Proporciona información sobre los procesos de gestión de áreas protegidas que se han desarrollado en las últimas dos décadas en América Central, con la participación de la sociedad civil. Presenta también, un Directorio de las experiencias de comanejo en el área.
Estudios de caso elaborados por las organizaciones participantes en el Proyecto Incidencia para la Gestión Ambiental con Enfoque de Equidad, con el propósito de presentar los procesos desarrollados a partir de talleres sobre manejo de cuencas hidrográficas, biodiversidad y ecosistemas de tierra s
Resume las principales características y experiencias de participación de la sociedad civil en la gestión de las áreas naturales protegidas; incluye además, el marco insitucional y legal en El Salvador.
Author(s):
Hernández, Gabriela
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
El Salvador, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Ofrece información relevante sobre la gestión compartida de las áreas protegidas en Panamá y dimensiona el impacto de esta forma de gestión en ese país. Presenta también, experiencias de lecciones aprendidas con la participación de organizaciones, grupos e instituciones gestoras de Panamá.
Freshwater in the Mediterranean basin is of huge economic, environmental and livelihood importance. However, with a growing population and an increasing number of tourists, the freshwater resources are under great pressure.
Author(s):
Darwall, W.R.T.
Smith, K. G.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme
The tsunamis of Sunday 26 December 2004 struck without apparent warning on a clear day. Not only was there a devastating loss of life, but coastal resources and infrastructure in the Indian Ocean suffered massive destruction as well.
Author(s):
Wilkinson, Clive R.
Souter, David
Goldberg, Jeremy
Organization(s):
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), AU
Australia, AusAID
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, AU
El enfoque ecosistémico se ha consolidado como una estrategia que integra las diferentes dimensiones del desarrollo, tomando como eje articuladorla gestión de los ecosisitemas, además del fortalecimiento y la inversión en infraestructura natural.
Water is both the most ordinary and extraordinary of resources; without it, nothing can survive. Yet, 1,1 billion people around the world do not have ready access to clean water and more than 2,6 billion people lack basic sanitation.
Protected areas are the cornerstone of virtually all national and international conservation policies. About 10% of the world's forests are to be found in protected areas, and Forest Protected Areas make a critical contribution to conservation.
It has become clear during recent global deliberations on biodiversity conservation that achieving Protected Area (PA) financial sustainability will require major changes in the way that PA funding is conceptualized, captured and used.
The present book is devoted to dead wood, mainly in forests subjected to minimal management. Despite the focus of the book on sem-natural forests, dead wood is also necessary in managed forests and amounts generally found there ought to be increased.
First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning all aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues. Yet since first publication an enormous amount has happened in the field.
Author(s):
Nussbaum, Ruth
Simula, Markku
Organization(s):
ProForest
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Wann und warum sind bestimmte Tierarten in den Alpen gefährdet, wenn Freizeitsportler in ihren Lebensraum eindringen? Unter welchen Bedingungen können Freizeitaktivitäten unbesorgt ausgeübt werden? Worauf sollten Wanderer, Snowboarder etc. im Umgang mit den Alpentieren achten?
This first part of the Review of IUCN's Influence on Policy gives insight into the scope of IUCN's policy work and level of policy expertise in the organization.
La restauration des paysages forestiers (RPF) offre un cadre complémentaire à l’aménagement forestier durable et une approche écosystémique dans les paysages où la perte de forêt a entraîné un déclin de la qualité des services fournis par les écosystèmes.
La restauración del paisaje forestal (RPF) ofrece un marco complementario para la ordenación forestal sostenible y el enfoque ecosistémico en paisajes donde la pérdida del bosque ha causado el deterioro de la calidad de los servicios del ecosistema.
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) provides a complementary framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services.
The Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) consortium was formed in 1992 by a group of concerned national and international research institutions to address the global and local issues associated with this form of agriculture.
This report outlines the findings of the Coastal Livelihood Assessment for the Kuruwitu – Vipingo community, which lies on a Kenyan coast potentially significant for its marine biodiversity, as it has a distinct coral reef ecosystem with diverse coral assemblages which host a wide variety of trop
