Pakistan is facing increasing environmental and developmental challenges caused by climate change and the country is already experiencing phenomena like high glacial melt, flash floods, prolonged droughts, cyclones and abrupt changes in its weather.
Parte de la serie de folletos informativos producida en el marco del proyecto Adaptación de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Santa, por UICN-SUR.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Mountain Institute
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Peru, Ministerio del Ambiente, Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP)
Parte de la serie de folletos informativos producida en el marco del proyecto Adaptación de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Santa, por UICN-SUR.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Mountain Institute
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Peru, Ministerio del Ambiente, Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP)
Parte de la serie de folletos informativos producida en el marco del proyecto Adaptación de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Santa, por UICN-SUR. Incluye información sobre las características generales de esta cuenca, localizada en la costa central del Perú.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Mountain Institute
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Peru, Ministerio del Ambiente, Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP)
En esta publicación se identifican y analizan las cuestiones fundamentales para la formulación y aplicación de marcos jurídicos nacionales y subnacionales para las actividades de REDD.
This report summarizes the numerous activities implemented and documents prepared by the national and local-level expert groups, and presents the valuable lessons learned.
A Regional Red List Workshop for the carnivores of the Arabian Peninsula took place 8-10 February 2011. The aim of the workshop was to assess the regional conservation status of terrestrial carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula.
Author(s):
Mallon, David P.
Budd, Kevin
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah, Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife
This report provides an overview of existing data about the wetlands, including its ecology, biodiversity, socio-economic values, management and threats.
This report provides an overview of existing data about the wetlands, including its ecology, biodiversity, socio-economic values, management and threats.
Esta obra presenta la situación de la gobernanza ambiental e indígena en Bolivia y Perú, a fin de ampliar la discusión sobre la gobernanza, sus principios normativos y políticas de aplicación, a través de ejemplos claros y puntuales.
Author(s):
Andrade Mendoza, Karen
Organization(s):
IUCN
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Ecuador (FLACSO Ecuador)
Ce livret est destiné à un public jeune visitant le Parc National dAl Hoceima. Il a pour objectif daméliorer leur connaissance sur le Phoque moine, espèce importante du bassin méditerranéen et de la zone du Parc. Il a été élaboré par lONG marocaine AGIR et lUICN-Med.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Association de Gestion Intégrée de Ressources (AGIR ), MA
Morocco, Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre la Désertification de Marruecos
Ce livret est destiné à un public jeune visitant le Parc National d'Al Hoceima. Il a pour objectif d'améliorer leur connaissance sur le Balbuzard pêcheur, espèce importante du bassin méditerranéen et de la zone du Parc. Il a été élaboré par l'ONG marocaine AGIR et l'UICN-Med.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Association de Gestion Intégrée de Ressources (AGIR ), MA
Morocco, Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre la Désertification de Marruecos
Ce livret est destiné à un public jeune visitant le Parc National dAl Hoceima. Il a pour objectif daméliorer leur connaissance du Thuya de Berbérie, espèce importante du bassin méditerranéen et de la zone du Parc. Il a été élaboré par lONG marocaine AGIR et lUICN-Med.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Association de Gestion Intégrée de Ressources (AGIR ), MA
Morocco, Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre la Désertification de Marruecos
Kombinasi ancaman yang saat ini dihadapi kera besar yang tersisa membutuhkan tindakan konservasi yang segera di semua bidang - dari inisiatif di tingkat lapangan, melalui strategi nasional dan regional, hingga ke konvensi dan rencana aksi internasional.
Author(s):
Ancrenaz, M.
Kühl, H.
Maisels, F.
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This guide draws inspiration from the impressive volume Sharing Power, published by the IUCN/CEESP and IIED. The guide provides what we hope to be a convenient synthesis of the main phases of a shared-governance process for Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in West Africa.
Author(s):
Borrini, Grazia
Chatelain, Christian
Hosch, Gilles
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
At a crucial time of rapid socio-economic change, Nature and World Heritage in the Arab States provides an assessment of World Heritage in the Arab States region.
Le présent rapport fait le point du niveau de contribution des sociétés asiatiques en particulier les entreprises chinoises dans la filière bois gabonaise notamment par segment dactivité (exploitation et aménagement forestier, transformation du bois et exportation et la commercialisation des gru
This third edition of the Global Re-introduction Perspectives provides 50 case-studies covering invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.
Organization(s):
Denver Zoological Foundation, US
Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
This publication aims to further raise awareness about the value of transboundary conservation, highlighting the many benefits transboundary cooperation generates, while not neglecting the challenges and problems parties encounter when they engage in transboundary initiatives.
Author(s):
Vasilijevic, Maja
Pezold, Tomasz
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Green Belt Initiative
Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Task Force on Transboundary Conservation
This publication aims to further raise awareness about the value of transboundary conservation, highlighting the many benefits transboundary cooperation generates, while not neglecting the challenges and problems parties encounter when they engage in transboundary initiatives.
Author(s):
Vasilijevic, Maja
Pezold, Tomasz
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
UNEP
European Green Belt Initiative
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Task Force on Transboundary Conservation
The manual is based on the version of the "Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention" dated August 2011 and seeks to complement it.
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
A symposium on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for the conservation of CITES-listed species was organized by the Austrian Ministry of the Environment and the European Commission in Vienna, Austria, in May 2010.
Author(s):
Abensperg-Traun, Max
Roe, Dilys
O'Criodain, Colman
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Il se fonde sur la version des "Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial" datée de août 2011, dont il se veut le complément.
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
Ce rapport examine le statut de conservation de lensemble des poissons marins autochtones de la mer Méditerranée. Il repose sur les évaluations de 513 espèces et 6 sous-espèces réalisées selon la méthodologie de la Liste Rouge de lUICN.
The papers and abstracts in this volume are the outcome of the conference on Island Invasives: Eradication and Management, held at Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the world's terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.
This review assessed the suitability of various frameworks, approaches and tools for conducting vulnerability assessments, for use in the EU funded IUCN project Building Resilience to Climate Change in Coastal Southeast Asia.
This report presents a rapid assessment of the vulnerability to climate change of coastal habitats and selected species in the eight focal areas of the IUCN project Building coastal resilience in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand: Koh Kong and Kampot (Cambodia), Chanthaburi and Trat (Thailand), an
Groupers of the World is a guide to all the more than 160 recognised species of these mostly large, colourful, tropical reef fishes, also known as rockcod.
Author(s):
Craig, Matthew T.
Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne
Heemstra, Phillip C.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Groupers and Wrasses Specialist Group
The IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group AfESG) has been charged by MIKE with implementing a project to investigate the linkages between the elephant meat trade and larger social and economic dynamics at play, including, but not limited to, ivory trade, logging (legal and illegal), mining,
Author(s):
Stiles, Daniel
Latour, Stéphanie
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
The objective of the study is to enhance knowledge of contemporary elephant bushmeat market dynamics, patterns and trends in north-eastern DRC and determine the impact of elephant meat trade on the Okapi Faunal Reserve (OFR) population.
Author(s):
Stiles, Daniel
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
This pilot study was instigated by the Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and is being implemented by the IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG).
Author(s):
Stiles, Daniel
Neale, Ezra
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
The pilot study presented in this report is part of an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) project initiated by the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci
Author(s):
Stiles, Daniel
Randolph, Shannon
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
L'objectif global de l'étude est d'améliorer les connaissances de la dynamique actuelle et les tendances du marché de la viande d'éléphant dans les pays d'Afrique centrale en procédant à une étude de l'impact du commerce de la viande d'éléphant.
Author(s):
Stiles, Daniel
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
The overall objective of the study is to enhance knowledge of contemporary elephant meat market dynamics, patterns and trends in Central African countries by undertaking an elephant meat trade impact study.
Author(s):
Stiles, Daniel
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
The endangered Andros iguana, Cyclura cychlura cychlura, is the largest native terrestrial vertebrate, and the only iguana (of 3 species) in the Bahamas that is not confined presently to small cays.
Author(s):
Knapp, Charles
Pagni, Lee
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Iguana Specialist Group
Ce document propose une série de projets de principes et de directives pour jeter les bases dune planification de lEbA. Ils sont destinés à un usage de planification dadaptation nationale, par des institutions financières, et dans le cadre de projets de recherche.
Author(s):
Andrade Pérez, Angela
Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
Dave, Radhika
Girot, Pascal
Herrera Fernández, Bernal
Munrol, Robert
Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
Paaby, Pía
Pramova, Emilia
Vergara, Walter
Watson, James
Organization(s):
BirdLife International
CARE International
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
Conservation International
Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
This document proposes a series of draft principles and guidelines that were produced at a workshop with participation of its authors in June 2011, with the aim to serve as a foundation for planning ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation.
Author(s):
Andrade Pérez, Angela
Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
Dave, Radhika
Girot, Pascal
Herrera Fernández, Bernal
Munrol, Robert
Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
Paaby, Pía
Pramova, Emilia
Watson, James
Vergara, Walter
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
BirdLife International
Inter-American Development Bank
Conservation International
WWF International
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
CARE International
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
