This fourth and final publication of the IUCN-UNEP/GEF-ABS-LAC Regional Project focuses on applying the different technical elements that encourage capacity building on the issues of Access and Sharing of Benefits Derived from the Utilization of Genetic Resources (ABS).
Author(s):
Mora, Arturo
Rios, Montserrat
Organization(s):
Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM)
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Programa de Naciones para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)
La presente publicación aporta una serie de herramientas clave preparadas y recogidas durante el Proyecto Regional GEF "Fortalecimiento de la Implementación de los Regímenes de Acceso a Recursos Genéticos de Beneficios en América Latina y el Caribe," contribuyendo con una compilación de códigos d
Author(s):
Mora, Arturo
Rios, Montserrat
Organization(s):
Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM)
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Programa de Naciones para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)
This toolkit, prepared through the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of European National Committees in collaboration with IUCN national committees in Europe, gives background on the purpose of national committees within IUCN and provides guidance on establishing a national committee, using
This toolkit, prepared through the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of European National Committees in collaboration with IUCN national committees in Europe, gives background on the purpose of national committees within IUCN and provides guidance on establishing a national committee, using
This toolkit, prepared through the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of European National Committees in collaboration with IUCN national committees in Europe, gives background on the purpose of national committees within IUCN and provides guidance on establishing a national committee, using
From 15-17 November 2012, the Main Hall of the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto (FDUP) brought together eminent academics, distinguished members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, directors of research centres in the area of the Law of the Sea, representatives of inter
The seabed of South Yemen has a beautiful abundance of corals. This field guide presents information on the identification for each species, as well as information on their ecology and distribution. The text is accompanied by numerous photographs.
The IUCN Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean shares this collection with great pleasure, which brings together books, investigations, technical documents and audiovisual products, created from 1988 to 2013.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
SPREP presents these guidelines for undertaking rapid biodiversity assessments in its Pacific island member countries and territories: Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. These assessments are referred to as BIORAPs.
Author(s):
Patrick, Brian
Organization(s):
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
Humankind has long felt a kinship of ocean-dwelling mammals, and human culture, customs, and literature abound with sea mammal lore. This volume covers 19 families in 3 orders.
Ce rapport Réflexions méditerranéennes 2012-2013 présente les principales activités du Centre de Coopération pour la Méditerranée de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN-Med), menées par les différents programmes mis en oeuvre depuis Malaga en 2012 et 2013, ains
Mediterranean Reflections 2012-2013 is a report summarizing the main activities of the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med) developed by the various programmes that are operating from Malaga in 2012, 2013 and part of the wo
Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. This book makes the case for constructive engagement and cooperative forms of negotiation in dealing with complex water issues.
With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers in the region, according to this latest report, Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012.
This report is the seventh iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered to be among the most endangered worldwide and the most in need of conservation measures.
Author(s):
Chiozza, Federica
Clark, Fay E.
Mittermeier, Russell A.
Rylands, Anthony B.
Schwitzer, Christoph
Taylor, Lucy A.
Wallis, Janette
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
Bristol Zoological Society (BZS), UK
Conservation International
International Primatological Society
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Management of transboundary waters in increasingly becoming more challenging, and climate change is likely to exacerbate these pressures. Not least because climate change is a global issue, adaptation will require an international response.
Reflexiones Mediterráneas 2012-2013 de UICN es un informe que resume las principales actividades del Centro de Cooperación del Mediterráneo de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN-Med) desarrolladas por los distintos programas que están operativos desde Mála
El comercio de productos de madera en la región de Centroamérica y la República Dominicana presenta en la actualidad grandes retos en cuanto a su sistema de reporte y verificación de estadísticas. Mediante el trabajo de un grupo regional de consultores y colaboradores nacionales, se hizo un análi
Author(s):
Milla Quesada, Víctor
Navarro Monge, Guillermo A.
Santamaría Gutiérrez, Oscar J.
Vargas Bolívar, Luis C.
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Forest Institute
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
This IUCN–OIE publication provides a ‘how-to’ guide that will be useful to the growing and diverse range of professionals involved in assessment and management of wildlife-associated disease risk scenarios.
This IUCN-OIE publication provides an overview of the science-based processes and tools available for wildlife disease risk analysis and their application to a broad range of contemporary issues, including human-wildlife interactions, domestic animal-wildlife interactions and the impacts of massi
Esta publicación se enmarca en el proyecto “Implementación del Acuerdo sobre Medio Ambiente entre Canadá y Perú y del Acuerdo sobre Medio Ambiente entre Canadá y Colombia”, ejecutado por la Oficina de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza para América del Sur, con el apoyo
Without biodiversity, there is no business. Companies are therefore major players in this landscape and are responsible for their impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Author(s):
Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
Organization(s):
IUCN
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), CH
Esta publicación ilustra tres temas principales que son la investigación científica y su relación con el ABS; las oportunidades y desafíos de mercado que ofrecen los recursos genéticos, y la cosmovisión indígena al respecto de la biodiversidad en la región de América Latina y el Caribe.
Author(s):
Mora, Arturo
Rios, Montserrat
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
UNEP, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbeans
This report is the first one delivered under the Python Conservation Partnership. Established in November 2013, the Partnership aims to contribute to the improved sustainability of the python skin trade and to help facilitate industry-wide change.
Author(s):
Lyons, Jessica A.
Natusch, Daniel J.D.
Organization(s):
International Trade Centre, CH
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Boa and Python Specialist Group
The main goal of this Explanatory Guide is to facilitate the understanding of the legal obligations of the Parties under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Author(s):
Ahrén, Mattias
Ali, Natasha
Cabrera Medaglia, Jorge A.
Greiber, Thomas
Kamau, Evanson C.
Nieto Carrasco, Jimena
Oliva, Maria Julia
Pena Moreno, Sonia
Perron-Welch, Frederic
Williams, China
Organization(s):
Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
<p>La publicación recopila reflexiones y análisis de distintos autores, sobre la propuesta que hacen UICN y varias de sus organizaciones miembro sobre la necesidad y la importancia de reconocer el valor que tiene el conocimiento tradicional para la adaptación al cambio climático.
