Esta publicación tiene por objeto ayudar a los funcionarios de gobierno a fortalecer su capacidad de negociación y promover la cooperación entre actores estatales en el ámbito de los recursos hídricos compartidos.
Author(s):
Iza, Alejandro
Organization(s):
Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
The eastern chimpanzee is classified as endangered and of global conservation concern. This publication offers a 10-year plan which, if fully implemented, will go a long way to ensuring the maintenance of viable populations of the eastern chimpanzee across much of its existing range.
<p>Llamamos el Mar de Alborán la zona marítima que es la entrada y salida del Mar Mediterráneo y el punto de contacto entre Europa y África. Es un área muy rica en biodiversidad y por lo tanto requiere una protección y gestión eficaz.
Author(s):
Robles, Rafael
Organization(s):
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Spain, Diputación de Malaga, Medio Ambiente y Articulación Territorial
The Mediterranean Sea is a highly variable and dynamic environment, with very high biologic diversity. However, human activities have a large impact on this environment and sometimes lead to permanent ecosystem shifts.
Author(s):
Würtz, Maurizio
Organization(s):
France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable et de la Mer
France, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes
UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
The Greening Blue Energy project aims to facilitate well-balanced and science-based discussions on the impacts on the marine environment from offshore renewable energy developments and as such this publication provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the potential biodiversity impacts of offs
This beautiful picture book is an effort to present a cross section of the activities recently implemented by IUCN Sri Lanka in encouraging wise use of natural resources in that country.
The Mediterranean Sea is a virtually enclosed basin that is frequented by three sea turtle species. In the last three decades the interest in sea turtles in the Mediterranean has continuously increased, motivated by a growing concern for these threatened animals.
Author(s):
Casale, Pablo
Margaritoulis, D.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Marine Turtle Specialist Group
UNEP
UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
Le processus collectif de compréhension et daction par les communautés locales et dautres acteurs sociaux se trouve au cur de la « cogestion » des ressources naturelles.
Author(s):
Borrini, Grazia
Farvar, M. Taghi
Kothari, Ashish
Pimbert, Michel
Renard, Yves
Organization(s):
Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA), IR
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), Natural Resources Group
IIED, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Collaborative Management Working Group
The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines.
The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines.
The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines.
The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local.
Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. This book makes the case for constructive engagement and cooperative forms of negotiation in dealing with complex water issues.
This publication reports on the current status of American bison, in the wild and in conservation herds, and makes recommendations on how to ensure that the species is conserved for the future.
Author(s):
Gates, C. Cormack
Freese, Curtis H.
Gogan, Peter J. P.
Kotzman, Mandy
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Bison Specialist Group
In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated 'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital biodiversity.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), NP
This manual is the product of countries requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships ballast water
Wetland ecosystems and the amazing diversity of plants and animals that inhabit them are thought to be more threatened than any other ecosystem. The Okavango Delta, as the world's largest inland delta, is no exception.
Author(s):
Hudson, Mike Murray
Mendelson, John
Mosepele, Keta
Ramberg, Lars
VanderPost, Cornelis
Wolski, P.
Organization(s):
IUCN
University of Botswana, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, BW
Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the worlds terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.
This report has been produced by ZSL in collaboration with WWF, IUCN and SSC. It considers for the first time the current status and trends of global vertebrates in the context of human pressures, with a particular focus on threatened, novel and evolutionary distinct species.
A poignant but hilarious journey into the arcane world of birdwatching by one of the most popular names in British comedy, Bearded Tit is Rory McGrath’s story of life among birds.
This is a fascinating pictorial guide book on the wild flowers of Bhutan. In this guide book we will find 200 species of wild flowers illustrated with color photographs for easy identification.
Energy policy is on everyone’s mind these days. But there is a serious problem endemic to America’s energy challenges: the resulting policies are overly reactive, enacted once damage is already done, and are too often incomplete, incoherent, and ineffectual. This important volume details this pro
In der Landschaft Mitteleuropas unterliegen fast alle Flächen einer regelmässigen Nutzung, Pflege oder Gestaltung durch den Menschen. Dies trifft auch für die meisten unter Naturschutz stehenden Areale zu, die dem Erhalt bestimmter Kulturlandschaftsformen dienen.
This guide emphasizes the ecological goals that are nowadays set in every hydraulic engineering planning. It uses several examples to show how modern flood protection can create living rivers. The examples of successful river revitalization documented in this book are groundbreaking.
In this publication, Professor Rudi van Aarde sheds light on what we really know, and don't, about elephants, their dynamics, and conservation management in Southern Africa.
ISBA/15/A/2 : Rapport du Secrétaire général de l'Autorité internationale des fonds marins présenté au titre de l'article 166, paragraphe 4, de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer
ISBA/15/A/5-ISBA/15/C/6 : Rapport de la Commissionde finances
ISBA/15/A/2 : Informe del Secretario General de la Autoridad Internacional de los Fondos Marinos en cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 4 del articulo 166 de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar
L'attesissimo volume raccoglie i risultati di anni di ricerche floristiche sul Monte Baldo. 1240 pagine per un libro che documenta in modo unico le 1952 specie che sul Monte Baldo, in quello che corrisponde allo 0,2% del territorio alpino, rappresentano ben il 43% dell'intera flora alpina. Il vol
Fred Kofman nous invite à réconcilier et organiser les potentialités offertes à l’être humain, en considérant l’entreprise comme une communauté humaine consciente, c'est-à-dire combinant et équilibrant les valeurs émotionnelles, morales, mentales et spirituelles qui la constituent.
Food, Inc. is a powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America. Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it?
These guidelines aim to assist policy makers and managers in the reduction of the risks to coastal communities, their infrastructure and service-providing ecosystems from tsunamis, storm surges and other coastal hazards within the phased framework of Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM).
Forest certification is widely seen as an important component of strategies for conserving the world"s forests. During the 1990s concern about the loss of biodiversity in logged forests was a key driver behind the emergence of forest certification.
