Wetlands play a very important role in the lives of the people of Lao PDR. The majority of the population of 4.1 million live in the wetland rich Mekong basin and are dependent on wetlands for subsistence and income generation.
Author(s):
Claridge, Gordon
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Co-ordination Office for South and Southeast Asia
IUCN, Wetlands Programme
UNEP, Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and the Pacific
Today, there is increasing recognition that traditional and indigenous knowledge systems can provide alternative strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, a realisation that is strongly reflected in the Convention on biological diversity.
With almost 5000 island and islets, the Mediterranean comprises one of the largest groups of islands in the world. With its wealth of species, high degree of endemism, long history and tolerance of all kinds of disruptions, it is of extremely high value to global biodiversity.
Author(s):
Delanoë, Olivia
Montmollin, Bertrand de
Olivier, Louis
Organization(s):
bio conseils s.a.
Chicago Zoological Society, US
Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles
Institut des aménagements régionaux et de l'environnement
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
This action plan chronicles the threats faced by wild orchids, but more importantly to critical habitats that host extraordinarily high orchid diversity and endemicity.
Author(s):
Dumont, Vinciane
Hágsater, Eric
Pridgeon, Alec M.
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
Foundation for the Conservation of Wild Orchids
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Orchid Specialist Group
This publication is aimed at helping IUCN's members to understand the scope and the mechanisms of debt conversion, and to spot opportunities for their own action in this important field.
Author(s):
Kaiser, Jürgen
Lambert, Alain
Organization(s):
IUCN
Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations, CH
EURODAD - European Network on Debt and Development
This is the only comprehensive guide to organizations in all parts of the world that are concerned with the urgent problems of the environment and natural resources. The fifth edition is completely revised. It describes more that 2,600 organizations in over 200 countries.
Organization(s):
California Institute of Public Affairs, US
International Center for the Environment and Public Policy
The Convention on Biological Diversity is an historic commitment by the worlds nations to conserve biodiversity, to use biological resources sustainably and to share equitably the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
The Convention on Biological Diversity is an historic commitment by the worlds nations to conserve biodiversity, to use biological resources sustainably and to share equitably the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
This handbook was written for staff working in protected areas around the world (including parks, wilderness areas, resarch areas, and other types of protected landscapes) who encounter conflicts of all kinds.
The Greater One-horned Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, is found only in nine protected areas in Nepal and India. Fewer that 2,000 continue to exist in the wild.
Outlines approaches to assessment of the status and sustainability of national biodiversity. Methods are introduced for biodiversity survey, assessment of the status of species and habitats, and identification of local users of biological resources and the importance and impacts of such use.
Author(s):
Groombridge, Brian
Jenkins, Martin
Organization(s):
IUCN
UNEP
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Administration
This work forms part of a preparatory phase leading to a handbook providing guidelines for the sustainable utlization and integrated management of tropical peatlands.
Based on information derived from literature, statistics, interviews and a field survey in Bolivia, this report explores the value of non-timber forest products not only in economic terms but also as an important element in the lives of people who live in or near the forest.
Author(s):
Broekhoven, Guido
Organization(s):
IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
University of Utrecht, Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, NL
Prince Bernhard Centre for International Nature Conservation
Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the 36 wild cats of the world. It includes the first published collection of detailed range maps and some of the first photographs of rare species in the wild.
Author(s):
Jackson, Peter
Nowell, Kristin
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cat Specialist Group
The threats to the forests of tropical America have been the centre of international environmental concern for some time, yet the material in this atlas highlights the continuing extent of scientific uncertainty over the critical issues that will determine the future use and conservation of these
Organization(s):
British Petroleum (BP)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Examines the educational and training needs arising from relevant legal instruments; covers education and training currently undertaken by national programmes; and, by considering the range of tools available, identifies initiatives for improving the environmental education of scientists, support
Sir Martin Holdgate, former IUCN Director General, was a principal author of both the "World conservation strategy" and "Caring for the earth". In this book, he brings his unrivalled experience to the task of reviewing progress to date and examining what now needs to be done.
This structured list of "keywords" has been compiled to aid indexing of conservation and biological diversity information. Terms were selected from lists already in use within IUCN and from such internationally accepted sources as the OECD Macro-thesaurus.
Community forestry aims to assist local people to improve their livelihoods by successfully managing their natural resources, particularly trees and forests, through forestry-related projects.
Some two dozen countries are already classified as water-scarce, and this-as areas as diverse as Israel, southern California and even the Netherlands know - is not a problem confined to the South.
Intégrant la compréhension de la dynamique des écosystèmes et la recherche en écologie des populations, l'étude des peuplements est devenue une approche fondamentale de l'écologie. R. Barbault en propose ici une synthèse, véritable introduction écologique à la dynamique de la biodiversité.
Annotated with introductions and explanations of key environmental concepts, problems and prospects, this is a collection of pieces on the theme of global environmental politics from a diversity of viewpoints.
