This publication reflects on and reinforces the lessons and experience of undertaking transboundary conservation programmes and sets out some existing and new guidance for those involved.
Un tigre para los derechos is a story about rights. It is based on the experience of the Shuar Arutam Peoples, an Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples that live in the Amazon forest.
Author(s):
Kingman, Santiago
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
Cette publication présente l'information sur l'état de conservation des mammifères marins et des tortues marines qui habitent la Méditerranée et la mer Noire.
The main goal of this Explanatory Guide is to facilitate the understanding of the legal obligations of the Parties under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Author(s):
Ahrén, Mattias
Ali, Natasha
Cabrera Medaglia, Jorge A.
Greiber, Thomas
Kamau, Evanson C.
Nieto Carrasco, Jimena
Oliva, Maria Julia
Pena Moreno, Sonia
Perron-Welch, Frederic
Williams, China
Organization(s):
Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
This report presents highlights of CEC activities in 2011. The Commission engaged in initiatives supporting the IUCN One Programme, with an emphasis on building skills and raising awareness.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
La presente publicación está basada en el informe de consultoría Análisis de la situación actual del sector forestal peruano, elaborado por Araujo, J. y Capella, J. de la Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental a principios de 2011.
This facilitators guide for the Promoting Local Innovations (PLI) workshop has been developed to provide conservation and development practitioners working with coastal communities with an interactive and participatory tool that they can use to promote local innovations for climate change adapta
Author(s):
Roth, Andrea
Rist, Stephan
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
European Union
Universität Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), CH
This report contains the most comprehensive assessment of the status and trends of the world's invertebrates conducted to date. It introduces the staggering diversity of invertebrates, ranging from microscopic zooplankton to giant squid.
Ce projet vise à évaluer la valeur socio-économique des espèces d'eau douce en Afrique du Nord, dans le cadre des menaces pesant sur les espèces identifiées et documentées précédemment par la Liste rouge de l'UICN des espèces menacéesTM.
Author(s):
Darwall, W.R.T.
Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
Organization(s):
IUCN
Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Este proyecto pretende evaluar el valor socio-económico de especies de agua dulce a lo largo de la región del norte de África en el contexto de las amenazas para esas especies tal y como se ha determinado y documentado previamente en la Lista Roja de la UICN de especies amenazadas.
Author(s):
Darwall, W.R.T.
Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
Organization(s):
IUCN
Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
The IUCN Species Survival Commission and IUCN Asia Regional Office commissioned this independent report to assess the state and condition of intertidal habitats along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF), in response to growing concerns expressed by IUCN members over observed declines in bio
The Protected Planet Report is a new initiative that tracks global progress towards Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversitys (CBD) Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
Tenu du 21 au 23 novembre 2011 à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) sur initiative conjointe de l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature Programme de l'Afrique Centrale et Occidentale (UICN-PACO) et de l'Institut de l'Energie et de l'Environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF), avec une con
Organization(s):
IUCN Senegal
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
International Development Research Centre, CA
Institut de l'Energie et de l'Environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF)
A series of dialogues organised by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) between 2009 and 2012 on investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) was designed to help catalyse investments in LCF by sharing learning between rights-holder groups and investors; improving mutual trust based on an agreed inves
The Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) was a five-year program implemented by IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and funded by DGIS (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands).
The IUCN Species Survival Commission and IUCN Asia Regional Office commissioned this independent report to assess the state and condition of intertidal habitats along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF), in response to growing concerns expressed by IUCN members over observed declines in bio
It is commonly claimed that forest tenure reform that provides rural people with rights to access and use of forest resources can contribute to improved forest management and poverty alleviation.
This paper examines how interventions intended to improve functionality and productivity of forested landscapes to improve livelihoods of the poorest populations, might actually yield co-benefits in terms of biodiversity conservation.
The Doi Mae Salong watershed in the north-west of Thailand is the headwater of the Mae Chan River, a tributary of the Mekong River. As such, it is an extremely important landscape for the economy of the region.
This publication is intended to raise awareness amongst all stakeholders and galvanise wider action to boost drylands conservation and development. The book is designed to inform and remind us of the beauty of dryland biodiversity and its intrinsic and instrumental value.
Author(s):
Crawhall, Nigel
Davies, Jonathan
Dudley, Nigel
Gudka, Masumi
Henwood, William D.
MacKinnon, Kathy
Poulsen, Lene
Schulte-Herbrüggen, Björn
Smith, Jessica
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
UNEP-WCMC
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
Cette presentation est destinee a fournir les donnees theoriques, pratiques et previsionnelles du resultat potentiel a long-terme dun programme de conservation de la biodiversite mene sur un site minier.
Esta publicacion tiene como objetivo proporcionar los datos, las teorias y las previsions para el posible resultado a largo plazo de un programa de conservacion de la biodiversidad en un sitio minero.
This publication aims to provide the data, theory, and predictions for the potential long-term outcome of a biodiversity conservation programme at a mining site.
This publication provides guidance for terrestrial, marine, and freshwater protected area managers at both system and site levels on the restoration of natural and associated values of protected areas.
Author(s):
Cairns, Stephanie
Dudley, Nigel
Hall, Carol
Keeneleyside, Karen
Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN
Canada, Parks Canada
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Society for Ecological Restoration International, US
Toutefois, le nombre d'aires marines protégées (AMPs) étant bien inférieur à celui des aires protégées terrestres, le manque d'expérience complexifie le processus d'application des catégories aux AMP. L'application des catégories aux AMP a souvent été inexacte et contradictoire.
Author(s):
Day, Jon
Dudley, Nigel
Hockings, Marc
Holmes, G.
Laffoley, D.
Stolton, Sue
Wells, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Sin embargo, con el menor número de áreas protegidas marinas (AMPs) en comparación con las áreas protegidas terrestres, hay menos experiencia y comprensión de la aplicación de las categorías a las AMPs. La aplicación de las categorías a las AMPs ha sido a menudo imprecisa e inconsistente.
Author(s):
Day, Jon
Dudley, Nigel
Hockings, Marc
Holmes, G.
Laffoley, D.
Stolton, Sue
Wells, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
With the smaller number of marine protected areas (MPAs) compared with terrestrial protected areas, there is less experience and understanding of applying the categories to MPAs. Application of the categories to MPAs has often been inaccurate and inconsistent.
Author(s):
Day, Jon
Dudley, Nigel
Hockings, Marc
Holmes, G.
Laffoley, D.
Stolton, Sue
Wells, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
This booklet describes some of the plants present in and around Lake Tanganyika that can affect its environment and biodiversity. There are many such plants and there will be more, but this small volume is a starting handbook to invasive plant recognition, understanding and management.
Author(s):
Abonyo, Esther
Howard, Geoffrey W.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA), BI
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
UNDP
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
This study, based on a colloquium, field assessments of development activities and technical analyses pertaining to barrier-built estuaries and lagoons, was inspired by the positive response to a preceding report captioned <a href=http
This report from the IUCN Shark Specialist Group includes the first compilation of conservation status assessments for the 282 chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) recorded from North American, Central American, and Caribbean waters.
Author(s):
Kyne, Peter M.
Carlson, John K. (John Keith)
Ebert, David A.
Fordham, Sonja V.
Bizzarro, Joseph J.
Graham, Rachel T.
Kulka, David W.
Tewes, Emily E.
Harrison, Lucy R.
Dulvy, Nicholas K.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
Charles Darwin University, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), AU
Ce document est un rapport technique relatif à létat de la question dans le bassin méditerranéen. Il décrit les spécificités de la mer Méditerranée et le phénomène du changement climatique observé à léchelle de cette région.
Author(s):
Bazairi, Hocein
Bianchi, Carlo Nike
Boudouresque, Charles-François
Buia, Maria Cristina
Clabaut, Philippe
Harmelin-Vivien, M. L. (Mireille L.)
Mateo, Miguel Angel
Montefalcone, Monica
Morri, Carla
Orfanidis, Sotiris
Pergent, Gérard
Pergent-Martini, Christine
Semroud, Rachid
Serrano, Oscar
Verlaque, Marc
Organization(s):
Fondation MAVA pour la nature
IUCN, Global Marine Programme
IUCN, Marine Programme
Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Spain, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación
Total Foundation
UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
This report focuses on the role and importance of the fishing and tourism industries in Vanuatus economy. The report begins by presenting an overview of the country, its economy, and the fishing and tourism industries.
