La Trousse à outils contient douze outils pratiques ; chacun d’eux est conçu pour aider ceux qui sont responsables de la conservation des sites du patrimoine mondial à rassembler tous les éléments d’un cadre de gestion exhaustif, en ce compris l’élaboration de stratégies de suivi ciblées
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Secretariat
The Toolkit contains twelve practical tools, each designed to help those responsible for World Heritage site conservation piece together the elements of a comprehensive management framework, including the construction of targeted monitoring strategies.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Secretariat
Biodiversity policies promote the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of biologically diverse ecosystems and habitats. In doing so, they create significant public benefits and contribute to social well-being.
Author(s):
Bagnoli, Philip
Goeschl, Timo
Kovács, Eszter
Organization(s):
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
This report explores the nature of agriculture-wetland interactions through the application of the drivers, pressures, state changes, impacts and responses (DPSIR) framework to 90 cases drawn from around the world. The report also discusses the role of wetlands in attaining the Millenium Developm
Author(s):
Halsema, Gerardo E. van
Wood, Adrian P.
Organization(s):
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Last Child in the Woods is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults.
In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological systems.
IUCNs 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
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
The colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle.
Author(s):
Mackey, Brendan (Brendan G.)
Keith, Heather
Berry, Sandra L.
Lindenmayer, David B.
Organization(s):
Australian National University, Fenner School of Environment and Society, AU
No livro são apresentados dados sobre a biologia, distribuição geográfica, presença em unidades de conservação, principais ameaças, estratégias de conservação, indicações de especialistas e de núcleos de pesquisa e conservação envolvidos com as espécies.
Author(s):
Machado, Angelo B. M.
Drummond, Gláucia Moreira
Paglia, Adriano Pereira
Organization(s):
Brazil, Ministério do Meio Ambiente
Brazil, Ministry of the Environment, Secretariat for Biodiversity and Forests, Department for Biodiversity Conservation
Global poverty, economist Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about 80% of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty.
The aim of this research is to: 1) identify the negative impact of conservation policies implemented in living World Heritage sites on the social quality of traditional communities; 2) develop a design tool constraining spatial morphology to overcome the negative influences on the social quality
This book is about the conservation of genetic diversity of wild plants in situ in their natural surroundings, primarily in existing protected areas but also outside conventional protected areas.
Author(s):
Iriondo, José María
Maxted, Nigel
Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan
Organization(s):
CAB International
European Union
European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR)
This text covers both theoretical and applied aspects of sustainable management, with a particular emphasis on reviewing concepts and addressing implementation issues in the form of case studies from around the world.
This book aims to celebrate from where no-till has come, and to advance the concept by sharing the latest information and knowledge from around the world. New frontiers and the most recent developments are discussed.
Author(s):
Goddard, Tom
Zoebisch, Michael A.
Gan, Yantai
Ellis, Wyn
Watson, Alex
Samran Sombatpanit
Organization(s):
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC)
The Government of Botswana is proud to have finalized the development of the Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP). The ODMP will provide a contextual framework within which all other sector plans should operate within the North West District.
Collection of photos of white-naped cranes as seen in Korea. The publication includes two essays regarding the cranes and their habitats, as well as an introduction by and CV of the photographer.
Author(s):
Yoon, Soon-Young
Organization(s):
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
This book aims to answer questions relating to species introduced into the Macaronesian environment, including the Canary Islands (Spain), Madeira (Portugal) and the Azores (Portugal).
Author(s):
Silva, Luís
Ojeda Land, Elizabeth
Rodríguez Luengo, Juan Luis
Organization(s):
Agência Regional da Energia e Ambiente da Região Autónoma dos Açores (ARENA)
