This list contains 26216 entry(ies).
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Iguana Specialist Group
- Zoological Society of San Diego, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, US
This publication contains four papers on different legal issues of interest to developing countries.
Author(s):
- Islam, Nazrul
- Martínez, Isabel
- Mgbeoji, Ikechi
- Wang, Xi
- Burhenne-Guilmin, Françoise
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, DE
- Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, Zentralstelle für Arbeitsvermittlung, DE
Author(s):
- Bruijnzeel, L.A.
- Hamilton, Lawrence S.
Organization(s):
- UNESCO, International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
- WWF International
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Organization(s):
- IUCN, World Conservation Congress
Organization(s):
- IUCN, World Conservation Congress
Drawing on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, this publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with solid science and factual accounts.
Author(s):
- Robles Gil, Patricio
- Pérez Gil, Ramón
- Bolívar, Antonio
- Bräutigam, Amie
- Jenkins, Martin
- Rabb, George
- Ceballos, Gerardo
- Ehrlich, Paul R.
- Bogan, Arthur E.
- Dublin, Holly T.
This report comprises a worldwide review of 38 ecological network initiatives that are currently being developed or implemented.
Author(s):
- Bennett, Graham
- Wit, Piet de
The East Asia Action Plan (IUCN, 1996) recommended exchange programmes as a means of improving protected area management capacity in the East Asia region. The experience of exchange programmmes from around the world shows that they can bring great benefits when executed and managed effectively.
Author(s):
- Hayes, Shelley
- Shultis, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Protected Areas Programme
These guidelines address one of the most critical issues which protected area planners and managers face in the East Asia region: obtaining the funds needed to ensure the survival and success of protected areas.
Author(s):
- Athanas, Andrea
- Ghersi, Fernando
- Phillips, Adrian
- Shadie, Peter
- Shultis, John
- Vorhies, Frank
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Protected Areas Programme
El Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) representa un hito histórico. Es el primer acuerdo global que aborda integralmente los aspectos biológicos, económicos, sociales y culturales de la biodiversidad.
Author(s):
- Cuvi Sánchez, María
- Puyol, Ana
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Southern Africa
- United States, USAID
Author(s):
- Cock, Matthew J. W.
- Wittenberg, Rüdiger
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- CAB International
- International Council for Science (ICSU), Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
Organization(s):
- Conférence sur les écosystèmes de forêts denses et humides d'Afrique centrale (CEFDHAC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
- UNDP
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement.
World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement.
World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Southern Africa
Protected areas are vital for life on earth. They safeguard biological and cultural diversity, help to improve the livelihoods of local communities, provide the homelands for many indigenous peoples and bring countless benefits to society at large.
Author(s):
- Hamilton, Lawrence S.
- Sandwith, Trevor
- Sheppard, David
- Shine, Clare
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- University of Cardiff, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
Organization(s):
- Costa Rica, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia
- Costa Rica, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía
- IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Author(s):
- Rosser, Alison
- Haywood, Mandy
- Harris, Donna
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- The Rufford Foundation
This exceptional publication provides a new analysis of the state of the world and the first global assessment of sustainability. It surveys 180 countries using the Wellbeing Assessment, a unique way of measuring human and ecosystem wellbeing.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- FAO
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- International Development Research Centre, CA
- Map Maker Ltd
- UNEP-WCMC
This set of 20 4-page briefs aims to raise awareness about biodiversity issues within EC development cooperation. The briefs are broken down into three types, including policy, sector and background biodiversity briefs.
A companion document to the Strategic Approach document, this guide reviews the lessons learned from the various agency initiatives to integrate biodiversity issues into development cooperation programmes.
This document is the product of extensive consultation between EC policy advisers and task managers dealing with biodiversity and the environment, and those working on natural resource and non-natural resource issues.
Organization(s):
- Conservation Study Institute, US
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment, US
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Council on Metals and the Environment, CA
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
Over 800 million human beings suffer from hunger and malnutrition. The future of global food security depends on the success of our efforts in the conservation and enhancement of agrobiodiversity, the biodiversity occurring in plants and animals.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia.
Author(s):
- Bowman, Margaret E.
- Eagles, Paul F. J.
- Tao, Teresa Chang-Hung
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- University of Waterloo, CA
Author(s):
- Briceño, Gustavo
- Chacón, Edgar
Organization(s):
- El Productor, CR
- IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
- Fundacion Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
- Fundación Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Alien invasive species are considered by the Species Survival Commission to be the second largest threat to indigenous species, following habitat destruction.
Author(s):
- Bergmans, Wim
- Blom, Esther
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Author(s):
- Emerton, L. (Lucy)
- Tessema, Yemeserach
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Economics Programme
- IUCN, Marine and Coastal Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- Kenya Wildlife Services, KE
Author(s):
- Wells, Sue
- Jenkins, Martin
- Malleret-King, Delphine
- King, Anthony
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, Secretariat
- IUCN, Marine and Coastal Conservation Programme
- UNEP
Author(s):
- Horrill, J. C.
- Kalombo, H.
- Makoloweka, S.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Marine and Coastal Conservation Programme
- Secretariat for Eastern African Coastal Area Management, MZ
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author(s):
- Vyshyegorodskish, Nikolay
- Vyshyegorodskish, Natalya
- Kisyelyeva, Lyudmila
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
- IUCN, European Programme
The fourth part in a series of action plan, this publication covers less than one-quarter of the world's antelope species that are found in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Author(s):
- Kingswood, Steven C.
- Mallon, David P.
Organization(s):
- Center for Marine Conservation, US
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Antelope Specialist Group
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- WWF International
Author(s):
- Balakrishna, P.
- Surangika, K. B. N. U.
- Wijayanandana, N.
Organization(s):
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
- UNDP
It is sometimes assumed that protected areas must be in conflict with the rights and traditions of indigenous and other traditional peoples on their domains.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Cardiff University, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
One of the major impediments to the advancement of medicinal plant conservation is the difficulty of accessing and analysing the relevant literature. Books and papers on medicinal plants count by the tens of thousands worlwide.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Medicinal Plant Specialist Group
An invaluable reference book, showing the dates of inclusion, transfer and deletion of all taxa that are or have been included in the CITES appendices, together with dates of the making and withdrawal of reservations by the Parties.
Organization(s):
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
The commitment of the international community to ensure an equitable supply of food and nutrition to everyone on Earth has been reiterated many times. However, there are very few practical examples on how such equity and benefit sharing principles are to be put into practice.
Author(s):
- Glowka, Lyle
- Balakrishna, P.
- De Silva, Sanjiv
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Numerous initiatives are now underway to deal with the prevention, control, eradication and management of invasive alien species. A regional workshop was held in 1999 to discuss the problem in South and Southeast Asia.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
Author(s):
- Balakrishna, P.
- Surangika, K. B. N. U.
- Wijayanandana, N.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- UNDP
The Sundarbans, the immense tidal mangrove forests of Bangladesh, are a mosaic of islands of different shapes and sizes, perennially washed by brackish water swirling in and around the endless and mind-boggling labyrinths of twisting water channels.
Author(s):
- Choudhury, Khasru
- Waliuzzaman, Mir
- Nishat, Ainun
Organization(s):
- IUCN Bangladesh
- Shell Bangladesh Exploration and Development B.V.
Produced by IUCN's Eastern Africa Programme, this publication aims to investigate the extent to which communities have been provided with economic incentives to become involved in sustainable forest management in Eastern and Southern Africa, and how far perverse incentives and disincentives encou
Author(s):
- Mogaka, Hezron
- Simons, Gacheke
- Turpie, Jane
- Emerton, L. (Lucy)
- Karanja, Francis
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- Natural Resources International
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
A regional workshop was held to develop a shared understanding of the IUCN global Red List criteria, threat categories and the process of listing species according to the threat of extinction with an emphasis on lessons learned, key constraints and priority needs.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
- Swiss Development Cooperation, CH
- Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
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