Siphandone or Four Thousand Islands encompasses a fascinating 50 Km stretch of the Mekong River consisting of the maze of extensively braided channels, islands and seasonally flooded riverine habitats and the largest complex of waterfalls in Asia.
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in southern Africa is highly diverse and of great importance to livelihoods and economies, however, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity and it is poorly represented in the development planning process
Author(s):
Darwall, W.R.T.
Skelton, Paul H. (Paul Harvey)
Smith, K. G.
Tweddle, D.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), ZA
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), ZA
One of the challenges facing great ape conservation is the rising level of interaction between humans and great apes, and the resulting conflicts that emerge.
Author(s):
Hockings, Kimberley
Humle, Tatyana
Organization(s):
IUCN
Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This toolkit will introduce readers to the central role played by policy, law and institutions in designing and implementing good governance for water resources.
Translocation has become routine in a number of African range states and has played a key role in increasing both white and black rhino numbers. Although less frequent in Asia, expertise and input was sought from many Asian rhino range states and has been incorporated into these guidelines.
Author(s):
Emslie, Richard
Amin, Rajan
Kock, Richard
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Rhino Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Asian Rhino Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Wildlife Health Specialist Group
Live-capture, holding in captivity and export of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands began in 2003. These activities stimulated global interest and generated concern about the potential conservation implications.
A proposta do Manejo de Produtos Florestais Não Madeireiros: um manual com sugestões para o manejo participativo em comunidades da Amazônia é contribuir em um processo contínuo de aprendizagem, no qual povos, comunidades, técnicos e pesquisadores estejam preferencialmente trabalhando juntos e con
Österreich verfügt über eine grosse Vielfalt an Arten und Lebensräumen. Das vorliegende Buch gibt erstmals einen Überblick über wesentliche Aspekte der Biodiversität in Österreich, die etwa 67 000 Pflanzen- und Tierarten umfasst und beinahe 500 Biotoptypen unterscheidet.
Mucho antes de que la ecología se convirtiera en moda y la problemática ambiental adquiriese respetabilidad en el debate cultural, Eduardo Galeano alertaba sobre la voracidad y el cinismo de un sistema que devora a hombres y tierras para luego descartarlos, exhaustos.
Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they seek to achieve? How effective is the aid given?
This second edition of Environment and Tourism reflects changes in the relationship between tourism, society and the natural environment in the first decade of the new century.
A management plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.
Author(s):
Middleton, Julie
Thomas, Lee
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
University of Cardiff, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
Gorillas, the largest of the Great Apes, are the second closest relatives to humans after chimpanzees and bonobos and, while once regarded as ferocious beasts, are now considered by those who have studied them to be gentle giants.
This joint report considers the role and impact of environmental factors in securing human safety and sustained development of the eastern Caspian Sea region, including the parts of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan opening onto the Caspian Sea.
Organization(s):
UNEP
UNDP
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), HU
Seven recognized gibbon taxa are distributed across Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, all of which were recently reassessed as Endangered using IUCN Red List criteria.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
This book includes the decisions and full report of COP2, the text of the first Protocol adopted under the Carpathian Convention, the Protocol on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological and Landscape Diversity, the Ministerial Declaration of COP2 in Bucharest, and the reports of many other
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the health of people living in and around forests, particularly in Asia, South America and Africa.
Author(s):
Colfer, Carol J. Pierce
Organization(s):
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
IUCN hosted an electronic discussion forum for its Members, Commissions, Staff and the public at large between August and September 2006.2 The e-discussion forum is one element of the IUCNFuture of SustainabilityInitiative.
