The Mediterranean region is one of the world’s great centres of plant diversity and its benign climates have attracted successive waves of civilisations, which have largely shaped our attitudes and ethics to the present day.
This booklet is part of a series of compilations assembling PANORAMA solution case studies on a defined topic. “Solutions in Focus” zooms in on a topic of interest covered by PANORAMA, allowing to explore common elements and shared learnings across success stories.
Organization(s):
Blue Solutions
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Featuring documentary-style photography, this work traces that remarkable story of how a species that was declared extinct in the wild was successfully reintroduced into its natural habitat.
Featuring documentary-style photography, this work traces that remarkable story of how a species that was declared extinct in the wild was successfully reintroduced into its natural habitat.
Методология оценки перспектив восстановления лесных ландшафтов (МОПВ)1 была разработана МСОП и Институтом по исследованию мировых ресурсов (ИИМР) для оказания помощи странам в выявлении возможностей восстановления лесных ландшафтов (ВЛЛ), определении приоритетных территориий на национальном и рег
A Metodologia de Avaliação de Oportunidades de Restauração (MAOR) foi elaborada pela UICN e pelo Instituto de Recursos Mundiais (WRI) com vista a apoiar os países no planeamento e implementação da restauração da paisagem florestal (FLR), com a análise de áreas prioritárias nos âmbitos na
La Méthodologie d’évaluation des opportunités de restauration des paysages forestiers (MEOR) a été élaborée par l’UICN et le World Resources Institute (WRI) pour aider les pays à identifier les opportunités de restauration des paysages forestiers (RPF), analyser les zones prioritaires au niveau n
La UICN y el World Resources Institute (WRI) crearon la Metodología de Evaluación de Oportunidades de Restauración (ROAM) para ayudar a los países a identificar oportunidades de restauración de paisajes forestales (RPF), analizar las áreas prioritarias a nivel nacional o subnacional, y diseñar y
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige.
The purpose of this study on seamount and hydrothermal vent ecosystems is to review the state of knowledge on the subject matter in order to better guide decision-making processes to develop and implement conservation and sustainable management measures, as well as to discuss knowledge gaps and p
Author(s):
Zucchi, Sara
Ternon, Jean-François
Demarcq, Hervé
Ménard, Frédéric
Guduff, Sabrina
Spadone, Aurélie
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), FR
Issues of women’s participation and gender equality in the governance of shared waters have received insufficient attention to date in both the research and practice literature, yet action is happening on the ground.
The Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT) was developed out of a need to more efficiently and effectively communicate the importance of ecosystem services to decision makers.
Volume 8 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) contains an unusual compilation of important but smaller orders that we now know have either distant or nearly no taxonomic relationships. They include armadillos, sloths and anteaters.
A Future in Ruins is the story of UNESCO's efforts to save the world's heritage and, in doing so, forge an international community dedicated to peaceful co-existence and conservation.
PANORAMA is a partnership initiative to facilitate learning from success in conservation. It promotes examples of inspiring solutions that showcase how nature conservation can benefit society.
Organization(s):
Blue Solutions
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging.
Les 'espèces envahissantes' (souvent appelées ravageurs, mauvaises herbes ou même maladies) sont des plantes, des animaux, des agents pathogènes et d’autres organismes qui sont délibérément ou involontairement emmenés au-delà de leur aire de répartition naturelle par des personnes et qui devienne
Organization(s):
IUCN Global Species Programme
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET)
Western Indian Ocean Network on Invasive Species (WIONIS)
‘Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which become destructive to the environment or human livelihoods.
Organization(s):
IUCN Global Species Programme
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET)
Western Indian Ocean Network on Invasive Species (WIONIS)
L’analyse de situation se concentre principalement sur les palmiers à huile dans le contexte de la conservation de la biodiversité à partir de la littérature publiée avant le 31 janvier 2018, et vise à fournir une alternative constructive pour relever les défis de durabilité rencontrés par l’indu
The situation analysis primarily focuses on oil palm in the context of biodiversity conservation based on literature published before 31 January 2018, and aims to provide a constructive pathway to addressing sustainability challenges in the palm oil industry.
The protection and revival of degraded and deforested land is the need of the hour. In order to tackle the issues that arise as a consequence of degradation and deforestation, principles of forest landscape restoration are being globally promoted.
Author(s):
Borah, B.
Bhattacharjee, A.
Ishwar, N.M.
Organization(s):
IUCN India
India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
A wide ranging, comprehensive, and multi-disciplinary study, this is the first book that focuses on the challenges posed by climate change impacts on the all small island developing states, not just those in a specific region. As the global effects of climate change become increasingly evident an
Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy provides the inside view of the negotiations that produced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only did this process mark a sea change in how the UN conducts multilateral diplomacy, it changed the way the UN does its business.
More than 1.5 billion smallholders throughout the world depend on forest landscapes to produce food, fuel, timber and non-wood forest products to meet their subsistence needs and generate cash income. Despite the large number of smallholders and the large collective scale of their production, pol
Author(s):
Verdone, Michael
Organization(s):
IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
FAO
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
La biodiversidad y el carbono orgánico en los suelos determinan en gran medida el papel de la tierra en la producción de alimentos, el almacenamiento de agua, y la mitigación del cambio climático.
