The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localised species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Author(s):
Montmollin, Bertrand de
Strahm, Wendy
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
Recopila una selección de treinta experiencias de Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, México, Perú y dos experiencias internacionales, sobre el avance en la vinculación entre ambiente y género, tanto por la apropiación de la dimensión ecológica por parte de las personas que tra
It is widely acknowledged that Nepal is one of the rich biological treasure chests of South Asia. There are several "hotspots" of biodiversity - areas of high species richness and species diversity, as well as high levels of rare, endangered and endemic species of plants and animals.
The 2005 version of the CITES Checklist not only provides an alphabetical list of the fauna and flora included in Appendices I, II and III of CITES as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, but includes as well a CD-ROM containing the Annotated Appendices which have an index to family names an
Author(s):
Inskipp, Tim
Gillett, Harriet J.
Organization(s):
UNEP-WCMC
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Almost half the world's people live in cities and this proportion is steadily growing. Protected areas provide important benefits to cities; conversely, conservationists depend on support from voters, leaders, and opinion-shapers largely concentrated in urban centres.
During a forum held at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress in South Africa in 2003, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the IUCN SSC Veterinary and Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Groups (VSG and SASUSG) brought together nearly 80 experts from Africa and beyond to develop ways to
The entry into force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture marks the commitment of the world community to a freestanding convention directed at addressing both global needs for food security and internationally agreed objectives regarding the concepts of
Resulting from a conference held in September 2004 at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, this collection of papers treats the subject of scientific research in the environmental field.
Organization(s):
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, NL
Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades.
The Members Business Assembly allowed members to contribute to the governance issues of the Union. They heard Commission reports, approved IUCNs programme of work for the next four years and voted on Resolutions and Recommendations.
The Members Business Assembly allowed members to contribute to the governance issues of the Union. They heard Commission reports, approved IUCNs programme of work for the next four years and voted on Resolutions and Recommendations.
Este estudio se centra en cómo alcanzar un marco jurídico que adecuado a las realidades de cada país, contribuya a la distribución justa y equitativa de los beneficios que se obtienen de la utilización de los recursos genéticos, provenientes de las selvas tropicales y del conocimiento tradicional
The ancient tank system supported peoples livelihoods in times of foreign invasions. These livelihoods were environment friendly, and had the capacity to feed many a generation who constructed them. Today, many rural people still use these tanks for irrigation and other purposes.
This publication is a collection of documents and reports relating to the first stages of the Europe and Northern Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance process (ENAFLEG), primarily emerging from the project entitled: ENA-FLEG: Optimising Russian forest resilience to climate change through im
Author(s):
Tepliakov, V. K. (Viktor Konstantinovich)
Saint-Laurent, Carole
Pakhorukova, C.
Shmatkov, Nikolay
Organization(s):
IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
IUCN, Global Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme
Pretende ser guía en temas de derecho ambiental, así también para la educación superior y la formación de ciudadanos y tomadores de decisiones, en el ámbito del desarrollo sostenible.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Despite endorsements of the concept of sustainable development and the linking of sustainable development with the Millennium Development Goals, progress towards the eradication of poverty has been disappointing.
Author(s):
Barrow, Edmund G. C.
Farvar, M. Taghi
Fisher, R. J.
Friend, Richard
Ingles, A. W.
Jackson, W. J.
Jeanrenaud, Sally
Laurie, Michelle
Maginnis, Stewart
Mehrotra, Rati
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Le rapport annuel 2004 est le second d'une nouvelle serie que l'UICN en Afrique de l'ouest a décidé d'éditer à l'intention de ses membres et partenaires.
For the 13th meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) commissioned the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to produce this report.
Author(s):
Lundqvist, Jan
Falkenmark, Malin
Berntell, Anders
Bergkamp, Ger
Molden, David
Rosegrant, Mark
Organization(s):
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), SE
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US
The traditional patterns of land use that have created many of the worlds cultural landscapes contribute to biodiversity, support ecological processes, provide important environmental services, and have proven sustainable over the centuries.
