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Dozens of experts were invited to provide their perspectives on critical issues relating to climate change and water in the form of a Perspective Document. The initiative resulted in the serise of papers presented here.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate
- International Water Association (IWA)
- World Water Council, FR
Drylands cover 41 percent of the earths terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation.
Author(s):
- Mortimore, Michael
- Anderson, Simon
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Davies, Jonathan
- Faccer, K.
- Hesse, Ced
- Morton, John
- Nyangena, Wilfrid
- Skinner, Jamie
- Wolfangel, Caterina
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- UNDP
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
This 8-minute video film promotes new prospects for innovative funding of water projects that can be of benefit to the water critical crisis in the region.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for West, Central Asia and North Africa
- Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (InWent), DE
Author(s):
- Sene, El Hadji M.
- Thiaw, Ibrahim
- Lamizana-Diallo, Birguy
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
At the close of a 15-year regional programme to build institutional capacity for wetland resources management in West Africa, it was deemed essential to extract and review the lessons learned through this experience.
Author(s):
- Sene, El Hadji M.
- Thiaw, Ibrahim
- Lamizana-Diallo, Birguy
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
This publication aims to contribute to planning and management approaches that minimize land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones as a result of extractive industries operations.
Author(s):
- Blanch, José Maria
- Blasco, Delmar
- Gratzfeld, Joachim
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
This publication aims to contribute to planning and management approaches that minimize land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones as a result of extractive industries operations.
Author(s):
- Devitre, Danièle
- Devitre, Richard
- Gratzfeld, Joachim
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
In West Africa, desertification threatens the living conditions of over 250 million people. The results of projects to combat desertification undertaken over the last 40 years or so have been mixed.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
Organization(s):
- Comité Scientifique Français de la Désertification (CSFD), FR
- Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), FR
- UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
- Réseau d'Observatoires de Surveillance Ecologique à Long Terme (ROSELT)
- Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS), FR
This publication aims to contribute to planning and management approaches that minimize land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones as a result of extractive industries operations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
Organization(s):
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
- Intercoopération, CH
- IUCN
- Stockholm Environment Institute, SE
En Afrique de lOuest, la désertification menace les conditions dexistence de plus de 250 millions dindividus. Cependant, les résultats des projets de lutte contre la désertification entrepris depuis plus de 40 ans ont été pour le moins mitigés.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
Author(s):
- Blanco Lobo, Montserrat
- Velásquez Gutiérrez, Margarita
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
This publication aims to contribute to planning and management approaches that minimize land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones as a result of extractive industries operations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
Author(s):
- Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B.
- Ekanayake, S. P.
- Fernando, R. H. S. S.
- Perera, W. P. N.
- Somaweera, R.
The most important agro-ecological problem confronting the steppe regions of Southern Russia is desertification, in large part due to pasture degradation.
Author(s):
- Cherniakhovsky, Dmitry A.
- Tishkov, A. A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
The most important agro-ecological problem confronting the steppe regions of Southern Russia is desertification, in large part due to pasture degradation.
Author(s):
- Cherniakhovsky, Dmitry A.
- Tishkov, A. A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
In preparation for WSSD, IUCN's international Task Force invited prominent experts from African civil society to meet together in Dakar. This publication in both English and French is the result of that meeting.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
Author(s):
- Gorelova, J. V.
- Ladonina, Nina N.
- Cherniakhovsky, Dmitry A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
Agriculture is one of the most important influences on biological diversity. Conventional agriculture has heavily contributed to reducing the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes, but it has also created new diversity.
Author(s):
- Wiseman, Rachel
- Hopkins, Liz
Organization(s):
- IUCN, European Regional Office
Author(s):
- Truong, Nguyen Van
- Kha, Phan Trong
- Hien, Bui Thi Thu
- Thu, Dinh Thi Minh
- Hall, James
Organization(s):
- Eco-Eco - Institute of Ecological Economy
- IUCN Vietnam
Organization(s):
- Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, AE
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), Drylands Programme
- SOS Sahel International, UK
Organization(s):
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, FR
- IUCN
Author(s):
- Sommerlatte, Malte
- Umar, Abdi
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- African Development Bank
The theme of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Session of the GBF was Using Biodiversity to Strengthen Livelihoods.
Author(s):
- Emerton, L. (Lucy)
- Maganya, Jeff
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- African Centre for Technology Studies, KE
- Africa Resources Trust, ZW
- Environmental Liaison Centre International
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- UNEP
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Organization(s):
- Royal Danish Geographical Society, DK
Organization(s):
- Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Entwicklungforschung, DE
Author(s):
- Abu-Zinada, A. H.
- Joubert, Eugène
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Arabian Plant Specialist Group
- National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, SA
Cette monographie importante et richement illustrée comprend les descriptions de quelque 86 genres et 213 espèces de Poaceae du Niger.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement
- Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, CH
Organization(s):
- Ecological Movement of Kyrgyzstan "Aleyne", KZ
- International Biodiversity Institute Biostan
Author(s):
- Böer, Benno
- Drew, Christopher
- Schmitt, John
- Gliddon, Derek
- Loughland, Ronald A.
Organization(s):
- Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, AE
Author(s):
- Bruk, S.
- Keyser, D.
- Kutscher, J.
- Moustafaev, V.
- Frenzle, O.
Author(s):
- Dutton, Roderic
- Clarke, John Innes
- Battikhi, Anwar Munir
Organization(s):
- Higher Council for Science and Technology
- Royal Geographical Society, UK
- Centre for Overseas Research and Development
Author(s):
- Krever, Vladimir
- Pereladova, Olga
- Williams, Margaret
- Jungius, Hartmut
Organization(s):
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Organization(s):
- France, ORSTOM
- Réseau Zones Arides
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
Organization(s):
- Aga Khan Trust for Culture, CH
Author(s):
- Barakat, Hala N.
- Hegazy, Ahmad K.
- Tolba, Mostafa Kamal
Organization(s):
- International Development Research Centre, CA
- South Valley University
- UNESCO
Organization(s):
- Technical Center for Environmental Protection, LY
- IUCN
Author(s):
- Rennie, J. K.
- Singh, Naresh C.
Organization(s):
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
Organization(s):
- National Avian Research Center
Author(s):
- Sidiyene, Ehya Ag
- Le Floc'h, Edouard
- Bernus, Edmond
Organization(s):
- France, ORSTOM
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), FR
Organization(s):
- SOS Sahel International, UK
Author(s):
- Batanouny, K. H.
- Ghabbūr, Samīr Ibrāhīm
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Egypt National Committee of IUCN Members
- Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, EG
- Swiss Development Cooperation, CH
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