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This IUCN-led Regional Conservation Strategy for wild cattle and buffalo species is the first step in a programme to develop National Conservation Action Plans for all wild cattle and buffalo species across their geographic ranges.

This summary is based on Crooks, S., Herr, D., Laffoley, D., Tamelander, J. and Vandever, J. 2010.

The overall aim of this study is to bring together information on the subject of gender and invasive species, and thereby inform and strengthen future projects, activities and interventions in relation to invasive species prevention and management.

This book addresses the economic component of ecologically sustainable development in the Pacific. It is primarily concerned with the role that conventional economic issues plays in the viability of natural resource and environmental projects in the Pacific.

This publication, produced in the context of the Regional Programme for West African Marine and Coastal Conservation (PRCM), is a successor to a 2005 volume entitled "Environmental management of offshore oil exploitation and maritime oil transport." The book helped us to better understand the env

Cette synthèse compare pour les quatre pays l’historique et les perspectives de l’exploitation minière, les cadres juridiques et règlementaires relatifs à l’environnement, les caractéristiques environnementales et sociales des zones étudiées, les études sociales et environnementales de l’état ini

These 15th Proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic. Together with the previous 14 proceedings, they provide an historic record of the international effort in protecting, studying, and managing polar bears.

L'évaluation de l'ensemble du réseau d'aires protégées en Guinée grâce à l'outil RAPPAM, conduite en février 2008, avait donné une vue d'ensemble de l'efficacité de gestion du réseau d'AP et un certain nombre de recommandations avait été émis à partir de cette approche.

This report is planned to be a useful advisory tool for local and regional policymakers, administrators and managers. The information in this report will also be of interest to organisations such as NGOs, regulatory bodies, permitting agencies and the judicial system.

It has become clear during recent global deliberations on biodiversity conservation that achieving Protected Area (PA) financial sustainability will require major changes in the way that PA funding is conceptualized, captured and used.

This Handbook presents many of the key outputs, recommendations and accumulated expertise from the project “Support for Agri-environment Policies and Programming in Serbia” that was undertaken between 2008 and 2010.

IUCN, WWF and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed this guidebook to assist marine protected area (MPA) managers in assessing the performance of their MPA. Based on this assessment, it shows how necessary changes can be made to improve management measures.

The aim of this guideline is to aid maritime administrators, or other lead agencies working with ballast water management, to assess and quantify (as appropriate and possible) the potential economic consequences of unintended marine species introductions.

A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook.

This DVD includes the full length versions of two movies by John D. Liu: "Hope in a Changing Climate" (29 minutes) and "Rwanda -- Back to the Garden" (27 minutes).

The Ecosystem Approach puts people and their natural resource use practices squarely at the centre of decision-making. Because of this, the Ecosystem Approach can be used to seek a balance between the conservation and use of biological diversity.

Le tourisme de vision des grands singes, s'il est bien mis en application, peut servir à sauvegarder l'espèce, mais il peut également avoir de nombreux effets négatifs s'il est basé sur des principes de conservation mal définis.

Le livre se propose de décrire les modes de vie des différentes communautés présentes le long du littoral de la Mauritanie à la Guinée, en montrant comment ils ont été façonnés par la nature et ont, en retour, façonné les paysages et la biodiversité.