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This publication provides a much needed and timely tool to assist in the collective effort to find new and better solutions to address the various threats to the marine biological diversity and productivity.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
- UNEP-WCMC
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- United Nations University (UNU)
- France, Agence des aires marines protégées
- UNEP
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the worlds terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Stolton, Sue
- Belokurov, Alexander
- Krueger, Linda
- Lopoukhine, N.
- MacKinnon, Kathy
- Sandwith, Trevor
- Sekhran, Nikhil
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
- UNDP
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- World Bank
- WWF International
This is a report of a range of activities happened in the Pacific during the Year of Biodiversity (PYoB) 2010. It contains the PYoB in pictures, SPREP's work in 2010, initiatives and knowledge products launched during the year.
Organization(s):
- South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
- IUCN
- BirdLife International
- Nature Conservancy, US
- Conservation International
- WWF International
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- Pacific Islands Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
- Locally-Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network, FJ
- Roundtable for Nature Conservation in the Pacific Islands
- Rare Conservation, US
- University of the South Pacific, FJ
Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the worlds terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.
Author(s):
- Belokurov, Alexander
- Dudley, Nigel
- Krueger, Linda
- Lopoukhine, N.
- MacKinnon, Kathy
- Sandwith, Trevor
- Sekhran, Nikhil
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
- UNDP
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- World Bank
- WWF International
Este libro articula claramente, por vez primera, cómo las áreas protegidas contribuyen significativamente a reducir los impactos del cambio climático y qué es lo que necesitarían para contribuir más.
Author(s):
- Belokurov, Alexander
- Dudley, Nigel
- Krueger, Linda
- Lopoukhine, N.
- MacKinnon, Kathy
- Sandwith, Trevor
- Sekhran, Nikhil
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
- UNDP
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- World Bank
- WWF International
Le présent rapport expose clairement, et pour la première fois, à quel point les aires protégées contribuent à diminuer les effets des changements climatiques et ce quil faudrait faire pour quelles y contribuent encore plus.
Author(s):
- Belokurov, Alexander
- Dudley, Nigel
- Krueger, Linda
- Lopoukhine, N.
- MacKinnon, Kathy
- Sandwith, Trevor
- Sekhran, Nikhil
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
- UNDP
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- World Bank
- WWF International
Les principaux objectifs de ce Manuel de référence sont : aider les gestionnaires et les autorités gérantes des biens du patrimoine mondial culturel et naturel à réduire les risques quencourent ces biens en lien avec des catastrophes naturelles et anthropiques; illustrer les principes majeurs de
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
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
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
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
Author(s):
- Lawson, Stephen
- Maginnis, Stewart
- Suárez, Luis
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Forests Dialogue, US
- Norway, NORAD
This study focuses on livestock production systems in Africa, as African livestock owners are thought to be among the most vulnerable populations on earth.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP)
- Rockefeller Foundation, US
The report describes the best possible climate scenarios for the middle of the 21st century for the Pangani Basin, utilising a range of General Circulation Models (GCMs) and a state of the art statistical downscaling procedure.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Regional Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Pangani Basin Water Office (PBWO), TZ
Scientific evidence suggests that variations in temperature, weather patterns and sea level will impact coastal ecosystems and communities.
Organization(s):
- Mangroves for the Future
- IUCN
- UNEP
- UNDP
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
- Agence Française de Développement, FR
- Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
Il se fonde sur la version des "Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial" datée de janvier 2008, dont il se veut le complément.
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
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
The manual is based on the version of the "Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention" dated January 2008 and seeks to complement it.
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
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
This document is a proposal to Holcim Ltd.
Author(s):
- Gross, Daniel
- Imboden, Christoph
- Meynell, Peter-John
- Richards, David
- Stalmans, Marc
Organization(s):
- IUCN-Holcim Independent Expert Panel
Le projet MEDITERRANE-ON: Définition d'indicateurs de durabilité dans l'aquaculture méditerranéenne a pour but de concevoir des outils, sous la forme d'indicateurs, qui permettent de diagnostiquer l'état de l'aquaculture dans la région, en tenant compte de la perspective d'aligner les différent
Organization(s):
- Fundación Observatorio Español de Acuicultura (FOESA), ES
- Asociación Empresarial de Productores de Cultivos Marinos de España (APROMAR), ES
- IUCN
This text looked to design tools, in the form of indicators, which enable an analysis of the state of aquaculture in the region to be made with the aim of moving the various countries that make up the region towards an even more sustainable aquaculture development.
Organization(s):
- Fundación Observatorio Español de Acuicultura (FOESA), ES
- Asociación Empresarial de Productores de Cultivos Marinos de España (APROMAR), ES
- IUCN
El proyecto MEDITERRANE-ON: Indicadores de Sostenibilidad en Acuicultura Mediterránea para el Área Mediterránea, tiene la voluntad de avanzar en el diseño de las herramientas, en forma de indicadores, que permitan realizar un diagnóstico del estado de la acuicultura de la región, considerando la
Organization(s):
- Fundación Observatorio Español de Acuicultura (FOESA), ES
- Asociación Empresarial de Productores de Cultivos Marinos de España (APROMAR), ES
- IUCN
This IUCN-led Regional Conservation Strategy for wild cattle and buffalo species is the first step in a programme to develop National Conservation Action Plans for all wild cattle and buffalo species across their geographic ranges.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group
The Pangani River Basin Management Project (2005-2010) has generated technical information (packaged in the reports appearing on this CD).
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- Pangani Basin Water Office (PBWO), TZ
This summary is based on Crooks, S., Herr, D., Laffoley, D., Tamelander, J. and Vandever, J. 2010.
Author(s):
- Herr, Dorothée
- Laffoley, D.
- Tamelander, Jerker
- Vandever, Justin
Organization(s):
- ESA PWA, US
- IUCN United States
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- World Bank
The Global Study into management effectiveness evaluation was conducted between late 2005 and 2010.
Author(s):
- Leverington, Fiona
- Lemos Costa, Katia
- Courrau, José
- Pavese, Helena
- Nolte, Christoph
- Marr, Melitta
- Coad, Lauren
- Burgess, Neil D.
- Bomhard, Bastian
- Hockings, Marc
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- WWF International
- University of Queensland, AU
- Nature Conservancy, US
The overall aim of this study is to bring together information on the subject of gender and invasive species, and thereby inform and strengthen future projects, activities and interventions in relation to invasive species prevention and management.
Author(s):
- Fish, Jennifer
- Yeshi Chiche
- Day, Roger
- Efa, Negussie
- Witt, Arne
- Fessehaie, Rezene
- De Graft Johnson, Kweku
- Gumisizira, Gadi
- Nkandu, Brian
Organization(s):
- Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP), ZA
- IUCN
- CAB International
- Nature Conservancy, US
Le présent document a pour objectif de rendre compte des formations, études de cas, discussions et échanges en tous genres qui, pendant quatre jours, ont largement nourri la réflexion pour une meilleure implication des ONG ouest-africains dans la conservation en général et la gestion des aires pr
Organization(s):
- Fondation internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA)
- Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
This book addresses the economic component of ecologically sustainable development in the Pacific. It is primarily concerned with the role that conventional economic issues plays in the viability of natural resource and environmental projects in the Pacific.
Author(s):
- Lal, Padma Narsey
- Holland, Paula
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- Pacific Islands Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
- South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
Cette publication présentée dans le contexte du Programme Régional pour la Conservation Marine et Côtière dAfrique de lOuest (PRCM) succède au volume de 2005 intitulé Gestion environnementale de lexploitation pétrolière offshore et du transport maritime de pétrole.
Author(s):
- Kloff, Sandra
- Wicks, Clive
- Siegel, Paul
Organization(s):
- WWF International
- WWF-Senegal
- Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- UNEP-WCMC
This publication, produced in the context of the Regional Programme for West African Marine and Coastal Conservation (PRCM), is a successor to a 2005 volume entitled "Environmental management of offshore oil exploitation and maritime oil transport." The book helped us to better understand the env
Author(s):
- Kloff, Sandra
- Wicks, Clive
- Siegel, Paul
Organization(s):
- WWF International
- WWF-Senegal
- Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- UNEP-WCMC
A presente síntese compara para os quatro países o histórico e as perspectivas da exploração mineira, os quadros jurídicos e regulamentares relativos ao meio ambiente, as características ambientais e sociais das zonas estudadas, os estudos sociais e ambientais do estado inicial e estudo de impact
Author(s):
- Diallo, Mamadou Saliou Tidiane
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Guinea-Bissau
- Guinée Ecologique, GN
- Environmental Foundation for Africa
- Association sénégalaise des amis de la nature, SN
- Acção para o desenvolvimento, GW
Cette synthèse compare pour les quatre pays lhistorique et les perspectives de lexploitation minière, les cadres juridiques et règlementaires relatifs à lenvironnement, les caractéristiques environnementales et sociales des zones étudiées, les études sociales et environnementales de létat ini
Author(s):
- Diallo, Mamadou Saliou Tidiane
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Guinea-Bissau
- Guinée Ecologique, GN
- Environmental Foundation for Africa
- Association sénégalaise des amis de la nature, SN
- Acção para o desenvolvimento, GW
Le Rapport préliminaire sur l'état de l'environnement en Afrique Centrale fait une description des ressources naturelles encore existantes, identifie les opportunités d'utilisation de celles-ci en vue de la lutte contre la pauvreté et le développement durable.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
- UNEP
- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC-ECCAS)
Author(s):
- Gilman, Eric
- Passfield, Kelvin
Organization(s):
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
- UNDP
Letude essayerait de commenter les différents critères de la Liste Rouge, par rapport à leur applicabilité pour analyser lévolution des statuts des espèces de poissons commerciaux, dans les circonstances de lAfrique de lOuest ; mais également didentifier les principaux critères de la Liste r
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Marine and Coastal Areas Programme
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Regional Programme (PACO)
These 15th Proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic. Together with the previous 14 proceedings, they provide an historic record of the international effort in protecting, studying, and managing polar bears.
Author(s):
- Obbard, Martyn E.
- Thiemann, Gregory W.
- Peacock, Elizabeth
- DeBruyn, Terry D.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
- Canada, Environment Canada
- United States, Fish and Wildlife Service
- Norsk Polarinstitutt, NO
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
La présente étude a pour objet l'évaluation et l'analyse du cadre légal et institutionnel des Aires Protégées dans trois pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso et Ghana.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
L'évaluation de l'ensemble du réseau d'aires protégées en Guinée grâce à l'outil RAPPAM, conduite en février 2008, avait donné une vue d'ensemble de l'efficacité de gestion du réseau d'AP et un certain nombre de recommandations avait été émis à partir de cette approche.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
Although the rules regarding REDD have not been set, it is already clear that the extent to which an individual country will be able to attract international investment and REDD payments will depend to a considerable extent on its ability to put in place a system that rewards forest managers who
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
- IUCN Vietnam
- IUCN Laos
- IUCN Cambodia
This report is planned to be a useful advisory tool for local and regional policymakers, administrators and managers. The information in this report will also be of interest to organisations such as NGOs, regulatory bodies, permitting agencies and the judicial system.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- European Commission
- Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Norway, [Government]
- Sweden, SIDA
- The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative
- UNEP
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The TEEB study is underpinned by an assessment of state-of-the-art science and economics. The goal is to provide the conceptual foundation to link economics and ecology and to posit a paradigm of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Organization(s):
- UNEP
- IUCN
- Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Sweden, SIDA
- European Commission
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Norway, [Government]
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
It has become clear during recent global deliberations on biodiversity conservation that achieving Protected Area (PA) financial sustainability will require major changes in the way that PA funding is conceptualized, captured and used.
Author(s):
- Bishop, Joshua
- Emerton, L. (Lucy)
- Thomas, Lee
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- James Cook University, AU
- Rainforest CRC, AU
- WWF International
Recognizing the importance of promoting global efforts underway for sustainable development of the oceans, the Göteborg Award Selection Jury is pleased to distribute a special volume, Sustainable Development of the Worlds Large Marine Ecosystems during Climate Change on the occasion of the prese
Author(s):
- Sherman, Kenneth
- Adams, Sally
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- United States, NOAA
- UNDP
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, US
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
This Handbook presents many of the key outputs, recommendations and accumulated expertise from the project Support for Agri-environment Policies and Programming in Serbia that was undertaken between 2008 and 2010.
Author(s):
- Cooper, Tamsin
- Hart, Kaley
- Ivanov, Sergej
- Keenelyside, Clunie
- Pezold, Tomasz
- Redman, Mark
- Vidojevic, Dragana
- Ðordevic-Miloševic, Suzana
Organization(s):
- Avalon Foundation, NL
- Institute for European Environmental Policy, UK
- IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe
- Natura Balkanika, RS
Throughout the world and over centuries, small-scale livestock keepers and pastoralists have developed animal breeds that are well suited to their local conditions. These breeds are hardy and disease-resistant; they can survive on little water and scant vegetation.
Organization(s):
- League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development (LPP), DE
- FAO
- IUCN
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.
Author(s):
- Parks, John E.
- Pomeroy, R. S. (Robert S.)
- Watson, Lani M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Protected Areas Programme
- United States, NOAA
- WWF International
This second issue of the Global Re-introduction Perspectives provides 72 case-studies covering invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.
Organization(s):
- Denver Zoological Foundation, US
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
The aim of this guideline is to aid maritime administrators, or other lead agencies working with ballast water management, to assess and quantify (as appropriate and possible) the potential economic consequences of unintended marine species introductions.
Organization(s):
- GloBallast Partnerships
- IMO (International Maritime Organization)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- UNDP
- IUCN
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies.
Author(s):
- Allen, D. J.
- Daniel, B. A.
- Molur, Sanjay
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO), IN
A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook.
Organization(s):
- Foundation for the Global Compact, US
- United Nations Global Compact
- IUCN
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