
Author(s):
- Dave, R.
- Moraes, M.
- Raes, Leander
- Karangwa, C.
- Simonit, Silvio
- Saint-Laurent, Carole
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Here we report on the ninth iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered to be among the most endangered worldwide and the most in need of conservation measures.
Author(s):
- Schwitzer, Christoph
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Rylands, Anthony B.
- Chiozza, Federica
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
- Macfie, Elizabeth J.
- Wallis, Janette
- Cotton, Alison
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- International Primatological Society
- Conservation International
- Bristol Zoological Society (BZS), UK
Charcoal is widely used for cooking and heating in developing countries.
This Youth Voices Curriculum Sourcebook, developed as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress Hawai'i 2016 to reach younger generations, aims to infuse nature into teaching and learning endeavors, to help (re)connect children and youth with nature, and to inspire their passion and action for
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- East-West Center, US
- UNEP
In 2015, the Canadian Parks Council (CPC) formed a citizen working group to develop an action guide to connect Canadians with Nature. One year later, The Nature Playbook was launched to great acclaim.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- Canadian Parks Council (CPC)
CONTENTS:
Unit A2 1: Physical Processes, Landforms and Management
Author(s):
- Thom, Martin
- Armstrong, Eileen
The objective of the Our Common Dignity initiative has been to contribute towards building awareness of rights issues in World Heritage and heritage management, to promote ‘good practice’ approaches to rights and their enabling conditions, and to develop and recommend relevant tools and guideline
Author(s):
- Sinding-Larsen, Amund
- Larsen, Peter Bille
Organization(s):
- ICOMOS Australia
- ICOMOS South Africa
- ICOMOS India
- ICOMOS Norway
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Washington DC Office
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are areas contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. KBAs need to be managed to ensure environmental flows are sufficient to support these fragile freshwater ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Tognelli, Marcelo F.
- Máiz-Tomé, Laura
- Kraus, Dan
- Lepitzki, Dwayne
- Mackie, Gerry
- Morris, Todd
- Carney, Joseph
- Alfonso, Noel
- Tonn, Bill
- Cox, Neil
- Smith, Kevin G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- Conservation International
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognised as having the highest global nature conservation priority.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
The aim of this study is to provide an overview of national legal instruments in all European Union Member States related to protection of the marine environment from plastic pollution, and to support upcoming European policy efforts such as the EU Strategy on Plastics, but also other future effo
Author(s):
- Arroyo Schnell, A.
- Gómez Girón, E.
- Klein, N.
- Sousa, J.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, European Regional Office
Author(s):
- Alexander, Sasha
- Dudley, Nigel
Organization(s):
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
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
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