The manual provides guidance for States Parties and all those involved in the care of World Heritage cultural properties on how to comply with the requirements of the Convention.
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
This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world’s tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world.
The following report and interim conservation plan is the result of a four-day intensive planning workshop for the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) involving 39 individuals that I would consider to be experts in their particular fields and representative of 29 organisations involved directly with
Author(s):
Bradley, Kevin
Lees, Caroline
Lundie-Jenkins, Geoff
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
“International Workshop on Resource Enhancement and Sustainable Aquaculture Practices in Southeast Asia” was held in Iloilo City from 5 to 7 March 2014.
Author(s):
Romana-Eguia, Maria Rowena R.
Organization(s):
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
This new publication is a valuable tool to help increase the capacity of policy and decision makers to develop gender-responsive climate change policies and strategies that ensure women are engaged at all levels of the decision-making process.
Au premier printemps du millénaire, Frederik Paulsena foulé le pôle Nord et découvert que la Terre cachait d’autres pôles : le pôle magnétique, ce point mouvant que désignent les boussoles, le pôle géomagnétique, plus stable, et le pôle d’inaccessibilité.
There are 357 species of birds breeding within the assessment region, which consists of the whole of the Arabian Peninsula, plus Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, including offshore islands and the Socotra archipelago.
Organization(s):
BirdLife International
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah
The Draft International Covenant on Environment is an ongoing contribution of the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) and the IUCN Environmental Law Programme (IUCN ELP) to provide a framework for implementing sustainability at all levels of society following the outcome o
The Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World examines the role of weapons and armed violence in humanity’s appropriation of the earth’s wildlife and mineral riches—in Africa, where the poaching of elephants and rhinos is becoming increasingly militarized, and near resource extractio
Organization(s):
Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Small Arms Survey
Interim results are presented from five exploratory sector studies (on livestock, rice, agroforestry, inland fisheries and palm oil), while the development of a ‘valuation framework’ provides a common lens for ensuring that the full range of impacts and dependencies can be examined under differen
Organization(s):
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative
This comprehensive handbook provides a unique resource covering all aspects of forest ecology from a global perspective. It covers both natural and managed forests, from boreal, temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world.
This report presents the findings of a situation analysis on the water quality of Ha Long Bay (HLB) from the perspective of tourism businesses working in the area.
This user handbook has been prepared upon completion of the ESA funded GlobWetland II (GW-II) project. It is a tutorial for the wetland community on the concept and wide use of the information system and products developed in the frame of GW-II.
The objective of this publication is to present lessons learned throughout the process of ‘making the case for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) ’ to government and other stakeholders, encouraging them to include EbA approaches in broader adaptation strategies, and to bring about the required shif
This report presents the findings of a review of traceability systems that have been developed in the CITES context for the trade in processed product types of Appendix II-listed species.
Author(s):
Mundy, Victoria
Sant, Glenn
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
The symposium ‘Beyond enforcement: communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime’ was organise to explore the role of communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade.
Author(s):
Roe, Dilys
Organization(s):
Austria, Ministry of Environment
Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED)
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
IUCN, Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group (SULi)
Using case studies from Nepal, India and Thailand, this paper explores challenges and governance options that can accept social and physical uncertainties and build synergy across the water, energy, and food sectors.
This Responsive Forest Governance Initiative Handbook defines basic democratic concepts and explains how democratic governance works. It then lays out responsive forest governance principles to be used when working with local government, parallelorganizations, and citizens.
Author(s):
Ribot, Jesse C.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Jusrut, Poonam
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
