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Aquaculture currently faces a significant challenge: how to fulfill the expectation of alleviating the pressure that fishing fleets exercise on fish populations without leading to environmental problems.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Federation of European Aquaculture Producers
- Spain, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
Author(s):
- Mahindapala, Ranjith
- Jeanmonod, Denise
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
This document should be read in conjunction with the abovementioned Asia-Pacific Guidelines for the Development of National ESD Indicators (UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2007).
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- UNESCO
- Japanese Funds in Trust, JP
This publication aims to provide stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region with a practical resource from which to develop an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) indicator framework at the national level.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- UNESCO
- Japanese Funds in Trust, JP
Les chances de conserver ces grands singes en danger seront considérablement améliorées si les compagnies forestières sont prêtes à apporter quelques aménagements à leur politique de gestion des concessions forestières.
Author(s):
- Morgan, David
- Sanz, Crickette
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
Aquaculture currently faces a significant challenge: how to fulfill the expectation of alleviating the pressure that fishing fleets exercise on fish populations without leading to environmental problems.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Federation of European Aquaculture Producers
- Spain, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Fewer than 11% of CBD Parties have adopted substantive ABS law, and nearly all of these are developing countries, focusing almost entirely on the access side of the equation. Most of the CBDs specific ABS obligations, however, relate to the other side of the equation benefit sharing.
Author(s):
- Walloe, Morten
- Young, Tomme
Organization(s):
- Fridtjof Nansen Institute, NO
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
This book provides a systematic analysis of the requirements of access law, both the CBD requirements and the basic requirements of enforceable legislation.
Author(s):
- Cabrera Medaglia, Jorge A.
- López Silva, Christian
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
The objective of these guidelines is to evolve a systematically designed common approach for rehabilitation of a vegetation buffer stable enough to absorb the devastating energy of natural disasters. These Guidelines provide implementers with a quick reference to the procedures.
Viet Nam is a very beautiful country made up of mountains, forests, lush river deltas and wide expanses of coasts and beaches. But with one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Viet Nam is undergoing major changes.
The need to establish a coastal green belt following the post-tsunami scenario has led to unregulated rehabilitation work.
The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practised for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsula. It is the most widespread and longstanding indigenous/traditional conservation institution in the Middle East, and perhaps on Earth!
Author(s):
- Kilani, Hala
- Serhal, Assaad
- Llewellyn, Othman Abd-ar-Rahman
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for West, Central Asia and North Africa
- Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), LB
In the Mediterranean region alone, there are more than 4400 protected areas, of which 67% have been assigned an IUCN category.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- Spain, Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Medio Ambiente
Azsarenau Sochiyay Inkar Kijyay Kum Kijyay is a significant publication for ESD in Urdu language due its concentration on the philosophical dimensions of sustainable development and critical analysis of the current unsustainable practices in the world on the one hand.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Author(s):
- Bergkamp, Ger
- Dyson, Megan
- Scanlon, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Over 40% of the primary forest in Lao PDR remains but this is under increasing pressure. Floristic diversity is poorly known and botanical work almost non-existent.
Author(s):
- Newman, Mark
- Ketphanh, Sounthone
- Svengsuksa, Bouakhaykhone
- Thomas, Philip
- Sengdala, Khamphone
- Lamxay, Vichith
- Armstrong, Kate
Organization(s):
- IUCN Laos
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK
- Darwin Initiative, UK
Amphibian populations are disappearing from habitats all around the world. The crisis caught us by surprise - and only now are we able to fully grasp the scope of the situation.
Author(s):
- Church, Don R.
- Collins, James P.
- Gascon, Claude
- McKay, Jeanne E.
- Mendelson III, Joseph R.
- Moore, Robin D.
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Amphibian Specialist Group
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is recognized by IUCN as Critically Endangered, and is the most threatened taxon of ape in Africa. Work during the last two decades has revealed that fewer than 300 Cross River gorillas may remain, spread across an area of about 12,000 km2.
Author(s):
- Bergl, Richard
- Dunn, Andrew
- Fotso, Roger Corneille
- Imong, Inaoyom
- Nicholas, Aaron
- Nkembi, Louis
- Oates, J.F.
- Omeni, Fidelis
- Sunderland-Groves, Jacqueline L.
- Takang, Ebai
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This reference work covering 546 native and 33 introduced species is a very important contribution on the biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Europe. Much of the information presented is drawn from original research conducted over 8 years in 24 European countries.
Author(s):
- Freyhof, Jörg
- Kottelat, Maurice
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Freshwater Fish Specialist Group
- North of England Zoological Society, UK
- Wetlands International
Re-introduction is one tool for conserving great apes and their natural habitats. These guidelines adapt other IUCN documents to pertain specifically to the re-introduction of great apes.
Author(s):
- Beck, Benjamin B.
- Rodrigues, Michelle
- Stoinski, Tara
- Travis, Dominic A.
- Unwin, Steve
- Walkup, Kristina
Organization(s):
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
This volume, the proceedings of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2004 Nairobi Colloquium, surveys global experience in implementing land use policies along the sustainable development continuum.
Author(s):
- Chalifour, Nathalie J.
- Kameri-Mbote, Patricia
- Lye, Lin Heng
- Nolon, John R.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Author(s):
- Bos, Elroy
- Craker, Cindy
- Murith, Deborah
- Pirot, Jean-Yves
- Workman, James
Author(s):
- Bos, Elroy
- Craker, Cindy
- Murith, Deborah
- Pirot, Jean-Yves
- Workman, James
Author(s):
- Boudjelas, Souyad
- Browne, Michael
- De Poorter, Maj
- Lowe, Sarah
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
The conservation outlook of these endangered apes will improve significantly if forestry companies are prepared to make a few changes to management policies in logging concessions.
Author(s):
- Morgan, David
- Sanz, Crickette
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
While the business case for climate change is now widely recognized, the business case for biodiversity has only to a limited extent been addressed.
Organization(s):
- Alcoa Foundation
- Alterra
- IUCN, Business and Biodiversity Programme
Este texto reúne las ponencias del Segundo Seminario Internacional Mujeres indígenas, territorialidad y biodiversidad.
Author(s):
- Donato, Luz Marina
- Escobar, Elsa Matilda
- Escobar, Pía
- Pazmiño, Aracely
- Ulloa, Astrid
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Fundación Natura de Colombia, CO
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, CO
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Aquaculture currently faces a significant challenge: how to fulfill the expectation of alleviating the pressure that fishing fleets exercise on fish populations without leading to environmental problems.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Important Bird Areas and Important Plant Areas have already been identified in more than 170 countries.
Author(s):
- Bakarr, Mohamed I.
- Bennun, Leon A.
- Brooks, Thomas M.
- Clay, Rob P.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- De Silva, Naamal
- Edgar, Graham J.
- Eken, Güven
- Fishpool, Lincoln D. C.
- Fonseca, Gustavo A. B. da
- Foster, Matthew N.
- Knox, David H.
- Langhammer, Penny F.
- Matiku, Paul
- Radford, Elizabeth A.
- Rodrigues, Ana S. L.
- Salaman, Paul
- Sechrest, Wes
- Tordoff, Andrew W.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- James Cook University, AU
- Rainforest CRC, AU
Author(s):
- Bos, Elroy
- Craker, Cindy
- Murith, Deborah
- Pirot, Jean-Yves
- Workman, James
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Author(s):
- Bergkamp, Ger
- Dyson, Megan
- Scanlon, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Author(s):
- Bergkamp, Ger
- Dyson, Megan
- Scanlon, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Numerous scientific studies show that biodiversity in Europe has been declining rapidly for some time and that this pattern has been matched by the great periods of expansion and intensification of land use.
Author(s):
- Temple, Helen J.
- Terry, Andrew
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Europe
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Europe
The first practical hands-on guide to repairing the damage done by irresponsible forest activity, explaining how to increase the resilience of landscapes and the communities they support.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localised species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
- Strahm, Wendy
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localised species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
- Strahm, Wendy
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
This study of contemporary timber trade has provided a revealing example of how governance shortfalls in the forestry sector can ultimately affect the prospects for achieving national economic growth and poverty objectives.
Author(s):
- Milledge, Simon
- Gelvas, Ised
- Ahrends, Antje
Organization(s):
- TRAFFIC East-Southern Africa
- Tanzania, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
- Tanzania Development Partners Group, TZ
This publication has been prepared as part of the Flow Assessment Component of the Pangani River Basin Management Project.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Regional Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Pangani Basin Water Office (PBWO), TZ
The African Elephant Database is a spatial database used to store, manage, analyze and disseminate information on the distribution and abundance of elephant populations on the African continent, in order to provide a current and accurate picture of the status African elephants.
Author(s):
- Blanc, Julian J.
- Barnes, R. F. W.
- Craig, G. C.
- Dublin, Holly T.
- Thouless, C. R.
- Douglas-Hamilton, Iain
- Hart, J. A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
- United States, Fish and Wildlife Service
- European Commission
A massively important book in our new age of conflict that makes clear the links between international trade policy, aid and conflict and war over the control of resources such as oil, water, timber and diamonds.
Organization(s):
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
- IUCN
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
Author(s):
- Blagovidov, Alexei
- Kopylova, Elena
- Shmatkov, Nikolay
- Tepliakov, V. K. (Viktor Konstantinovich)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
- IUCN Russia
- IUCN, Global Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme
- Canada, CIDA
Though various studies and scientific assessments highlight the contribution of the forestry sector in terms of various ecosystem services, not much work has been initiated on the valuation of and the accounting for the ecological functions of forest ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Kumar, Pushpam
- Sanyal, Sanjeev
- Sinha, Rajiv
- Sukhdev, Pavan
Organization(s):
- Green Indian States Trust
In this paper, the authors attempt to value the biodiversity functions of India's natural ecosystems and suggest a method to adjust national (GDP) and state income (GSDP) accounts.
Author(s):
- Gundimeda, Haripriya
- Sanyal, Sanjeev
- Sinha, Rajiv
- Sukhdev, Pavan
Organization(s):
- Green Indian States Trust
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Parrish, Jeffrey
Organization(s):
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Author(s):
- Butorin, Alexei
- Zimenko, Alexey
- Matyushkin, E. N.
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