In an increasingly crowded world reconciling environmental ‘conservation’ with the ‘sustainable use’ of natural resources is now our greatest challenge.
Everyone has a relationship to land, but not everyone's right to land is secure. The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) recognizes that conventional ways of managing land are not realistically going to meet the needs of millions of people.
Organization(s):
Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
As one of the world’s leading field biologists, author George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species. Tibet Wild is Schaller’s account of three decades of exploration in the most remote stretches
Despite the impressive number of legal texts and many good intentions, real progress in solving the environmental challenges themselves has been much less comprehensive.
Published to coincide with the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, UNEP's 2012 Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5) calls on world leaders to take immediate action to address international environmental degradation and turn world-wide discussion of sustainable development into practice.
Esta publicación representa una contribución desde la UICN que demuestra la aplicación práctica de esta útil herramiento del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CBD) en la gestión de las áreas protegidas en Sudamérica.
Pavan Sukhdev lays out a sweeping new vision for tomorrow’s corporation: one that will increase human wellbeing and social equity, decrease environmental risks and ecological losses, and still generate profit.
Ce rapport présente les résultats de deux études thématiques: d’une part le potentiel écologique pour l'identification des corridors dans la zone APT (Aire Protégée Transfrontalière) du Mayombe et, d’autre part, le potentiel écologique pour la délimitation d’AP (Aires Protégées) au sein même de l
Author(s):
Tamar, Ron
Organization(s):
Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP)
IUCN, Central and West Africa Regional Programme (PACO)
Esta guía para invertir en bosques localmente controlados (IBLC) es producto de 11 diálogos internacionales que reunieron a más de 400 personas para discutir cómo llevar a cabo la IBLC.
Author(s):
Elson, Dominic
Organization(s):
FAO
Forests Dialogue, US
Growing Forest Partnerships
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. This book makes the case for constructive engagement and cooperative forms of negotiation in dealing with complex water issues.
Panorama des services founis par les écosystèmes en France pour mieux les connaître et mieux prendre en compte leur fonctionnement et leur rôle dans nos politiques et activités.
KEITI estimates total GHG emissions generated for the duration of the IUCN COngress was 6,847 tons CO2 eq. Emissions from flights by delegates were 4,811 tons CO2eq which accounted for 70.3% of the total emissions associated with the event.
Organization(s):
Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, KR
This document builds on existing IUCN policies by setting forth SSC guiding principles on the use of “trophy hunting”, as defined in Section II, as a tool for creating incentives for the conservation of species and their habitats and for the equitable sharing of the benefits of use of natural res
This document builds on existing IUCN policies by setting forth SSC guiding principles on the use of “trophy hunting”, as defined in Section II, as a tool for creating incentives for the conservation of species and their habitats and for the equitable sharing of the benefits of use of natural res
This Resource Manual has a specific purpose: helping to manage natural values within World Heritage properties. As such it is aimed at natural and mixed World Heritage properties as well as cultural landscapes (inscribed under cultural criteria).
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 document builds on existing IUCN policies by setting forth SSC guiding principles on the use of “trophy hunting”, as defined in Section II, as a tool for creating incentives for the conservation of species and their habitats and for the equitable sharing of the benefits of use of natural res
Agricultural investments involving the acquisition of long-term rights over large areas of land in developing countries have been the focus of much debate in recent years.
Author(s):
Djiré, Moussa
Keita, Amadou
Diawara, Alfousseyni
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Group d'Etudes et de Recherche en Sociologie et Droit Appliqué (GERSDA), ML
Agricultural investments involving the acquisition of long-term rights over large areas of land in developing countries have been the focus of much debate in recent years.
Author(s):
Mujenja, Fison
Wonani, Charlotte
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
These guidelines describe, in logical chronological order, the process of establishing a programme for cryoconservation of animal genetic resources, starting with the process of confirming the decision to implement a cryoconservation programme.
Organization(s):
FAO
FAO, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
This comprehensive presentation discusses peat and mire properties relative to forestry practiced both on pristine mires and drained peatlands. The emphasis is on Nordic conditions. Where relevant, the approaches applied in other parts of the boreal and temperate zones are also discussed.
Author(s):
Hanell, Björn
Päivänen, Juhani
Organization(s):
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, SE
University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, FI
This book aims to introduce beach forest species and mangrove associates to researchers and the general public alike, and to describe their traditional and commercial uses based on recent research and older literature.
Author(s):
Primavera, Jurgenne H.
Sabada, Resurreccion B.
Organization(s):
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
The EAF Toolbox is aimed at national and local fisheries management authorities, including fishery managers, scientists and stakeholders looking for practical solutions they can apply given their circumstances and resources.
The surge in Chinese investments in Africa has brought about a flurry of questions expressing concern over their ecological impact in the host countries. till, the principles and implementation of environmental management by Chinese firms remains largely unknown.
Author(s):
Vliet, Geert van
Magrin, Géraud
Organization(s):
Agence Française de Développement, FR
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), FR
This paper examines the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health issues, labour issues and regulatory frameworks, and links this growing global problem with the International Labour Organizations (ILO) curren
Author(s):
Lundgren, Karin
Organization(s):
ILO
ILO, Sectoral Activities Department (SECTOR)
ILO, Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork)
Das Thema Umwelt wird das 21. Jahrhundert womöglich so prägen, wie kaum ein anderes. Denn Umwelt steht für die Umgebung des Menschen, die auf ihn einwirkt und die er durch sein Handeln beeinflusst. Doch wie ist es um sie bestellt?
Inclusive business models have attracted renewed interest in recent years, as part of wider debates about growing agricultural investment in developing countries. This report discusses joint ventures in South Africas agricultural sector.
Author(s):
Lahiff, Edward
Davis, Nerhene
Manenzhe, Tshililo
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
FAO
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), ZA
