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Ideas for groundwater management

Groundwater is the earth's largest accessible store of fresh water. The volume is almost 100 times that of surface water. In recent decades use of groundwater has grown exponentially. Over 2 billion people depend on it for their daily supply.

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Weaving a web of environmental law

This book is the very first attempt to describe the development of environmental law.

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Linking coastal ecosystems and human well-being : learning from conceptual frameworks and empirical results

This technical report uses the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment to extend awareness on the value of coastal ecosystems, their products and services for human well-being (i.e.

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The ecosystem approach : learning from experience

This book follows applications of the Ecosystem Approach over a 5-10 year period in five locations. Key findings include the vital importance of a full stakeholder analysis, of market analysis and of the promotion of institutional evolution.

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Applying the ecosystem approach in Latin America

This publication is a collection of selected case studies representative of the application of the Ecosystem Approach under different ecological, social, economic and cultural contexts in Latin America.

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Seagrasses and sand dunes

Seagrass meadows and sand dunes are lesser known coastal ecosystems that are located landward from coral reefs and sometimes seaward from mangroves.

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For nature and people : a helping hand to rise from the debris

In the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, four organizations, Both ENDS, World Wide Fund for Nature, Wetlands International and IUCN Netherlands Committee, implemented “Green Coast: for nature and people after the tsunami”, to assist the tsunamiaffected countries in Asia: India, Indonesia, Sr

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Best practice guidelines for surveys and monitoring of great ape populations

The combination of threats currently facing the remaining great apes requires immediate conservation action at all scales – from site-level initiatives, through national and regional strategies, to international conventions and action plans.

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Aspects contemporains du droit de l'environnement en Afrique de l'ouest et centrale

This book (published in French) consists of nine articles written by environmental lawyers from the region, regrouped around three themes: Chapter I deals with “convergences and divergences of national legal frameworks”, and provides illustrations from a number of countries and subjects; Chapter

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Transition to sustainability : towards a humane and diverse world

The environmental movement has made huge progress over the last decades. Among others, it has raised awareness of challenges facing humanity, helped develop a critical mass of policies, and worked towards the implementation of many of these policies in collaboration with other stakeholders.

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Share : managing water across boundaries

This publication provides an overview of the world’s shared water resources and insights for managing these resources.

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Investigación socioambiental : paradigmas aplicados en salud ambiental y educación ambiental

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2008
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Iniciativa Puembo : hacia una agenda compartida para los bosques latinoamericanos. Implementando los acuerdos internacionales y los programas forestales nacionales

Presentación de la Iniciativa Puembo que contribuye a propiciar un espacio de diálogo para avanzar en la implementación del manejo forestal sostenible, atraer la atención política sobre el sector forestal, fomentar la agenda política forestal y a apoyar acciones en el plano nacional, regional e i

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Motions

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Motions

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Preparing for climatic extremes : stories from Noakhali Sadar and Subarnachar low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh

This pictorial book captures the lives and livelihoods of the farmers and fishermen in the Noakhali Sadar and Subarnachar, low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh.It also shows adaptation measures being adopted to respond to current and future changes in the climate regime.As part of the preparatio

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Sacred natural sites : guidelines for protected area managers

Sacred sites are the oldest form of protected areas and many of them are very important biodiversity reservoirs.

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Guide explicatif du traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture

L’entrée en vigueur du Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture signale l’engagement de la communauté mondiale à l’égard d’un accord autonome qui a pour but d’aborder à la fois la nécessité d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire au niveau mondial et

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IUCN Grey Literature

Threatened amphibians of the world

Amphibians are facing an extinction crisis, but getting to the facts has been difficult.

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Coral reefs

Corals are a vital component of marine ecosystems. They provide food and protection for a huge variety of fish and marine life; are crucial to sustaining livelihoods among coastal populations; and a key mechanism for ensuring the protection of low-lying coastal areas.

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Las voces de las islas - las opciones de las islas : desarrollo de estrategias para sobrellevar la rapidez de los cambios en los ecosistemas de islas pequeñas

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.

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La voix des îles, des choix pour les îles : stratégies pour vivre avec les changements rapides des écosystèmes des petites îles

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.

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Orden del día y documentos del Congreso : Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza, Barcelona, 5-14 de octubre de 2008

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Ordre du jour et documentation : Congrès mondial de la nature, Barcelone, 5-14 octobre 2008

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Agenda and documentation : World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, 5-14 October 2008

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Building bridges : business and biodiversity programme annual report 2007

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Evaluation de l'efficacité des aires protégées : parcs et réserves du Mali

Le Mali possède un réseau composé de onze aires protégées et de six zones d’intérêt cynégétique qui couvrent ensemble 4,6% du territoire national.

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Evaluation de l'efficacité des aires protégées : parcs et réserves de Côte d'Ivoire

Les aires protégées de Côte d’Ivoire sont soumises à de fortes pressions, susceptibles de remettre en cause leur avenir.

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Evaluation de l'efficacité des aires protégées : parcs et réserves de Mauritanie

La Mauritanie abrite un réseau d’aires protégées relativement complet et représentatif en ce qui concerne les écosystèmes marins. En revanche, il pourrait être complété par les parties terrestres.

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World heritage and protected areas : an initial analysis of the contribution of the World Heritage Convention to the global network of protected areas presented to the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee, Québec City, Canada, in July 2008

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Colección bibliográfica y audiovisual

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Securing protected areas in the face of global change : key lessons learned from case studies and field learning sites in protected areas

Protected areas have proven themselves to be an effective tool for the conservation of biodiversity in situ.

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Island voices - island choices : developing strategies for living with rapid ecosystem change in small islands

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.

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Enfrentando los problemas de acceso : protegiendo las fuentes, mientras que se brinda certeza a los usuarios

This book provides a systematic analysis of the requirements of access law, both the CBD requirements and the basic requirements of enforceable legislation.

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Mangroves

Mangroves are among the most important ecosystems on the planet. They provide food and protection for a huge variety of marine and land-based species, sustain livelihoods of coastal populations, and provide protection from ocean swell and extreme weather events.

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Building biodiversity business

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

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Protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

This new series of publications on the values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes is intended to document and spell out the various environmental, economic, social and cultural values that Category V protected areas can provide. The first volume addresses the topic of agrobiodiversity.

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Estimating the value of educational capital formation in India

This study aims to review major issues in the measurement of human capital and present some empirical measures of human capital for India. Education is an important component of economic activity, although investment in education is only one of the many forms of investment in human capital.

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Accounting for freshwater quality in India

This monograph first describes the popular types of accounting usually followed in case of freshwater resources.

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Landnutzung und biologische Vielfalt in den Alpen

Der Übergang zur intensiven Landbewirtschaftung, die Nutzungsaufgabe von steilen und abgelegenen Flächen sowie die Ausdehnung des Siedlungsraums haben in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten in den Alpen einen beträchtlichen Verlust an Landschaftsqualität und an biologischer Vielfalt verursacht.

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Tierra : la película de nuestra planeta

Tierra es un canto a la belleza de nuestro planeta y un recordatroio de la delicada fragilidad del lugar donde vivimos.

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2007
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Impacts of climate change on renewable energy sources

It is generally accepted that human emissions of greenhouse gases upset the thermal balance of earth-atmosphere system and ultimately lead to global climate changes. The extent of the changes will depend on future emissions of greenhouse gases and will vary between the Earth's different regions.

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IUCN Grey Literature

Summaries of the IUCN/TRAFFIC analyses of the proposals to amend the CITES appendices at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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Souvenir de Fontainebleau

This is the French-language edition of the catalogue about the castle and the forest of Fontainebleau. It is about an album of lithographies collecting 27 views of the castle and the forest, the high places of the rising tourism and offering a remarkable testimony on Fontainebleau under Louis Phi

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2007
Non IUCN Publication

Graupapageien

Erstmals wird in diesem Buch das bisher äußerst verborgene Leben der Graupapageien in der Natur geschildert. Spannende Reportagen nehmen den Leser mit in die Wälder Zentralafrikas und auf einsame Inseln vor der Küste.

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IUCN Grey Literature

The red book of Southern Africa

A book illustrating the conservation status of thousands of plants and animals in the countries of the South African Development Community.

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Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis

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