Conflict and conservation focuses on armed conflict and nature. The theme is highly timely as armed conflicts cause great economic and social harm, as well as environmental damage around the world.
This report provides insight into the rationale and feasability of declaring a protected area for the Vjosa Valley, along with the management objectives and associated protected area categories that would ensure the conservation of the area's key values.
Author(s):
Sovinc, Andrej
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
O relatório traz informações e dados selecionados sobre a qualidade física, química e biológica da água e uma visão geral da biodiversidade terrestre, de água doce e marinha na bacia do Rio Doce desde o rompimento da barragem até o momento atual.
The report contextualises the current status of water quality and biodiversity in the Rio Doce watershed, providing selected data and information on the physical, chemical and biological quality of the water and an overview of the terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity since the dam rupt
En ecosistemas terrestres, dulceacuícolas y marinos, los corredores ecológicos son una designación de conservación necesaria para asegurar la salud de los ecosistemas.
Author(s):
Hilty, Jodi
Worboys, Graeme L.
Keeley, Annika
Woodley, Stephen
Lausche, Barbara J.
Locke, Harvey
Carr, Mark
Pulsford, Ian
Pittock, Jamie
White, J. Wilson
Theobald, David M.
Levine, Jessica
Reuling, Melly
Watson, James E.M.
Ament, Rob
Tabor, Gary M.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
The passing of the IUCN Resolution 041 (Development of objective criteria for a Green List of species, ecosystems and protected areas) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju Island, South Korea in September 2012 provided an important indication of government and NGO support for the princ
This Guidance for using the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions accompanies the Global Standardto provide the scientific basis and guidance for users.
These guidelines offer an approach for developing a corporate-level biodiversity strategic plan, including measurable goals and objectives and a set of core linked indicators, that will allow companies to measure their biodiversity performance across their operations.
This report presents a conservation assessment of the vegetation, habitats and herpetile fauna within the area covered by Jebel Nadhour and Ghar El Melh KBA and Sidi Ali el Mekki KBA in northeastern Tunisia.
This seventh edition provides 69 case studies with some 78 species covering plants, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, invertebrates and reptiles. The projects are ranked as Highly Successful, Successful, Partially Successful and Failure.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
The Western Indian Ocean is comprised of productive and highly diverse marine ecosystems that are rich sources of food security, livelihoods, and natural wonder.
Achieving a climate-resilient future requires rapid, sustained and far-reaching transformations in energy, land-use, infrastructure and industrial systems.
The cultural and spiritual significance of nature has been defined as the spiritual, cultural, inspirational, aesthetic, historic and social meanings, values, feelings, ideas and associations that natural features and nature in general have for past, present and future generations of people – bot
Author(s):
Verschuuren, Bas
Mallarach, Josep-Maria
Bernbaum, Edwin
Spoon, Jeremy
Brown, Steve
Borde, Radhika
Brown, Jessica
Calamia, Mark
Mitchell, Nora
Infield, Mark
Lee, Emma
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas Specialist Group
As presentes Directrizes sobre Negócios e KBAs foram desenvolvidas pelos Parceiros das KBAs para apoiar as empresas na gestão de riscos para a biodiversidade.
Known for its tasty flesh, silver therapon, locally known as ayungin, has been regarded to be one of the most valuable edible native freshwater species in the Philippines.
Author(s):
Aya, Frolan A.
Garcia, Luis Maria B.
Organization(s):
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Aquaculture Department
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
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 most detailed and inspiring guidebook for hikers and nature lovers, describing all national parks in southwestern Europe, Macaronesia and the Alps.
There has been much concern over the world’s catastrophic failure to meet global targets set in 2010 to save biodiversity. Birds and Biodiversity Targets uses BirdLife’s extensive worldwide research to provide a road map to ensure the 2020s are not just another “lost decade for nature”.
This book offers Christian laypeople a brief and accessible perspective on what the Bible teaches about ecology and about Christians' responsibility to care for the environment.
La Lista Roja de Ecosistemas (LRE) proporciona un nuevo estándar unificado de carácter global, desarrollado por la UICN (Union Internacional de Conservación de la Naturaleza), cuyo propósito es orientar procesos de evaluación de riesgo que sean comparables y compatibles, acerca del estado de todo
On associe rarement la Bible et l’écologie. Et les chrétiens n’ont pas toujours brillé par leur souci de protéger l’environnement. Au contraire ! Sous prétexte de mieux « dominer et soumettre » la terre, ils ont souvent exploité sans mesure les ressources naturelles.
The GCF programming manual provides an overview of the GCF project/programme approval process, as adopted by the Board, to its stakeholders, including national designated authorities and accredited entities.
Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a carefully balanced and stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed, and the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation.
Redan under 1800-talet växte det fram forskning inriktad mot det svenska jordbrukets och skogsbrukets behov. Forskningen bedrevs ofta i nära samarbete med eller av näringarna själva, till exempel i hushållningssällskapens regi.
After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity and the consequent loss of services that ecosystems provide humans.
The Mediterranean Red List assessment is a review of the regional conservation status of approximately 6,000 species (amphibians, mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, corals and plants) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.
A successful process to advance forest landscape restoration (FLR) needs to motivate, enable and resource its implementation. This brief offers a preliminary exploratory analysis of some of the range of policies that respond to each of these three requirements.
The first part of this document offers guidance to assess the development of new or existing inter-institutional coordination mechanisms (ICMs) for forest landscape restoration (FLR).
La publicación presenta la metodología y los resultados para el desarrollo de una herramienta de gestión territorial soportada por una propuesta de modelo de financiamiento e intervención para Oaxaca.
Author(s):
Simonit, Silvio
Abardía Martínez, Adriana
García Contreras, Gerardo
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
