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Plastic has penetrated everyday life, and the disadvantages of plastics are becoming more and more visible: large quantities of plastics leak into rivers and oceans, with adverse effects to marine ecosystems and related economic activities.
Author(s):
- Boucher, Julien
- Friot, Damien
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
This report provides a first comprehensive overview of marine conservation efforts in the European Overseas: In the context of rapid global development in these areas, it takes stock and pinpoints the actions required to improve marine protection and strengthen resilience in these diverse territo
Author(s):
- Martinez, Carole
- Rockel, Sylvie
- Vieux, Caroline
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Agence Française de Développement, FR
This report draws widely from the diverse experience of landscape partnerships to analyze the challenges and opportunities for businesses and their partners, and lays out critical actions needed by businesses themselves, and by financial institutions, governments and landscape programs, to improv
Author(s):
- Borges, Maria Ana
- Bos, Gerard
- Brasser, Andre
- Gross, Lee
- Scherr, Sara J.
- Shames, Seth
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Water Programme
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a global framework for monitoring the status of ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use, and management decisions by identifying ecosystems most at risk of biodiversity loss
Author(s):
- Bland, L.M.
- Keith, David (David Andrew)
- Miller, Rebecca M.
- Murray, N.J.
- Rodríguez, Jon Paul
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
The Atlas is intended to assist Veterinary Service field staffs involved in animal disease surveillance and diagnostics in identifying important transboundary diseases of livestock.
Author(s):
- Fernández, Peter J.
- White, William R. (William Robert)
Organization(s):
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FR
Author(s):
- Plumptre, Andrew J.
- Ayebare, S.
- Segan, D.
- Watson, J.
- Kujirakwinja, D.
Organization(s):
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
This policy brief explores the issues of ICCAs and overlapping protected areas, discusses key approaches for appropriately recognising, respecting, and supporting overlapped ICCAs, and offers recommendations.
The resource use implications and environmental impacts of our food systems are significant.
Organization(s):
- UNEP, International Resource Panel
The purpose of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (the Aquatic Manual) is to provide a standardised approach to the diagnosis of the diseases listed in the Aquatic Code, to facilitate health certification for trade in aquatic animals and aquatic animal p
Organization(s):
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FR
The Mediterranean region is widely recognised as one of the world’s most sensitive environmental, political, social, economic and cultural hotspots, yet there are many complex and interconnected issues to address. However, the emergence of the Green Economy concept, as coined at the global Rio+20
Organization(s):
- Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)
- Green Economy Coalition (GEC)
This policy brief examines the existing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and ratified National Determined Contributions (NDCs) with regard to the inclusion of specific efforts addressing blue carbon ecosystems, namely mangroves, tidal saltmarshes and seagrasses, as climate mit
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Nature Conservancy, US
This report explores how much nature we have and how much we use, in Korea and the world. It invites the Korean government, business sector and public to rethink the country’s roles and vulnerabilities in a world with increasing resource constraints and climate change threats.
Organization(s):
- WWF Korea
- Global Footprint Network, US
Author(s):
- Fernández Horcajo, Alberto
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) was opened for signature in Washington DC on 3rd March 1973, and to date has 182 Parties from across the world.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- TRAFFIC International
Author(s):
- Carlini, E.
- Zibordi, F.
- Bisi, F.
Organization(s):
- Italy, Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo
The standards in the Aquatic Code are based on the most recent scientific and technical information and have been formally adopted by the World Assembly of OIE Delegates.
Organization(s):
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FR
Author(s):
- Cardoso, Pedro
- Bushell, Mark
- Price, Mark R. Stanley
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Spider and Scorpion Specialist Group
- Finnish Museum of Natural History
- Bristol Zoological Society (BZS), UK
- Instituto das Florestas e Conservacão da Natureza, PT
As species extinction, environmental protection, animal rights, and workplace safety issues come to the fore, zoos and aquariums need keepers who have the technical expertise and scientific knowledge to keep animals healthy, educate the public, and create regional, national, and global conservati
Author(s):
- Irwin, Mark D.
- Stoner, John B.
- Cobaugh, Aaron M.
This resource material is designed as a generic guide for planning, implementing and reporting an integrated vulnerability assessment (IVA) that targets atoll communities in the Pacific Islands region.
Organization(s):
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), FJ
- Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
A 26-page manual describing the site selection, hatchery design, spawning, larval rearing, natural food production, and economic analysis for milkfish.
Author(s):
- Reyes, Ofelia
- Eullaran, Bernardita
- Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T. de
Organization(s):
- Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Aquaculture Department
The first issue of Volume 35 of the Scientific and Technical Review provides a collection of in-depth articles on potential applications of pathogen genomics.
Author(s):
- Murcia, P.R.
- Palmarini, M.
- Belák, S.
Organization(s):
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FR
Author(s):
- Pakingking Jr., Rolando V.
- Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T. de
- Acosta, Belen O.
Organization(s):
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund
- Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Aquaculture Department
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
This overview of the roles of alien species in insect conservation brings together information, evidence and examples from many parts of the world to illustrate their impacts (often severe, but in many cases poorly understood and unpredictable) as one of the primary drivers of species declines, e
In The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise, Dr. Jim L. Bowyer clearly documents an ethically bankrupt position that underlies much of our environmental policy.
The past decade has been an exciting period for foot and mouth disease (FMD) control and elimination efforts.
Author(s):
- Metwally, Samia
- Münstermann, Susanne
Organization(s):
- FAO
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FR
Illegal trade and the trafficking of Tiger Panthera tigris, as well as their parts, products and derivatives, and the poaching which supplies it, is the most immediate threat to the survival of wild tigers. This briefing document highlights top-line findings from the detailed analysis over the 16
Author(s):
- Krishnasamy, Kanitha
- Stoner, Sarah
This book tracks the rise of a powerful idea in global biodiversity conservation.
This monograph represents a compendium of our knowledge on the non-forest plant cover of Poland's Bialowieza National Park.
Author(s):
- Karczewska, Małgorzata
- Kucharski, Leszek
Organization(s):
- Poland, Bialowieski Park Narodowy
This monograph is devoted to the aquatic organisms inhabiting the different kinds of bodies of water present in Białowieża National Park. The publication offers the results of the 2015 inventorying of the aquatic habitats and organisms in the park.
Author(s):
- Krzyściak-Kosińska, Renata
- Wilk-Wozniak, Elzbieta
Organization(s):
- Poland, Bialowieski Park Narodowy
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
- The Shark Trust, UK
The Sixaola river basin is shared between Costa Rica and Panama. Since 2011, the BRIDGE project: Building River Dialogue and Governance has worked to promote better cooperation around transboundary waters, implementing a non-conventional approach for hydrodiplomacy.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
In a large, diverse region like the Pacific, clear and concise communication of both successes and lessons learned is vital for further effective development.
Organization(s):
- Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
Organization(s):
- Zoological Society of London (ZSL), UK
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
Author(s):
- Ang, Andie
- D'Rozario, V.
- Jayasri, S.L.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
After a short introduction of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), the present presentation develops the application of the ecosystem approach by the military sector, in particular in relation to peace-support operations and reconstruction programmes.
Author(s):
- Wit, Piet de
- Noome, Dominique A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
Climate change poses serious threats to many coastal and marine systems, including those being managed as protected areas.
The Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis on the health of our planet and the impact of human activity.
Organization(s):
- Global Footprint Network, US
- WWF
- Zoological Society of London (ZSL), UK
Illegal killing and trade is a major threat to wildlife particularly in Africa. The current levels of elephant and rhino poaching are the highest in decades driven by burgeoning demand for ivory.
Author(s):
- Escot, Lorélie
- Majamba, Hamudi
- Slobodian, Lydia
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN, Environmental Law Programme
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
Author(s):
- Ahmed, Sakib
- Rahman, Shahriar
- Sarowar Alam, A. B. M.
The Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas is a collection of images, text, and figures presenting the importance of soil biology to policy makers, experts, and general readers alike.
Key highlights include:
Organization(s):
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Author(s):
- Gadhavi, Devesh
- Gore, Kedar
- Rahmani, Asad R.
Protecting natural areas and ecosystems is not anti-development. This report shows that by conserving large areas of habitat, natural World Heritage sites also increase resilience to natural and weather-related disasters, support livelihoods for communities, and provide communities with vital pro
Organization(s):
- Dalberg Global Development Advisors
- WWF
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
The highlights featured in this report showcase a variety of IUCN's engagement with business, but it is only a sampling of the outreach underway with its Members, volunteer experts, and colleagues around the world.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
Author(s):
- Guevara, Óscar
- Prüssmann, Johanna
- Suárez, César
- Vergara, Analiz
This book is a compilation of recent developments in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) globally.
Author(s):
- Estrella, Marisol
- Nehren, Udo
- Renaud, Fabrice G.
- Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen
Each year, approximately 300,000 reticulated pythons (Python reticulatus) are harvested from the wild in Indonesia and Malaysia to supply skins for the international trade in exotic leathers.
Author(s):
- Lyons, Jessica A.
- Natusch, Daniel J.D.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Boa and Python Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- IUCN, World Conservation Congress
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