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Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. This report represents the most comprehensive review to date on ocean warming.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- La Fondation d'enterprise Total
- XL Catlin
Jusqu’à récemment, les conservationnistes se préoccupaient peu des aires protégées urbaines. Il faut défendre ces lieux et s’efforcer de créer de nouveaux espaces naturels au sein du tissu urbain, y compris dans les centres-villes.
Author(s):
- Trzyna, Thaddeus
- Edmiston, Joseph T.
- Hyman, Glen
- McNeely, Jeffrey A.
- da Cunha e Menezes, Pedro
- Myrdal, Brett
- Phillips, Adrian
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Urban Specialist Group
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
Author(s):
- Danelutti, Carla
- Drumm, Andy
- Rodríguez, Arnaldo
- Santarossa, Luca
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- Mediterranean Experience of EcoTourism (MEET) Network
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This document sets forth SSC guiding principles on the creation of proxies for extinct species as a potential conservation tool to restore biological diversity, to enhance ecosystem stability and resilience, and to engage in meaningful dialogue with the public about the role of proxy creation for
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Predicting climate change impacts on biodiversity is a major scientific challenge. A range of methods have been developed for climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) of species and a large and burgeoning scientific literature is emerging on this subject.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Climate Change Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- SOS - Save Our Species
- IUCN
This study presents some lessons from a selection of IUCN interventions in dryland areas that have adapted to a greater or lesser extent to the conditions of drylands, notably focusing on water management to deal with scarcity and variability.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN Global Water Programme
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
As habitats and ecosystems become increasingly altered and populations evermore impacted by human activities, a growing number of species will require some form of management of both individuals and populations to ensure their survival.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
La Liste Rouge des Écosystèmes de l’UICN est un nouveau cadre mondial pour surveiller l’état des écosystèmes.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
La Lista Roja de Ecosistemas de UICN es un nuevo marco global para monitorear el estatus de los ecosistemas.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
The rapid growth and widespread use of social media has allowed these new platforms to facilitate wildlife trade, both legal and illegal. With this in mind, TRAFFIC undertook a rapid assessment to monitor wildlife trade occurring on 14 Facebook groups in Peninsular Malaysia, conducted over approx
Author(s):
- Krishnasamy, Kanitha
- Stoner, Sarah
This study is focused on four otter species in Asia; the Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra, the Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana, the Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus and the Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata.
Author(s):
- Fernandez, Katrina
- Gomez, Lalita
- Leupen, Boyd T.C.
- Savage, Melissa
- Theng, Meryl
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Otter Specialist Group
- TRAFFIC International
Organization(s):
- Publishing for Development
- UNESCO
Organization(s):
- Publishing for Development
- UNESCO
Organization(s):
- Publishing for Development
- UNESCO
This book is a compilation of some interesting stories of Tanguar Haor where the haor people tell their own stories of culture, tradition, joys, deprivation and struggle for survival.
The importance of groundwater in social and economic development is easily overlooked.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Water Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- IUCN, Economics Unit
Author(s):
- Badman, Tim
- Douvere, Fanny
- Freestone, David
- Laffoley, D.
This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges. The report propos
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
This research sheds light on Japan’s wildlife trade history as a case study on the contributing factors that helped reduce the market for rhino horn and elephant ivory.
Author(s):
- Kitade, Tomomi
- Toko, Ayako
The Humphead Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus is a naturally rare coral reef fish species.
Author(s):
- Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne
- Wu, Joyce Y.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Groupers and Wrasses Specialist Group
- TRAFFIC East Asia
This study on the market potential of sustainably wild-collected botanical ingredients originating from the People’s Republic of China with fair and organic certifications provides an overview of current export trade in both wild-collected and cultivated botanical, algal and fungal ingredients fr
Organization(s):
- International Trade Centre, CH
- TRAFFIC International
This report examines wildlife crime in Kenya and its linkages to illegal wildlife trade dynamics in the East African region.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- TRAFFIC International
- United States, USAID
Organization(s):
- Butterfly Conservation Europe
- De Vlinderstichting, NL
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
- WWF International
In this discussion paper, we undertook an analysis guided by three questions relevant to food and nutritional security for the project site of Sixaola on the Costa Rica – Panama border.
Author(s):
- Beta, Trust
- Davidson-Hunt, Iain J. (Iain Johnson)
- Deutsch, Nathan
- Idrobo, Julián
- Ndolo, Victoria
- Smith, Kevin
- Sylvester, Olivia
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- IUCN, Economics Unit
An Internationally Designated Area (IDA) is a natural area internationally recognised by a global or regional designation mechanism. Among these, there are 263 areas where different IDAs fully or partially overlap thus carrying double, triple or even quadruple international designations.
Author(s):
- Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
- Schaaf, Thomas
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Korea, Republic of, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- Korea, Republic of, Ministry of Environment
Organization(s):
- IUCN Washington DC Office
BIOPAMA’s capacity-development strategy in Central and West Africa aims to encourage the managers and administrators of the protected areas (PA) to use the regional information system, or Regional Observatory for Protected Areas and Biodiversity.
Author(s):
- Jomha Djossi, Donald
- Paolini, Carlo
- Rakotobe, Domoina
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
- Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA) Programme
- European Commission
- European Union
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
- Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA)
Author(s):
- Gilardi, Kirsten V. K.
- Gillespie, Thomas R.
- Leendertz, Fabian H.
- Macfie, Elizabeth J.
- Travis, Dominic A.
- Whittier, Christopher A.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Author(s):
- Gilardi, Kirsten V. K.
- Gillespie, Thomas R.
- Leendertz, Fabian H.
- Macfie, Elizabeth J.
- Travis, Dominic A.
- Whittier, Christopher A.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
A través del proyecto «Amazonía más allá de las fronteras: lecciones aprendidas en Áreas Protegidas» UICN-Sur realizó un análisis colectivo con especialistas de Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela que ha permitido identificar buenas prácticas (BP) y criterios de éxito para la ges
Author(s):
- Arguedas Mora, Stanley
- Castaño Betancur, Leandro
- Vides, Roberto Almonacid
Organization(s):
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, US
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
In any area with potential for restoration, companies are likely to be key players. We created this guide to help NGOs and others who want to engage constructively with companies on forest restoration.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
This Responsive Forest Governance Initiative Handbook defines basic democratic concepts and explains how democratic governance works. It then lays out responsive forest governance principles to be used when working with local government, parallelorganizations, and citizens.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Bobtoya, Saadia
- Cruz, Regina
- Kutegeka, Sophie
- Nakangu, Barbara
- Savadogo, Moumini
- Walters, Gretchen
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Este documento de lineamientos para la gestión compartida de áreas protegidas en Centroamérica es un esfuerzo apoyado por la UICN junto a representantes de los pueblos indígenas, comunidades locales y autoridades ambientales, para fortalecer políticas e instrumentos que permitan mejorar la gobern
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
The sustainability challenges we face today are greater than any we have previously confronted.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
This report aims to contribute to the international effort to combat wildlife crime in Sub-Saharan African protected areas by providing a systematic and evidence-based review of law enforcement practices that have proved to be effective in different situations, and by identifying emerging best pr
Author(s):
- D'udine, Floris A.C.
- Henson, David W.
- Malpas, Robert C.
Organization(s):
- BMZ
- Conservation Development Centre (CDC)
- Frankfurt Zoological Society, DE
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Organization(s):
- Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio
- IUCN Brazil
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
- Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism.
Author(s):
- Caldas, Astrid
- Lafrenz Samuels, Kathryn
- Markham, Adam
- Osipova, Elena
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- UNEP, Tourism and Environment Programme
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
- Union of Concerned Scientists, US
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
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