The commitment of the international community to ensure an equitable supply of food and nutrition to everyone on Earth has been reiterated many times. However, there are very few practical examples on how such equity and benefit sharing principles are to be put into practice.
The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book.
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Numerous initiatives are now underway to deal with the prevention, control, eradication and management of invasive alien species. A regional workshop was held in 1999 to discuss the problem in South and Southeast Asia.
The Sundarbans, the immense tidal mangrove forests of Bangladesh, are a mosaic of islands of different shapes and sizes, perennially washed by brackish water swirling in and around the endless and mind-boggling labyrinths of twisting water channels.
Produced by IUCN's Eastern Africa Programme, this publication aims to investigate the extent to which communities have been provided with economic incentives to become involved in sustainable forest management in Eastern and Southern Africa, and how far perverse incentives and disincentives encou
Author(s):
Mogaka, Hezron
Simons, Gacheke
Turpie, Jane
Emerton, L. (Lucy)
Karanja, Francis
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Natural Resources International
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
A regional workshop was held to develop a shared understanding of the IUCN global Red List criteria, threat categories and the process of listing species according to the threat of extinction with an emphasis on lessons learned, key constraints and priority needs.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
Swiss Development Cooperation, CH
Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
A comprehensive account of the wildlife trade in Laos, this book is the result of two years' work by the authors, with assistance from two local field researchers and input from a wide range of Lao and foreigners (including Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai informants) with first-hand knowledge of the
The spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is creating complex and far-reaching challenges that threaten both the natural biological riches of the earth and the well being of its citizens.
Author(s):
McNeely, Jeffrey A.
Mooney, Harold A.
Neville, Laurie E.
Schei, Peter Johan
Waage, Jeffrey K.
Organization(s):
International Council for Science (ICSU), Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
The way in which forest land is owned directly influences the status of the forest, its condition and the way in which it is managed. The greater the security of local forest tenure, the stronger the interest and will of the community towards its security.
Author(s):
Alden Wily, Liz
Mbaya, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Natural Resources International
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
Bats make up a quarter of all mammals, and almost half of the species can be considered threatened or near threatened at a global level. This publication offers the results of the first comprehensive review to identify the conservation priorities for the 834 species of Microchiroptera.
Author(s):
Hutson, Anthony M.
Mickleburgh, Simon P.
Racey, Paul A.
Organization(s):
Bat Conservation Trust
Center for Marine Conservation, US
Fauna and Flora International, UK
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Chiroptera Specialist Group
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
This publication deals in two distinct parts with the status of our natural resources on the high-seas (approximately 50 per cent of the Earth's surface) which contain open-access common resources.
This paper addresses the environmental and developmental impacts of patent protection by specifically focusing on the global agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
This checklist provides alphabetical lists of the species of fauna and flora included in Appendices I, II and III of CITES in order to help management and scientific authorities, customs officials, and all others involved in implementing and enforcing the Convention.
Organization(s):
WCMC
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
European Union, Commission
United Kingdom, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
North America's freshwater habitats and the extraordinary biodiversity they contain are facing unprecedented threats from a range of sources. As an initial step in identifying those areas where protective and restorative measures should be implemented first, World Wildlife Fund-US assembled a tea
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary.
Author(s):
Eagles, Paul F. J.
Hornback, Kenneth E.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Canada, Parks Canada
Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism
Through gripping narrative stories and incidents that exemplify his arguments, the author takes us on a world tour that begins with a heartstopping description of the tragic crash of United Airlines Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago and includes Las Vegas in ts desert, a wilderness beach in Briti
This beautifully illustrated series was compiled by a group of talented specialists in the marine and coastal field. It provides a wealth of scientifically established facts on the South African coast for use by the public, schools, libraries and coastal communities.
Organization(s):
South Africa, Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism
