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Businesses are seeking biodiversity indicators to help assess performance for a variety of business applications to address a range of internal and external drivers.
Author(s):
- Addison, Prue
- Carbone, Giulia
- McCormick, Nadine
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, University of Oxford
Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors’ connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for conservation.
Author(s):
- Leung, Yu-Fai
- Spenceley, Anna
- Hvenegaard, Glen
- Buckley, Ralf
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
This report is the first comprehensive attempt to collate all the relevant information on institutional arrangements for nature conservation in the region into one coherent report.
Author(s):
- Vasilijevic, Maja
- Pokrajac, Sanja
- Erg, Boris
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs.
Author(s):
- Mitchell, Brent
- Stolton, Sue
- Bezaury-Creel, Juan
- Bingham, Heather C.
- Cumming, Tracey L.
- Dudley, Nigel
- Fitzsimons, James A.
- Malleret-King, Delphine
- Redford, Kent H.
- Solano, Pedro
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
This report is the second in a series that describes IUCN’s work with independent scientific and technical advisory panels.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
The Mediterranean region is one of the world’s great centres of plant diversity and its benign climates have attracted successive waves of civilisations, which have largely shaped our attitudes and ethics to the present day.
Author(s):
- Valderrábano, Marcos
- Gil, Teresa
- Heywood, Vernon
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This booklet is part of a series of compilations assembling PANORAMA solution case studies on a defined topic. “Solutions in Focus” zooms in on a topic of interest covered by PANORAMA, allowing to explore common elements and shared learnings across success stories.
Organization(s):
- Blue Solutions
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- GRID-Arendal
- IUCN
- UNEP
Author(s):
- Sankara-Bassonon, Sandrine
- Awaïss, Aboubacar
- Rocca, Marcello
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme (PACO)
Author(s):
- Sankara-Bassonon, Sandrine
- Awaïss, Aboubacar
- Rocca, Marcello
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme (PACO)
Featuring documentary-style photography, this work traces that remarkable story of how a species that was declared extinct in the wild was successfully reintroduced into its natural habitat.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
Featuring documentary-style photography, this work traces that remarkable story of how a species that was declared extinct in the wild was successfully reintroduced into its natural habitat.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
Organization(s):
- Madagascar, Ministère de l'environnement, de l'écologie et des forêts
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Amphibian Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- Wildlife Reserves Singapore
- Singapore, National Parks Board
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Pangolin Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Asian Species Action Partnership
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Planning Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
Сохранение биологического разнообразия является неотъемлемой частью восстановления лесных ландшафтов.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Cox, Neil A.
- Kuzee, Mirjam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
A biodiversidade é inerente à restauração da paisagem florestal.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Cox, Neil A.
- Kuzee, Mirjam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
La biodiversité est inhérente à la restauration des paysages forestiers.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Cox, Neil A.
- Kuzee, Mirjam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
La biodiversidad es inherente a la restauración de paisajes forestales.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Cox, Neil A.
- Kuzee, Mirjam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Методология оценки перспектив восстановления лесных ландшафтов (МОПВ)1 была разработана МСОП и Институтом по исследованию мировых ресурсов (ИИМР) для оказания помощи странам в выявлении возможностей восстановления лесных ландшафтов (ВЛЛ), определении приоритетных территориий на национальном и рег
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Gender Office
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
A Metodologia de Avaliação de Oportunidades de Restauração (MAOR)1 foi elaborada pela UICN e pelo Instituto de Recursos Mundiais (WRI) com vista a apoiar os países no planeamento e implementação da restauração da paisagem florestal (FLR), com a análise de áreas prioritárias nos âmbitos n
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Gender Office
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
La Méthodologie d’évaluation des opportunités de restauration des paysages forestiers (MEOR)1 a été élaborée par l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN) et le World Resources Institute (WRI) pour aider les pays à identifier les opportunités de restauration des paysages for
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Gender Office
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
La UICN y el World Resources Institute (WRI) crearon la Metodología de Evaluación de Oportunidades de Restauración (ROAM)1 para ayudar a los países a identificar oportunidades de restauración de paisajes forestales (RPF),analizar las áreas prioritarias a nivel nacional o subnacional, y diseñar y
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Gender Office
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Este informe monográfico describe el proceso de desarrollo del Barómetro de Progreso del Desafío de Bonn y de los conceptos e iniciativas subyacentes.
Author(s):
- Dave, R.
- Saint-Laurent, C.
- Moraes, M.
- Simonit, S.
- Raes, Leander
- Karangwa, C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Este relatório de foco descreve o processo para o desenvolvimento do Barómetro do Desafio de Bonn e os conceitos e iniciativas por trás dele.
Author(s):
- Dave, R.
- Saint-Laurent, C.
- Moraes, M.
- Simonit, S.
- Raes, Leander
- Karangwa, C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Ce rapport spécial décrit le processus de construction du Baromètre du Défi de Bonn, ainsi que les initiatives et concepts sous-jacents.
Author(s):
- Dave, R.
- Saint-Laurent, C.
- Moraes, M.
- Simonit, S.
- Raes, Leander
- Karangwa, C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
The helmeted hornbill faces a conservation crisis that requires an urgent response.
Author(s):
- Jain, Anuj
- Lee, Jessica G.H.
- Chao, Nerissa
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Hornbill Specialist Group
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige.
Author(s):
- Brumann, Christoph
- Berliner, David
On 5 November 2015, a large dam containing 52 million m3 of iron mining residues (tailings) collapsed in Mariana, Brazil.
Author(s):
- Sánchez, Luis Enrique
- Alger, Keith
- Alonso, Luiza
- Barbosa, Francisco
- Brito, Maria Cecília
- Laureano, Fernando
- May, Peter
- Roeser, Hubert
- Kakabadse, Yolanda
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
On 5 November 2015, a large dam containing 52 million m3 of iron mining residues (tailings) collapsed in Mariana, Brazil.
Author(s):
- Sánchez, Luis Enrique
- Alger, Keith
- Alonso, Luiza
- Barbosa, Francisco
- Brito, Maria Cecília
- Laureano, Fernando
- May, Peter
- Roeser, Hubert
- Kakabadse, Yolanda
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
The purpose of this study on seamount and hydrothermal vent ecosystems is to review the state of knowledge on the subject matter in order to better guide decision-making processes to develop and implement conservation and sustainable management measures, as well as to discuss knowledge gaps and p
Author(s):
- Zucchi, Sara
- Ternon, Jean-François
- Demarcq, Hervé
- Ménard, Frédéric
- Guduff, Sabrina
- Spadone, Aurélie
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
- Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), FR
Issues of women’s participation and gender equality in the governance of shared waters have received insufficient attention to date in both the research and practice literature, yet action is happening on the ground.
Author(s):
- Fauconnier, Isabelle
- Jenniskens, Annemiek
- Perry, Page
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Water Programme
The Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT) was developed out of a need to more efficiently and effectively communicate the importance of ecosystem services to decision makers.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Raes, Leander
- Vogl, Adrian L.
- Hawthorne, Peter L.
- Moraes, Miguel
- Saborio, Javier L.
- Meza Prado, Kelly
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Organization(s):
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
- Ecuador, Ministerio del Ambiente
- Parque Nacional Galapagos, EC
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Planning Specialist Group
Volume 8 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) contains an unusual compilation of important but smaller orders that we now know have either distant or nearly no taxonomic relationships. They include armadillos, sloths and anteaters.
Author(s):
- Wilson, Don E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
A Future in Ruins is the story of UNESCO's efforts to save the world's heritage and, in doing so, forge an international community dedicated to peaceful co-existence and conservation.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Planning Specialist Group
PANORAMA is a partnership initiative to facilitate learning from success in conservation. It promotes examples of inspiring solutions that showcase how nature conservation can benefit society.
Organization(s):
- Blue Solutions
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- GRID-Arendal
- IUCN
- UNEP
Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging.
Author(s):
- Neugarten, Rachel A.
- Langhammer, Penny F.
- Osipova, Elena
- Bagstad, Kenneth J.
- Bhagabati, Nirmal
- Butchart, Stuart H.M.
- Dudley, Nigel
- Elliott, Vittoria
- Gerber, Leah R.
- Gutierrez Arrellano, Claudia
- Ivanić, Kasandra-Zoica
- Kettunen, Marianne
- Mandle, Lisa
- Merriman, Jennifer C.
- Mulligan, Mark
- Peh, Kelvin S.-H.
- Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara
- Semmens, Darius J.
- Stolton, Sue
- Willcock, Simon
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
Les 'espèces envahissantes' (souvent appelées ravageurs, mauvaises herbes ou même maladies) sont des plantes, des animaux, des agents pathogènes et d’autres organismes qui sont délibérément ou involontairement emmenés au-delà de leur aire de répartition naturelle par des personnes et qui devienne
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
- Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET)
- Western Indian Ocean Network on Invasive Species (WIONIS)
- European Commission
‘Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which become destructive to the environment or human livelihoods.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
- Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET)
- Western Indian Ocean Network on Invasive Species (WIONIS)
- European Commission
The sea below 200 meters depth accounts for 95% of the volume of the ocean, making it the largest habitat for life on Earth.
Author(s):
- Cuyvers, Luc
- Berry, Whitney
- Gjerde, Kristina M.
- Thiele, Torsten
- Wilhem, Caroline
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Gallifrey Foundation
IUCN Bangladesh started a project with a view to minimize the human-elephant conflicts in and around the Kutupalong Camp.
Organization(s):
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- IUCN Bangladesh
L’analyse de situation se concentre principalement sur les palmiers à huile dans le contexte de la conservation de la biodiversité à partir de la littérature publiée avant le 31 janvier 2018, et vise à fournir une alternative constructive pour relever les défis de durabilité rencontrés par l’indu
Author(s):
- Meijaard, Erik
- Garcia-Ulloa, John
- Sheil, Douglas
- Wich, Serge A.
- Carlson, K.M.
- Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
- Brooks, Thomas M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Oil Palm Task Force
The situation analysis primarily focuses on oil palm in the context of biodiversity conservation based on literature published before 31 January 2018, and aims to provide a constructive pathway to addressing sustainability challenges in the palm oil industry.
Author(s):
- Meijaard, Erik
- Garcia-Ulloa, John
- Sheil, Douglas
- Wich, Serge A.
- Carlson, K.M.
- Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
- Brooks, Thomas M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Oil Palm Task Force
The protection and revival of degraded and deforested land is the need of the hour. In order to tackle the issues that arise as a consequence of degradation and deforestation, principles of forest landscape restoration are being globally promoted.
Author(s):
- Borah, B.
- Bhattacharjee, A.
- Ishwar, N.M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN India
- India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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