The paper reports the insect and mite pests recorded and documented during 1948 and 2003 from the vegetable crops (brinjal, potato, sweet potato, aroids, yams, cabbage, cauliflower, knolkhol, radish, turnip, lady's finger, tomato, cucurbits, beans, kangkong, lettuce and amaranthus) ecosystems fro
Les chimpanzés vivent à létat sauvage uniquement en Afrique tropicale où leur population a diminué de plus de 66% au cours des trente dernières années.
Author(s):
Bakarr, Mohamed I.
Boesch, Christophe
Butynski, Thomas M.
Kormos, Rebecca
Organization(s):
Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Being an island, Sri Lanka is rich in coastal and marine habitats. Sub-tidal habitats such as coral and rocky reefs are abundant, along with large soft bottom habitats.
IUCN has been working to raise awareness regarding the values of wetland ecosystems, the threats to wetlands, wetland dependent peoples and species, and to build capacity for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Nepal.
The National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (NRMAP) was put together in the year 2000 to assist His Majestys Government of Nepal in building up a national register of biological diversity.
Deteriorating air quality is a growing concern in most countries, including Nepal. Many factors are responsible for changing air quality and this varies from one location to another.
Formally acknowledging water as a human right could encourage the international community and governments to enhance their efforts to satisfy basic human needs and to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But critical questions arise in relation to a right to water.
The Draft Covenant is a blueprint for an international framework (or umbrella) agreement consolidating and developing existing legal principles related to environment and development.
This book describes the 12 years of Kibale and Semliki Conservation and Development Project, and how in the projects early days conservation and development activities tended to be separate and discrete activities.
Collection of papers drawing on insight from over 50 case studies and synthesising them into lessons to guide park management in transitional economies where the challenges of poverty and governance can be severe.
Organization(s):
IUCN South Africa
IUCN, Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG)
In the late 1980s there were two campaigns to save African elephants. One banned international trade in ivory. The other established common property rights to elephants for local communities. Has either campaign saved the elephants?
Mountains are special places. For many they are sacred; to most they bring an uplifting of the spirit and refreshment; to all they bring water, and rich biodiversity.
Australia's rich and distinct biodiversity is under multiple threats including loss of habitat to human settlement, agriculture and grazing, introduction and spread of alien invasives, pollution, altered fire regimes and landclearing. The landclearing rate of c. 500,000 hectares p.a.
The aims of the workshop were to enhance individual and institutional capacity to : address the environmental aspects of trade issues that will arise as a result of Chinas WTO membership; participate in WTO negotiations and develop proactive positions in the WTO; implement the Convention on Biol
Author(s):
Moore, Patricia
Wanhua Yang
Organization(s):
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
IUCN, WWF and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed this guidebook to assist marine protected area (MPA) managers in assessing the performance of their MPA. Based on this assessment, it shows how necessary changes can be made to improve management measures.
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
Germany, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
This publication proposes a framework for assessing management effectiveness, recognising the need for a variety of responses depending on needs and resources. It aims to help all those who wish to assess protected areas, both in suggesting what needs to be done and in providing some guidelines.
Author(s):
Dudley, Nigel
Hockings, Marc
Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
University of Cardiff, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
This guide illustrates the potential for using valuation as a tool for diversifying the funding structure for protected areas and for providing information about stakeholders which is crucial for effective management.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Task Force on Economic Benefits of Protected Areas
IUCN, Economics Service Unit
Cardiff University, UK
IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
The Guiana Shield region contains more than 25% of the worlds tropical rainforests, most still in pristine condition. The Guiana Shield Initiative is working to preserve this ecologically important and unique area of the earth.
The Guiana Shield has 10-15% of the worlds freshwater reserves, a virtually uninterrupted stretch of 2.5 million km2 of tropical rainforests and biodiversity that exists only in this region.
