Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored "place" in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of "kinds of places", or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective.
In der Diskussion über die aktuellen und zukünftigen Herausforderungen für die Sicherung der biologischen Vielfalt findet sich der Klimawandel stets an vorderer Stelle. Seine Folgen erscheinen bedrohlich, die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen auch für Natur und Landschaft immens.
Überschwemmungen wie die Elbeflut im August 2002 führen uns immer wieder auf dramatische Weise die Notwendigkeit der Hochwasservorsorge vor Augen. Klimawandel und die Ausweitung der Siedlungs- und Verkehrsflächen verschärfen dabei das Risiko von Schäden auch durch kleinere und lokale Ereignisse.
This guide was developed to help address issues regarding resource consumption and environmental conservation, efficiency and competitiveness in enterprise management, and sustainable consumption and production.
Organization(s):
European Union
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Commission, Directorate-General Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection
Includes discussion of the conservation activities relating to "les hêtraies du Luzulu-Fagetum", "les phoques" (including Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus), "la cistude d'Europe (Emys orbicularis) and "les grands carnivores" (including Canis Lupus and
Examines the process for the delineation of the outer continental shelf and speculates on the location and feasibility of extraction of the various non-living resources which may occur in these areas.
"Building a future for wildlife" is the slogan of the World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy. Modern zoos and aquariums are playing an increasingly active and important role in conserving species in their natural habitat.
This guidance sets out the suggested procedures for compiling retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and for submitting them for approval by the World Heritage Committee.
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 is the report of a study on the approaches to decision-making and dialogue on large dams and hydraulic infrastructures in developing countries and emerging markets, particularly the policies and practices applying to environmental and social aspects, and engagement of stakeholders around pro
This report is a summary of the discussions that took place during the workshop, presenting the main outcomes both generally on bioenergy and then specifically in relation to IUCN. Full details of the discussions are available in the annexes.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
This study focuses on Damb Village, Balochistan, which is a site of a naturally occurring mangrove forest in Miani Hor lagoon. The latest mangrove vegetation map prepared by SUPARCO using SPOT imagery in 2003 suggests that 86,727 ha are under mangrove forests along Pakistans coast.
Le présent document a pour objectif de rendre compte des formations, études de cas, discussions et échanges en tous genres qui, pendant quatre jours, ont largement nourri la réflexion pour une meilleure implication des ONG ouest-africaines dans la conservation en général et la gestion des aires p
Organization(s):
IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme (PACO)
IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI. Describes GOBI's online submission tool to accept information about ecologically or biologically significant areas in the open oceans and deep seas.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP-WCMC
BirdLife International
Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Census of Marine Life (COML)
Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
AquaMaps
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI. This contribution looks at the Birdlife International marine important bird area (IBA) toolkit as a case study.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP-WCMC
BirdLife International
Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Census of Marine Life (COML)
Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
AquaMaps
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI, looking at the scientific contributions of Census of Marine Life and Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS).
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP-WCMC
BirdLife International
Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Census of Marine Life (COML)
Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
AquaMaps
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
Cette brochure est un bref résumé du document de travail de lUICN « Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change/ REDD An overview of current discussions and main issues », disponible à ladresse : http://cmsdata.iu
This brochure presents a brief summary of IUCNs working document Indigenous People and Climate Change/ REDD An overview of current discussions and main issues, available at: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/download
This document provides an overview and analysis of current international discussions on main issues around indigenous peoples and REDD. A compilation with links to various related resources allows the reader easy access to additional reading and relevant key documents.
