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                IUCN Publication

                Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Korean version)

                IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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                2008
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                Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Arabic version)

                IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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                IUCN Publication

                Development of climate change scenarios

                This report documents the modelled scenarios of local climate variability due to global climatic change, using the projected climate changes to modify the “no change”, 76-year long, monthly sub-catchment rainfall sequences, and average monthly evaporation values that serve as input to the hydrolo

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                Fish and invertebrate life histories and important fisheries of the Pangani River Basin

                This report describe the relationships between the timing and magnitude of freshwater flows in the Pangani system and the biology and life history characteristics of its key fish and invertebrate species.

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                Task 5 report : an assessment of understanding and knowledge gaps : final report

                This report provides information to enhance understanding of water-related ecological and economic systems of the Pangani Basin based on work which was already completed then with a view to identifying gaps and development of Terms of Reference for specialist studies to address the gaps.

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                Hydraulic study of Lake Jipe, Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir and Kirua Swamp

                This report documents information on surface water inflows and groundwater recharge in maintaining water levels in Lake Jipe and the Kirua swamps and water levels (or depth) and inundated areas in Lake Jipe, Nyumba ya Mungu and Kirua Swamp associated with different antecedent river flows and seas

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                IUCN Publication

                Basin delineation report : final report

                This report addresses study area delineation and site selection for the Pangani Environmental Flow Assessment work. The task was accomplished by first separately delineating relatively homogeneous zones and sub-zones along the river and estuary, and for socio-economic activities in the basin.

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                2008
                Non IUCN Publication

                Conservation biology of freshwater turtles and tortoises : a compilation project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

                Chelonian Research Monographs is an international peer-reviewed scientific publication series for monograph-length manuscripts, collected proceedings of symposia, edited compilations, and other longer turtle-related research documents.

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                IUCN Publication

                Natural World Heritage nominations : a resource manual for practitioners

                This Resource Manual represents IUCN’s advice to States Parties which are considering nominating a natural or mixed property for World Heritage status.

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                Compliance and enforcement for coastal fisheries management in Fiji

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                2008
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                Learning to change the future : a bird's-eye view of the history of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                Socioeconomic and ecological monitoring toolkit : Huraa Mangrove Nature Reserve

                In this toolkit, we focus on both human (socioeconomic) and biophysical (ecological) aspects of monitoring. Socioeconomic monitoring normally focuses on people’s knowledge and attitude towards an ecosystem as well as their natural resource use and dependence.

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                IUCN Publication

                Flow : the essentials of environmental flows

                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.

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                IUCN Publication

                Évaluation de l'efficacité de la gestion des aires protégées : aires protégés de la République du Togo

                Les aires protégées du Togo sont soumises à de fortes pressions, essentiellement dues à l’influence des populations. De même, la diversité faunique reste très menacée. Cette étude avance un certain nombre de recommandations pour tenter d’améliorer cette situation à court et à moyen terme.

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                2008
                Non IUCN Publication

                The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity (TEEB) : an interim report

                The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Interim Report, a first assessment stemming from a G8+5 initiative sponsored by Germany and the European Commission, points to the growing pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services across the world and the need for improved valuation metrics for

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                A gateway to PES : using payments for ecosystem services for livelihoods and landscapes

                The main objective of this work is to provide an introduction and sense of direction (i.e. a “Gateway”) into the complicated world of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). It by no means intends to serve as a comprehensive overview of this vast field.

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                Non IUCN Publication

                Making REDD work for the poor : a Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) policy brief

                This paper outlines how the design of REDD could influence its poverty implications and the key requirements for ensuring that REDD works for the poor. It summarises the findings of a much longer analysis recently prepared on behalf of the PEP, entitled Making REDD Work for the Poor.

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                Science in CITES : the biology and ecology of the Southeast Asian Box Turtle and its uses and trade in Malaysia

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                CEC Newsletter

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                Changement climatique et biodiversité dans l'outre-mer européen

                Ce document de référence, réalisé par l'UICN en partenariat avec l'ONERC, offre pour la première fois une analyse comparative des 28 collectivités d'outremer de l'Union Européenne.

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                Climate change and biodiversity in the European Union overseas entities

                This background paper offers for the first time a comparative analysis of the 28 overseas entities of the European Union; its purpose is to establish the current state of existing knowledge on the impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of the European Union overseas entities.

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                IUCN Publication

                Négocier des accords de pêche équitables : un manuel de renforcement des capacités et de référence pour les états côtiers en développement

                Le poisson et les produits de la pêche sont un moyen de subsistance et fournissent d’importantes opportunités de commerce dans de nombreux pays côtiers en développement.

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                Understanding the private demand for international ecosystem services : public attitudes and preferences towards REDD : final report

                This study focused specifically on one perceived opportunity for developing IPES, namely the concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD).

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                Illegal, unreported, and unregulated Pacific salmon fishing in Kamchatka

                The goal of this study was to analyze available information on various types of poaching, assess the scale of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and develop recommendations towards reducing the illegal catch.

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                An overview of the use of plants and animals in traditional medicine systems in Viet Nam

                Traditional medicine in Viet Nam comprises two forms - Traditional Vietnamese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Both are thousands of years old.

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                An overview of the use and trade of plants and animals in traditional medicine systems in Cambodia

                This published document consists of two separate reports produced between 2005 and 2007. These reports have been maintained as separate reports in order to maintain their respective integrities as source documents.

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                IUCN Publication

                What's driving the wildlife trade? : a review of expert opinion on economic and social drivers of the wildlife trade and trade control efforts in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

                South-east Asia is both a centre for the consumption of wildlife products, and also a key supplier of wildlife products to the world.

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas : a global study : report for the project "Global study into management effectiveness evaluation of protected areas"

                The Global Study into management effectiveness evaluation was conducted between late 2005 and 2007.

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas : a global study : supplementary report No. 1 : overview of approaches and methodologies

                In this supplementary report, we summarise a selection of methodologies that have been used in different regions around the world for different purposes. References are given wherever possible for the reader to find more details where desired.

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                IUCN Publication

                Agricultural ecosystems : facts and trends

                The rapid increase in food prices in many countries has led to substantial media attention on agriculture. We hope that providing this Facts and Trends publication will help uncover some key trade-offs that mean extremely challenging decisions for governments, farmers, consumers and industry.

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                Procedimiento para la asignación de las categorías internacionales de manejo de áreas protegidas de la UICN

                Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.

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                Procedure for assigning IUCN protected area management categories

                Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.

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                IUCN Publication

                Gobernanza forestal en Centroamérica : una aproximación al conocimiento de la gestión de los ecosistemas forestales

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                Diagnóstico de medios de vida y capitales de la comunidad de Humedales de Medio Queso, Los Chiles, Costa Rica.

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                2008
                IUCN Publication

                Memoria del taller sobre manejo forestal comunitario, políticas forestales e incidencia política

                Este documento refleja los aprendizajes alcanzados tras la sistematización de un conjunto de experiencias sobre manejo forestal comunitario, su relación con las políticas forestales y la incidencia política.

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                IUCN Publication

                Guidelines for management planning of protected areas (Arabic version) (لخطوط الارشادية للتخطيط الاداري للمناطق المحمية)

                A Management Plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.

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                ظام التخطيط الوطني للمناطق المحميه

                A system plan is the design of a total reserve system covering the full range of ecosystems and communities found in a particular country, identifying the range of purposes of protected areas and the relationships among the system components (i.e.

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                IUCN Publication

                Seguimiento ambiental en Centroamérica : caso de estudio en Panamá, Costa Rica y El Salvador

                El desarrollo de la EIA se ha enfocado principalmente a la etapa de análisis ambiental de los proyectos previa a la obtención del permiso ambiental, dejando a la etapa de seguimiento con un menor grado de desarrollo.

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                Base financiera de la gestión ambiental en Centroamérica

                La base financiera de la gestión ambiental está intrínsicamente ligada en la actualidad a temas como cambio climático, cooperación internacional, justicia ambiental, distribución equitativa de beneficios que se generan con el uso de la biodiversidad, reconocimiento de valores culturales, y con lo

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                Memoria del primer conversatorio sobre ambiente y desarrollo urbano

                La Memoria del Primer Conversatorio sobre Ambiente y Desarrollo Urbano, realizado en noviembre de 2007 en Costa Rica, se realizó con el fin de intercambiar experiencias sobre la integración del criterio ambiental y de riesgo dentro de la planificación del desarrollo de las ciudades centroamerican

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                2008
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                生物多様性:ホテルでの取り組み

                Biodiversity plays an important role in the day-to-day life of a hotel. From the food in the restaurant and wood in furniture and fittings, to the amenities in the spa, the products of biodiversity are everywhere inside hotels.

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                Building biodiversity business (Japanese version)

                The challenge of building biodiversity business is not trivial. Biodiversity is still largely neglected by private finance.

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                State of the world's protected areas 2007 : an annual review of global conservation progress

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                2008
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                Management planning for natural World Heritage properties : a resource manual for practitioners

                World Heritage properties are some of the most unique places on our planet because of the range of outstanding and unique natural or cultural features and values that they contain. Like anything precious these places need to be protected and cared for responsibly.

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                Coral bleaching : resistance and resilience

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                2008
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                Sitios naturales sagrados: directrices para administradores de áreas protegidas

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                2008
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                Más allá del acceso : explorando la implementación del compromiso de distribución justa y equitativa en el CDB

                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 CBD’s specific ABS obligations, however, relate to the other side of the equation – benefit sharing.

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                Documentation of local level coping measures : An experience from Central Coastal Belt of Bangladesh

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