This report documents the proceedings of the Mekong Region Waters Dialogue: Exploring Water Futures Together, held in Vientiane, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic on 6 and 7 July 2006.
Organization(s):
IUCN
International Water Management Institute, LK
Mekong Program on Water Environment and Resilience (M-POWER)
There is growing awareness of the social significance of wild resources, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) making a clear link between biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being.
The implications of unsustainable wild meat exploitation for wildlife management and livelihoods in the refugee hosting areas of north-west Tanzania are rarely acknowledged by all the relevant stakeholders.
La guía tiene como fin servir de instrumento técnico de referencia para la planificación y ejecución ordenada y sistemática de medidas ambientales de prevención, corrección, mitigación, minimización o compensación para aquellas acciones de la actividad de desarrollo de infraestructura urbana, que
Author(s):
Gättgens, Allan Astorga
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Guatemala, Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to peoples social and economic reality.
Author(s):
Alm, Andy
Dela, Jinie
Garnett, Tommy
Goldstein, Wendy
Paul, Peter
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to peoples social and economic reality.
Author(s):
Goldstein, Wendy
Paul, Peter
Garnett, Tommy
Dela, Jinie
Alm, Andy
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Re-introduction is one tool for conserving great apes and their natural habitats. These guidelines adapt other IUCN documents to pertain specifically to the re-introduction of great apes.
Author(s):
Beck, Benjamin B.
Rodrigues, Michelle
Stoinski, Tara
Travis, Dominic A.
Unwin, Steve
Walkup, Kristina
Organization(s):
Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
Spanning the vast range of Earth's marine environments, from Greenland to the Polynesian Islands, Planet Ocean reveals hidden landscapes of unsurpassed beauty and awe. More than 25 essays from leading scientists highlight topics such as aquaculture and global warming.
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to peoples social and economic reality.
Author(s):
Dela, Jinie
Garnett, Tommy
Goldstein, Wendy
van Kempen, Peter Paul
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to people's social and economic reality.
Author(s):
Dela, Jinie
Garnett, Tommy
Goldstein, Wendy
van Kempen, Peter Paul
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Trade and travel are the primary drivers of biological invasion both into and within the United States, and prevention measures have been identified as the most cost-effective means of minimizing the introduction and impact of invasive species.
Los servicios ecosistémicos de las cuencas son claves para generar seguridad a los usuarios del agua, por medio de incentivos económicos de manera innovadora que permitan una gestión correcta de los ecosistemas y recursos hídricos, este es uno de los caminos que fortalecen la seguridad del acceso
La presente publicación recoge algunos de los estudios de caso y de las discusiones del taller, así como otras iniciativas presentadas por miembros de la UICN en la región con el objetivo de compartir estas experiencias en las reuniones preparatorias de la novena Conferencia de las Partes del CDB
Author(s):
Andrade Pérez, Angela
Organization(s):
IUCN
Instituto Humboldt, CO
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
Tropenbos International, NL
UNEP, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbeans
To take the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) conference forward, IUCN Pakistan organized a national conference on ESD in 2007, in collaboration with UNESCO.
Este documento busca dotar de una herramienta teórica para la promoción y potenciación de la participación de la sociedad civil, plasmada por medio de una multiplicidad de instrumentos y modalidades a lo largo de las distintas etapas que conlleva la evaluación de impacto ambiental.
Author(s):
Mora Portuguez, Jorge
Salas Víquez, Seidy
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
Recopilación de casos de valoración económica de diferentes regiones de Iberoamérica, entre ellos España, Centroamérica, Suramérica y el Caribe. Se basa en dos grandes enfoques: la economía ambiental y ecológica.
Este documento contiene los resultados del análisis geográfico sobre la calidad del agua de pozos de personas que utilizan biofiltros de arena (tecnologías purificadoras de agua) en el Sur de Ahuachapán; específicamente el la zona media y baja de la Cuenca Hidrográfica Cara Sucia San Pedro Belé
Author(s):
Ortiz Montano, Oscar Joaquín
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Agronomicas, SV
This publication is a result of recommendations articulated by the NCS and SPCS on the need for devolved decision-making to achieve a long-term sustainable development plan for D.I. Khan that integrates both socioeconomic and environmental imperatives.
The Qila Saifullah Integrated Development Vision is among the first in the province of Balochistan. It is the peoples vision for their future, of the quality of life they aspire to and the progressive milestones they would like to achieve.
The Sindh Strategy for Sustainable Development (SSSD) proposes a 10-year sustainable development agenda for Sindh. Its purpose is to highlight the ecological, economic and social issues of the province and to provide recommendations and strategic actions to address them.
This document has been published as part of Programme Support for Northern Pakistan project implemented from 2004-07.The project was a continuation of implementation of initiatives that began with the development of the National Conservation Strategy, as well as provincial and district level st
Author(s):
Khan, Inam Ullah
Cowasjee, Dhunmai
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Pakistan, Sarhad Programme Office
Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
This document summarizes Bangladeshs existing capacity in addressing climate change, biodiversity and land degradation problems and concerns assessed through country-wide consultations.
The film depicts the environmentally-disastrous oil slick caused by Israels bombing of the Jiyyeh power plant in south Lebanon on July 13 and 15, 2006.
This interactive CD was developed in conjunction with a Country Environmental Profile for Somalia by the Eastern Africa Regional Office of IUCN, for the EC Somalia Operations Office.
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to peoples social and economic reality.
Author(s):
Alm, Andy
Dela, Jinie
Garnett, Tommy
Goldstein, Wendy
Paul, Peter
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
La publicación "Prácticas ancestrales y derecho de aguas: de la tensión a la coexistencia", es el resultado de un proyecto de investigación dirigido por el Centro de Derecho Ambiental de UICN en colaboración con la Comisión de Derecho Ambiental.
Author(s):
Rovere, Marta Brunilda
Iza, Alejandro
Organization(s):
IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI)
The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) currently includes three species of chondrichthyan fishes on its Appendices, in recognition of their unfavourable conservation status and need for concerted international conservation measures.
Organization(s):
UNEP
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Secretariat
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
Some of the most important decisions in wildlife management in Africa revolve around elephants. Where elephant densities increase the impact of elephants on their habitats and other species may also increase.
Author(s):
Balfour, D.
Dublin, Holly T.
Fennessy, J.
Gibson, D.
Niskanen, L.
Whyte, I. J.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
Mangroves are among the most valuable ecosystems providing food and protection for a large number of marine and land-based organisms, livelihoods for coastal populations, and protection from ocean swell and other extreme weather events for low-lying coastal areas.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Ce document présente les résultats de l'évaluation du système des parcs de Guinée Bissau, en particulier les parcs d'Orango, de Jao Viera et Pailào, de cafuda, de Cacheu et l'aire protégée en création à Cantanhez.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
TRAFFIC's findings in this report provide strong evidence that China's trade ban has been effective at reducing the market for Tiger products, particularly traditional medicines. Still, illegal trade remains a threat.
This publication draws on lessons learned from Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea in forest management, community development, indigenous knowledge and access to resources and social networks within the broad framework of the sustainable livelihoods approach.
