Dragonflies, those beautiful and colourful creatures which can often be seen hovering above water, pre-date dinosaurs. Today, some 5,000 species have been described and many more await discovery and description.
Author(s):
Moore, N. W. (Norman Winfrid)
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Odonata Specialist Group
Found in a variety of forms and sometimes with very attractive flowers, cacti and other succulents have elicited widespread interest and tremendous popularity worldwide.
Author(s):
Oldfield, Sara
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group
The Ethiopian wolf is one of many species endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia but with only about 400 adults remaining, it is also the most endangered canid in the world.
Author(s):
Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte)
Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio
Organization(s):
Born Free
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Canid Specialist Group
This handbook illustrates concepts, methods and tools for "primary environmental care", an approach that seeks to empower communities to meet basic needs while protecting the environment.
The Begnas and Rupa lake watershed area, situated in the mid-hills of Nepal, is exceptionally rich in flora and fauna, and has significant tourist value. The ecology is critically threatened by increasing human intervention.
Organization(s):
IUCN Nepal
Nepal, National Conservation Strategy Implementation Programme
This study makes use of extensive spatial datasets, not previously available, to provide for the first time a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of biodiversity in the terrestrial tropics.
For centuries, genetic resources not protected by Intellectual Property Rights were collected and used without any regulation. They were a free good available for everyone. Huge profits were made but never shared with the custodians of biological diversity.
Cave and karst landforms are distributed widely around the world. They have many values and are an integral component of the world's biodiversity. Some are habitats for a wide range of endemic species of flora and fauna, while others house rare and endangered species.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Working Group on Cave and Karst Protection
Books and papers on medicinal plants number tens of thousands worldwide. The bulk of them relate to pharmacology and medicinal properties or to classical ethnobotanical research.
Author(s):
Schippmann, Uwe
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Medicinal Plant Specialist Group
Stocks of sturgeono used for caviar are on the decline worldwide with some species now in danger of extinction. This situation has been caused partly by excessive fishing of sturgeon, but also by the destruction of sturgeon habitats and water pollution.
Author(s):
Birstein, Vadim J.
Bauer, Andreas
Kaiser-Pohlmann, Astrid
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sturgeon Specialist Group
It is not surprising that the issues involved in what is known as the "trade and environment" debate are manifold and complex. What is involved is an intersection of objectives which address economy, development, enviornment and equity.
These proceedings document the initial results of a joint initiative by IUCN and the World Bank to address, with key stakeholders, one of the most controversial issues in environment and development today.
One of a series of reports which have been produced by IUCN Nepal as part of its work in the legal implementation of the Nepal's National Conservation Startegy (NCS). It gives an account of the status of international environmental law in Nepal
This report summarizes the discussions of the Workshop on Alien Invasive Species held in Montreal (CA) during the WCC October 13-23, 1996. This report is produced to foster implementation of multi-party objectives concerning management of alien invasive species globally.
Outlines the needs for, and benefits of, economic valuation techniques as applied to wetlands and development projects intended to alter them, and describes some of these techniques in detail.
Author(s):
Acreman, Michael C.
Barbier, Edward B.
Knowler, Duncan
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
The Convention on biological diversity was drafted with in mind the conservation of the world's natural resources, their sustainable use and the equal sharing of their benefits.
Author(s):
Stone, David
Ringwood, Kristina
Vorhies, Frank
Organization(s):
IUCN
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), CH
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is widely recognised as one of Africa's longest-standing experiments in multiple land-use promoting both natural resource conservation and pastoral development in northern Tanzania.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
IUCN, Protected Areas Programme
Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Fishponds represent a rich natural and cultural heritage of tremendous importance and are of great economic value to the regions in which they are found. This is particularly true of the fishponds found in Central and Eastern Europe, some of which were established 5 and 600 years ago.