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Development projects worldwide are increasingly required to quantify and fully mitigate their impacts on biodiversity, with an objective of achieving ‘no net loss’ or a ‘net gain’ (NNL/NG) of biodiversity overall.
Author(s):
- Bull, Joseph W.
- Baker, Julia
- Griffiths, Victoria
- Jones, Julia P. G.
- Milner-Gulland, E. J.
Organization(s):
- Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio
- IUCN Brazil
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
- Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
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
A vast number of national parks and protected areas throughout the world have been established in the customary territories of indigenous peoples.
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the socio-economic benefits of PAs and PA networks and provides step-by-step practical guidance on identifying, assessing and valuing the various ecosystem services and related benefits provided by PAs.
Author(s):
- Brink, Patrick ten
- Kettunen, Marianne
This study documents the terrestrial and aquatic habitat types and floral and faunal species richness found in the Sampur area and current threats to biodiversity in the area.
Author(s):
- Wadugodapitiya, A.
- Weeratunga, Vimukthi U.
- Goonatilake, S. de A.
- Chandranimal, D.
- Perera, Nishan
- Asela, C.
This publication presents the findings of the physical, ecological, archaeological and socio-economic assessments of Delft Island; a map of Delft Island, illustrating its present land-use patterns, as well as areas that should, potentially, be earmarked for future development and conservation act
Author(s):
- Goonatilake, S. de A.
- Ekanayake, S. P.
- Kumara, T. P.
- Liyanapathirana, D.
- Weerakoon, D. K.
- Wadugodapitiya, A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka, [Government]
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Organization(s):
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
Cette publication s'adresse principalement aux techniciens, gestionnaires et chercheurs des steppes semi-arides de la Méditerranée occidentale dans le but de leur fournir un guide utile et pratique sur la restauration écologique de la steppe.
Author(s):
- Cortina Segarra, Jordi
- Ruiz-Mizarro, Jabier
- Amat Martinez, Beatriz
- Amghar, Fateh
- Bautista Aguilar, Susana
- Chirino Miranda, Esteban
- Derak, Mchich
- Fuentes Delgado, David
- Maestre Gil, Fernando T.
- Valdecantos Dema, Alejandro
- Vilagrosa Carmona, Alberto
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Esta publicación está dirigida principalmente a técnicos, gestores e investigadores de estepas semiáridas del Mediterráneo occidental con el objetivo de proporcionarles un manual útil y práctico sobre restauración ecológica de estepas, con información sobre las experiencias y actuaciones más reci
Author(s):
- Cortina Segarra, Jordi
- Ruiz-Mizarro, Jabier
- Amat Martinez, Beatriz
- Amghar, Fateh
- Bautista Aguilar, Susana
- Chirino Miranda, Esteban
- Derak, Mchich
- Fuentes Delgado, David
- Maestre Gil, Fernando T.
- Valdecantos Dema, Alejandro
- Vilagrosa Carmona, Alberto
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Cette publication s'adresse principalement aux techniciens, gestionnaires et chercheurs des steppes semi-arides de la Méditerranée occidentale dans le but de leur fournir un guide utile et pratique sur la restauration écologique de la steppe.
Author(s):
- Cortina Segarra, Jordi
- Ruiz-Mizarro, Jabier
- Amat Martinez, Beatriz
- Amghar, Fateh
- Bautista Aguilar, Susana
- Chirino Miranda, Esteban
- Derak, Mchich
- Fuentes Delgado, David
- Maestre Gil, Fernando T.
- Valdecantos Dema, Alejandro
- Vilagrosa Carmona, Alberto
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Ce projet vise à évaluer la valeur socio-économique des espèces d'eau douce en Afrique du Nord, dans le cadre des menaces pesant sur les espèces identifiées et documentées précédemment par la Liste rouge de l'UICN des espèces menacéesTM.
Author(s):
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Este proyecto pretende evaluar el valor socio-económico de especies de agua dulce a lo largo de la región del norte de África en el contexto de las amenazas para esas especies tal y como se ha determinado y documentado previamente en la Lista Roja de la UICN de especies amenazadas.
Author(s):
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This project aims to assess the socioeconomic value of freshwater species across the northern African region within the context of the threats to those species as previously determined and documented by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Author(s):
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Juffe-Bignoli, Diego
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Groundwater provides a valuable supply of drinking water to millions in the Mekong Delta, yet because this resource is below ground, it is effectively invisible and often not seen as a priority by policy makers.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Development Cooperation
Parte de la serie de folletos informativos producida en el marco del proyecto Adaptación de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Santa, por UICN-SUR. Incluye información sobre las características generales de esta cuenca, localizada en la costa central del Perú.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Mountain Institute
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Peru, Ministerio del Ambiente, Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP)
- United States, AID
This report provides an overview of existing data about the wetlands, including its ecology, biodiversity, socio-economic values, management and threats.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This report provides an overview of existing data about the wetlands, including its ecology, biodiversity, socio-economic values, management and threats.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author(s):
- Lovett, Jon C.
- Ockwell, David G.
In der Ise-Niederung im Landkreis Gifhorn wurde zwischen 1990 und 1995 ein umfassendes Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben im Bereich Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege durch BMU und BfN gefördert, das mit Unterbrechungen von 1989 bis 2007 durch ein interdisziplinär angelegtes Forschungsprogr
Author(s):
- Borggräfe, Karsten
- Kölsch, Oskar
- Lucker, Thomas
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
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)
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.
Author(s):
- Bergkamp, Ger
- Dyson, Megan
- Scanlon, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA)
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
The Situation Analyses of the Wami and Ruvu (including coastal rivers) sub-basins were produced as separate analyses of the status, conditions and key issues affecting ecosystems in each basin using existing available information.
Author(s):
- Ngana, J.
- Mahay, Florence
- Cross, Katharine
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Wami/Ruvu Basin Water Office (WRBWO)
The Situation Analyses of the Wami and Ruvu (including coastal rivers) sub-basins were produced as separate analyses of the status, conditions and key issues affecting ecosystems in each basin using existing available information.
Author(s):
- Ngana, J.
- Mahay, Florence
- Cross, Katharine
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Wami/Ruvu Basin Water Office (WRBWO)
Le processus collectif de compréhension et daction par les communautés locales et dautres acteurs sociaux se trouve au cur de la « cogestion » des ressources naturelles.
Author(s):
- Borrini, Grazia
- Farvar, M. Taghi
- Kothari, Ashish
- Pimbert, Michel
- Renard, Yves
Organization(s):
- Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA), IR
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), Natural Resources Group
- IIED, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Collaborative Management Working Group
This book emerged from a conference sponsored by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies with the ambitious title, Toward a New Consciousness: Creating a Society in Harmony with Nature (held in Aspen, late 2007).
Author(s):
- Speth, James Gustave
- Kellert, Stephen R.
Organization(s):
- Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, US
Organization(s):
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
Author(s):
- Girardet, Herbert
- Mendonça, Miguel
Author(s):
- Cochrane, Kevern L.
- Garcia, S. M.
Organization(s):
- Global Humanitarian Forum, CH
Author(s):
- Manfredo, Michael J.
- Vaske, Jerry J.
- Brown, Perry J.
- Decker, Daniel J.
- Duke, Esther A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Development Cooperation
The objectives of the first edition of the Pangani situation analysis included identifying the resources that occupy the Pangani River Basin (PRB) and the processes and events that affect them, and identifying a series of broad action areas wherein interventions may feasibly be delivered.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Pangani Basin Water Office (PBWO), TZ
- Coast Development Authority, KE
- Global Water Initiative (GWI)
The goal of this toolkit is to help promote environmental stewardship and increase awareness of marine and coastal ecosystems among schoolchildren in Asia through the use of creative, investigative approaches.
Author(s):
- Hoon, Vineeta
- Kanvinde, Hemal
- Sriskanthan, Gaya
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Centre for Action Research on Environment Science and Society (CARESS), IN
- Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- IUCN, Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group, Asia
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
The objectives of the first edition of the Pangani situation analysis included identifying the resources that occupy the Pangani River Basin (PRB) and the processes and events that affect them, and identifying a series of broad action areas wherein interventions may feasibly be delivered.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Pangani Basin Water Office (PBWO), TZ
- Coast Development Authority, KE
- Global Water Initiative (GWI)
The January 2009 floods in Fiji were reported as the worst in the history of the country since the 1931 floods. Many parts of the country were affected by a number of consecutive flood events that spread over several days.
Author(s):
- Khatri, Neehal
- Lal, Padma Narsey
- Rita, Rashmi
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
Drylands cover 41 percent of the earths terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation.
Author(s):
- Mortimore, Michael
- Anderson, Simon
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Davies, Jonathan
- Faccer, K.
- Hesse, Ced
- Morton, John
- Nyangena, Wilfrid
- Skinner, Jamie
- Wolfangel, Caterina
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- UNDP
Organization(s):
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Organization(s):
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The aim of this research is to: 1) identify the negative impact of conservation policies implemented in living World Heritage sites on the social quality of traditional communities; 2) develop a design tool constraining spatial morphology to overcome the negative influences on the social quality
Organization(s):
- Technische Universiteit Delft, NE
Organization(s):
- International Council on Human Rights Policy
In this toolkit, we focus on both human (socioeconomic) and biophysical (ecological) aspects of monitoring. Socioeconomic monitoring normally focuses on peoples knowledge and attitude towards an ecosystem as well as their natural resource use and dependence.
Author(s):
- Sriskanthan, Gaya
- Emerton, L. (Lucy)
- Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B.
- Kallesoe, M. F.
- Ranasinghe, Thushara
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group, Asia
- UNEP
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.
Author(s):
- Bergkamp, Ger
- Dyson, Megan
- Scanlon, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
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