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Organization(s):
- Inventaire forestier national, FR
Claro e concreto na abordagem da complexidade amazônica, este livro tem como foco a gestão do grande bioma em seus múltiplos aspectos.
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Biodiversity Foundation
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
- Propark-Fundatia pentru Arii Protejate, RO
WWF has produced this atlas to help guide efforts in conserving the biodiversity in the Yangtze basin upon which economic development depends. It is based on extensive research by leading experts on the distribution of key protected species and zones of high biodiversity in the basin.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Regional Marine and Coastal Programme (MACO) for Central and West Africa
- Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
Organization(s):
- Croatia, Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, State Institute for Nature Protection
- Croatian Agricultural Agency
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- UNDP
VOLUME I Table of contents:
Organization(s):
- Mediterranean Coastal Foundation (MEDCOAST)
El presente libro tiene como principal objetivo visibilizar la importancia del Sistema Guatemalteco de Áreas Protegidas para el país, como la principal fuente de bienes y servicios ambientales que nos ayuden a enfrentar la potenciales crisis originadas bajo el contexto actual de cambio global.
Author(s):
- Alvarado, Luis
- Ariano, Daniel
Organization(s):
- Guatemala, Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONAP)
This report explores the economic impact of climate change in Zambia through the assessment of six sectors, agriculture & food security, natural resources, water, energy, health, and infrastructure. The analysis is conducted via scenario planning.
Organization(s):
- UNDP
- Zambia, Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Natural Resources
Author(s):
- Leibak, Eerik
- Paal, Jaanus
Belarus ranks 8th among the world's countries in terms of peatland CO2 emissions and occupies 3rd place in CO2-emissions per unit land area. In recent years, tens of thousands of hectares of drained peatlands in Belarus have been rewetted.
Author(s):
- Tanneberger, Franziska
- Wichtmann, Wendelin
La biodiversité est le fondement même de notre vie - l’estimation de sa valeur économique, écologique, sociale et esthétique ne sera jamais trop élevée. Ainsi, en 2003, les ministres européens de l’environnement décidèrent d’endiguer l’érosion de la biodiversité avant 2010.
Author(s):
- Gonseth, Yves
- Klaus, Gregor
- Lachat, Thibault
- Pauli, Daniela
- Scheidegger, Christoph
- Vittoz, Pascal
- Walter, Thomas
Organization(s):
- Ruth und Herbert Uhl-Forschungsstelle für Natur- und Umweltschutz, Bristol-Stiftung, CH
- Swiss Academy of Sciences, Forum biodiversité suisse, CH
- Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
The threatened species categories used in Red Data Books and Red Lists have been in place for almost 30 years.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Korea National Arboretum
Author(s):
- Aoubid, Schéhérazade
- Laurans, Yann
- Leménager, Tiphaine
Organization(s):
- Agence Française de Développement, FR
This report is a systematic and comprehensive study of the status of glacial lakes in Nepal and an assessment of the hazard they pose and of the vulnerability of downstream people and property.
Organization(s):
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), NP
- World Bank
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
The book is the result of a four-year research project (2007-2011), which concerned mainly the implementation in the Mediterranean Region of the Ramsar Guidance on Culture and Wetlands.
Author(s):
- Papayannis, Thymio
- Pritchard, Dave
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA)
Author(s):
- Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul
- Rahman, Sayad Mahmudur
- Sobhan, Istiak
Ce document est le fruit d'un consensus entre les agences de gestion forestière et de conservation de la faune au Nigeria et au Cameroun, des organisations non gouvernementales locales et internationales de conservation et des chercheurs affiliés à des universités, réunis lors d'ateliers organisé
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Zoological Society of San Diego, US
This document represents the consensus of views from forestry and wildlife conservation agencies in Nigeria and Cameroon, local and international nongovernmental conservation organizations, and university-based researchers who met at a series of workshops in Cameroon and Nigeria to formulate a se
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Zoological Society of San Diego, US
This book lays out the key contemporary debates in poverty measurement, and provides a new analytical framework for thinking about poverty conception and measurement.
Natural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic development, particularly in resource-dependent rural communities.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG)
- Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Bradley Fund for the Environment, US
Agrobiodiversity, which includes the diversity of plants, animals, fish, trees and microbes that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture, is the foundation of sustainable agricultural development.
Author(s):
- Baena, Margarita
- Chakeredza, Sebastian
- Kamau, Henry
- Njoroge, Kiarie
- Rudebjer, Per
- van Schagen, Boudy
Organization(s):
- Biodiversity International, IT
Through the long efforts of what began as a group of French volunteers, an exemplary Bat Action Plan has been produced by the Society for the Protection of Prespa at the transboundary level, significantly increasing the limited knowledge on bats in the Transboundary Prespa Park.
Author(s):
- Avramoski, Oliver
- Bego, Ferdinand
- Grémillet, Xavier
- Kazoglou, Yannis
- Papadatou, Elena
- Petkovski, Svetozar
- Stojkoska, Emilija
Organization(s):
- Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP)
Organization(s):
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Author(s):
- Hellyer, Peter
- Perry, Richard
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
Author(s):
- Cerovsky, J. (Jan)
- Hesselink, Frits
- Maas Geesteranus, Chris
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka (SCB)
Organization(s):
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Author(s):
- Djoghlaf, Ahmed
- Dodds, Felix
This book serves as a guide for identifying Sphagnum mosses in both field and laboratory. Forty species, typical of more continental parts of Europe, but also commonly found elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are presented.
Author(s):
- Laine, Jukka
- Harju, Pirkko
- Timonen, Tuuli
- Laine, Anna
- Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina
- Minkkinen, Kari
- Vasander, Harri
Organization(s):
- University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, FI
Author(s):
- Acosta, Belen O.
- Coloso, Relicardo M.
- Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T. de
- Toledo, Joebert D.
Organization(s):
- Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
Red Lists are recognised scientific inventories which indicate the extinction risk of species. This report compiles and analyses all of the data from the existing Swiss Red Lists of threatened plants, animals and fungi.
Organization(s):
- Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
Les listes rouges se basent sur une procédure d'évaluation des menaces scientifiquement reconnue pour répertorier les espèces indigènes menacées plus ou moins gravement d'extinction.
Organization(s):
- Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
Author(s):
- Barrett, Amanda
- Scholey, Keith
In Journey of the Universe Brian Thomas Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker tell the epic story of the universe from an inspired new perspective, weaving the findings of modern science together with enduring wisdom found in the humanistic traditions of the West, China, India, and indigenous peoples.
Author(s):
- Swimme, Brian
- Tucker, Mary Evelyn
This publication examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discussing its values and considering choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts. The author argues that all ecosystems have been modified and the idea of places 'untouched by humans' is a myth.
The conservation status of the toothed whales has worsened dramatically since 2001. Since then, more species have been listed in the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable and Nearly Threatended, while the Baiji river dolphin, which used to live in the Yangtze River, is now probably extinct.
Author(s):
- Culik, Boris M.
- Würtz, Maurizio
Organization(s):
- UNEP
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Secretariat
- ASCOBANS, Secretariat
- Greenpeace
- Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contigous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), Secretariat
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- Loro Parque Fundación, ES
- WWF International
This publication presents a comprehensive analysis of the rights-based agenda in forestry, connecting it with existing work on tenure reform, governance rights and human rights.
Author(s):
- Sikor, Thomas
- Stahl, Johannes
Author(s):
- Spelchan, Daniel G.
- Nicoll, Isabelle A.
- Nguyen, Thi Phuong Hao
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- Vietnam, People's Committee of Quang Binh Province
- Vietnam, People's Committee of Soc Trang
Concerns about food and energy security, coupled with increasing returns from agriculture, have increased interest in agricultural investments in developing countries. Public debates about 'land grabbing' have questioned the socio-economic impacts of large-scale land acquisitions.
Author(s):
- Cooke, Fadzilah Majid
- Toh, Sumei
- Vaz, Justine
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- University of Malaysia Sabah, MY
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
- FAO
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