This list contains 31 entry(ies).
Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors’ connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for conservation.
Author(s):
- Leung, Yu-Fai
- Spenceley, Anna
- Hvenegaard, Glen
- Buckley, Ralf
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
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)
- GRID-Arendal
- IUCN
- UNEP
Reducing the environmental footprint of aquaculture has become a high priority as part of the drive for greater sustainability in modern society.
Author(s):
- Le Gouvello, Raphaëla
- Simard, François
Organization(s):
- Comité français de l'UICN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
Author(s):
- Laffoley, D.
- Le Gouvello, Raphaëla
- Simard, François
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Ecosystem-based Aquaculture Group (EbAG)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
This report draws widely from the diverse experience of landscape partnerships to analyze the challenges and opportunities for businesses and their partners, and lays out critical actions needed by businesses themselves, and by financial institutions, governments and landscape programs, to improv
Author(s):
- Borges, Maria Ana
- Bos, Gerard
- Brasser, Andre
- Gross, Lee
- Scherr, Sara J.
- Shames, Seth
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Water Programme
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
Each year, approximately 300,000 reticulated pythons (Python reticulatus) are harvested from the wild in Indonesia and Malaysia to supply skins for the international trade in exotic leathers.
Author(s):
- Lyons, Jessica A.
- Natusch, Daniel J.D.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Boa and Python Specialist Group
The sustainability challenges we face today are greater than any we have previously confronted.
Author(s):
- Boer, Ben
- Martin, Paul
- Slobodian, Lydia
Organization(s):
- IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
IUCN Sri Lanka is the National Secretariat of Mangroves for the Future (MFF) regional initiative that is being implemented in the country since 2008.
Author(s):
- Ekaratne, Kumudini
- Mallawatantri, Ananda
- Vidanage, Shamen P.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- Mangroves for the Future
How to sustain our world for future generations has perplexed us for centuries. This book uses systems thinking to understand the dominant forces that are shaping our hope for sustainability.
The objective of this background paper is to report on qualitative social sciences frameworks, and mixed methodologies, that could be incorporated into the HDNF assessment tool.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- IUCN, Economics Unit
Author(s):
- Hallo, Jeffrey
- Lawson, Steven
- Manning, Robert E.
- Monz, Christopher
- Newman, Peter
It is hoped that this publication will encourage the balanced integration of sustainable economic growth, social protection and justice, and environmental stewardship in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services.
While Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have bountiful supplies of renewable resources and an island culture that is iconic of paradise, the challenges ahead are daunting. While the future cannot be predicted, the development of plausible futures built on combinations of realistic outlooks ca
Organization(s):
- UNEP, Division of Early Warning and Assessment
Author(s):
- Huber, Michael
- Jungmeier, Michael
- Lange, Sigrun
- Chaudhary, Sunita
Pavan Sukhdev lays out a sweeping new vision for tomorrow’s corporation: one that will increase human wellbeing and social equity, decrease environmental risks and ecological losses, and still generate profit.
This synopsis has been produced to highlight the core aspects of the first three volumes of Natural Capital of Mexico, which gives us an overview to identify priorities for future attention, new research areas and options for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity in Mexico.
Author(s):
- Sarukhán, José
- Koleff, Patricia
- Carabias, Julia
- Soberón Mainero, Jorge
- Dirzo, Rodolfo
- Llorente-Bousquets, Jorge
- Halffter, Gonzalo
- González, Renée
- March, Ignacio
- Mohar, Alejandro
- Anta, Salvador
- Maza E., Javier de la (Maza Elvira)
Organization(s):
- Mexico, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Außerschulischen Lernorten kommt für die Ausgestaltung der zweiten Halbzeit der UN-Dekade Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (2005-2014) (BNE) sowie für die Umsetzung der Nationalen Strategie zur biologischen Vielfalt eine große Bedeutung zu.
Author(s):
- Lucker, Thomas
- Kölsch, Oskar
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Author(s):
- Kirsch-Jung, Karl
- Urff, Winfried von
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
IUCN hosted an electronic discussion forum for its Members, Commissions, Staff and the public at large between August and September 2006.2 The e-discussion forum is one element of the IUCNFuture of SustainabilityInitiative.
In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological systems.
Author(s):
- Berkes, Fikret
- Colding, Johan
- Folke, Carl
Organization(s):
- Poland, Ministry of Environment
Organization(s):
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, SE
This publication portrays life in the Pamirs and addresses development challenges and options, along with insights and awareness related to the potentials and difficulties of mountain regions in general.
Organization(s):
- Centre for Development and Environment, CH
This is the first book to provide assessments of multidecadal changes in resources and environments of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the North Atlantic.
Author(s):
- Sherman, Kenneth
- Skjoldal, Hein Rune
Organization(s):
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Author(s):
- Hanna, Susan
- Munasinghe, Mohan
Organization(s):
- Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics
- World Bank
Author(s):
- Green, Chris
- Harley, Mike
- Knill, John
- O'Halloran, Des
- Stanley, Mick
Organization(s):
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Author(s):
- Reijntjes, Coen
- Haverkort, Bertus
- Waters-Bayer, Ann
Author(s):
- Farrell, Alex
- Hart, Maureen
