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Emerging evidence shows that the proximity to nature, including coastal environments, provides many benefits to human health and mental well-being.
These Guidelines on business and KBAs have been developed by the KBA Partners to support businesses in managing risk to biodiversity. They will be of use to business and certification scheme operators, financial institutions, civil society organisations, and public authorities.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
This book addresses both risk management at a startup, beginning at the mission statement, and for existing nonprofits that may be at risk due to inappropriate policies, or lack thereof, proper procedures and risk abatement planning.
Author(s):
- Feiler, Jesse
- Nayowith, Gail B.
This document is a practical guide to the responsible and effective planning of offshore geophysical surveys and other forms of environmental imaging.
Author(s):
- Nowacek, Douglas P.
- Southall, Brandon Lee
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
This document is a practical guide to the responsible and effective planning of offshore geophysical surveys and other forms of environmental imaging.
Author(s):
- Nowacek, Douglas P.
- Southall, Brandon Lee
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
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
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
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
This report is part of a joint undertaking by IUCN and RWE to explore the possibility of integrating biodiversity values into RWE policies and practices.
Author(s):
- Imboden, Christoph
- Moczek, Nicola
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
This report is part of a joint undertaking by IUCN and RWE to explore the possibility of integrating biodiversity values into RWE policies and practices.
Author(s):
- Imboden, Christoph
- Moczek, Nicola
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
In this book, Bernard Amadei addresses the role of engineering in poverty reduction and human development. He introduces a framework to help engineers conduct small-scale projects in communities vulnerable to the consequences of a wide range of adverse events.
Los principales objetivos de este manual de referencia son a: ayudar a los administradores y a las autoridades encargadas de la gestión de bienes del Patrimonio Mundial natural y cultural a reducir los riesgos que corren esos bienes debido a los desastres tanto naturales o provocados por los sere
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):
- Imboden, Christoph
- Meynell, Peter-John
- Richards, David
- Stalmans, Marc
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
Author(s):
- Buncle, Aaron
- Jasperse, Jaap A.
- Pelesikoti, Netatua
Organization(s):
- Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
- UNDP
The paper outlines the modus operandi of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction partnership in working with and empowering stakeholders to build partnerships and political legitimacy for international agreements in the context of disaster risk reduction.
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- UNESCO
- UNEP
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Sponsored and co-organized by the World Bank Europe and Central Asia Disaster Risk Management team, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the purpose of this workshop was to share best practices and experience i
Organization(s):
- World Bank
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
This report is a product of cities' and local governments' efforts to protect their cities and make them safer and productive places to live and work.
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
This paper is a UNISDR contribution towards effective Drought Contingency Planning (DCP) for stakeholders and partners implementing drought risk reduction programmes in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- European Commission
The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the current level of integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment.
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- UNDP
This Handbook for Local Government Leaders provides mayors, governors, councillors and others with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose.
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Organization(s):
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
This toolkit outlines actions, examples and resources available for those with the responsibility for invigorating their countrys national platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) or participating in it.
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- European Commission
- Germany, Auswärtiges Amt
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
Organization(s):
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
The expansion of international trade and air travel has led to an increase in human-mediated biological invasion, enabling invasive species to travel faster and over longer distances than before. Invasive species undermine human health, security and economic development.
Organization(s):
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Author(s):
- Hellmuth, Molly Elizabeth
- Moorhead, Anne
- Thomson, Madeleine C.
- Williams, Jim
Organization(s):
- International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), US
This project attempts to profile the disaster that took place in Neelum Valley, AJK, Pakistan. Its goal is to strengthen decision-making tools by identifying the main land use factors and land use strategies that affect the vulnerability of communities in Neelum Valley.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Pakistan
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- UNEP, Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
- Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN), CH
- Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Institut de géomatique et d'analyse du risque (IGAR), CH
Organization(s):
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
Author(s):
- Breckling, Broder
- Verhoeven, Richard
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Author(s):
- Abramovitz, Janet N.
- Banuri, Tariq
- Girot, Pascal
- Orlando, Brett
- Schneider, Norry
- Spanger-Siegfried, Erika
- Switzer, Jason
- Hammill, Anne
Organization(s):
- Stockholm Environment Institute, SE
- IUCN
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
- Worldwatch Institute, US
- Task Force on Climate Change, Adaptation and Vulnerable Communities
Author(s):
- Kasperson, Jeanne X.
- Kasperson, Roger E.
Author(s):
- Fairman, Robyn
- Mead, Carl D.
- Williams, W. Peter
Organization(s):
- King's College London, Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre, UK
- European Environment Agency, DK
Author(s):
- Brown, Valerie A.
- Smith, David Ingle
- Wiseman, Rob
- Handmer, John
