This list contains 18 entry(ies).
The World Heritage thematic study for Central Asia has been produced as a contribution to supporting the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Central Asia.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
The Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa Catchment (LMNNC) supports exceptionally high diversity and endemism of freshwater species.
Author(s):
- Sayer, C.
- Palmer-Newton, A.F.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Species Programme, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit
- IUCN Global Species Programme
In 2011, the government of Germany and IUCN together launched the Bonn Challenge as a global commitment to bring under restoration 150 million hectares (Mha) of land by 2020. IUCN has developed the Bonn Challenge Barometer: a progress-tracking framework and tool to support pledgers in meeting th
Author(s):
- Dave, Radhika
- Saint-Laurent, Carole
- Murray, Lara
- Antunes Daldegan, Gabriel
- Brouwer, Rens
- de Mattos Scaramuzza, Carlos Alberto
- Raes, Leander
- Simonit, Silvio
- Catapan, Marisete
- García Contreras, Gerardo
- Ndoli, Alain
- Karangwa, C.
- Perera, Naalin
- Hingorani, Swati
- Pearson, Tim
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure that Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) identification is based on consistent, scientifically rigorous yet practical methods.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, KBA Standards and Appeals Committee
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
The Mediterranean region is one of the world’s great centres of plant diversity and its benign climates have attracted successive waves of civilisations, which have largely shaped our attitudes and ethics to the present day.
Author(s):
- Valderrábano, Marcos
- Gil, Teresa
- Heywood, Vernon
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging.
Author(s):
- Neugarten, Rachel A.
- Langhammer, Penny F.
- Osipova, Elena
- Bagstad, Kenneth J.
- Bhagabati, Nirmal
- Butchart, Stuart H.M.
- Dudley, Nigel
- Elliott, Vittoria
- Gerber, Leah R.
- Gutierrez Arrellano, Claudia
- Ivanić, Kasandra-Zoica
- Kettunen, Marianne
- Mandle, Lisa
- Merriman, Jennifer C.
- Mulligan, Mark
- Peh, Kelvin S.-H.
- Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara
- Semmens, Darius J.
- Stolton, Sue
- Willcock, Simon
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
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
The Lake Victoria Basin is internationally recognised for its high freshwater species diversity and endemism, which are of critical importance to local livelihoods and national economies within the basin.
Author(s):
- Sayer, C.
- Máiz-Tomé, L.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN, Species Programme, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The inland waters of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands hotspot support a high diversity of aquatic species with high levels of endemism.
Author(s):
- Máiz-Tomé, L.
- Sayer, C.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN, Species Programme, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot is known to be one of the most biologically rich and complex regions on Earth.
Author(s):
- Máiz-Tomé, L.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Numa, C.
- Barrios, V.
- Smith, K. G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are areas contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. KBAs need to be managed to ensure environmental flows are sufficient to support these fragile freshwater ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Tognelli, Marcelo F.
- Máiz-Tomé, L.
- Kraus, Dan
- Lepitzki, Dwayne
- Mackie, Gerry
- Morris, Todd
- Carney, Joseph
- Alfonso, Noel
- Tonn, Bill
- Cox, Neil A.
- Smith, Kevin G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- Conservation International
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Le hotspot (point chaud) de la biodiversité du bassin méditerranéen est bien connu pour l'importance que sa biodiversité revêt à l'échelle mondiale, mais l'importance de la biodiversité d'eau douce n'était pas reconnue précédemment.
Author(s):
- Barrios, V.
- Carrizo, S.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Freyhof, Jörg
- Numa, C.
- Smith, K. G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Critical Ecosystem Patrnership Fund
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
While the Mediterranean basin biodiversity hotspot is well known for its globally important biodiversity, its freshwater biodiversity has not been as widely recognized for its importance.
Author(s):
- Barrios, V.
- Carrizo, S.
- Darwall, W.R.T.
- Freyhof, Jörg
- Numa, C.
- Smith, K. G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Critical Ecosystem Patrnership Fund
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
A large number of approaches have been developed over the last four decades for identifying places of significance for biodiversity, but unfortunately this requires looking at multiple, disconnected databases and other information sources to understand the sites of importance in a particular area
Author(s):
- Boucher, Jessica
- Brooks, Thomas M.
- Cuttelod, Annabelle
- Dudley, Nigel
- Langhammer, Penny F.
