This list contains 322 entry(ies).
This book tells the story of one of Australia’s natural wonders, Kosciuszko National Park.
Author(s):
- Slattery, Deirdre
- Worboys, Graeme L.
This book looks at the current state of the world’s forests and progress towards more sustainable forest conservation globally.
The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda.
The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle (BRST) (Myuchelys georgesi) is a freshwater turtle endemic to a 60 km stretch of the Bellinger River, and possibly a portion of the nearby Kalang River in coastal north eastern New South Wales (NSW). In mid-February, 2015 a significant mortality event was obser
Author(s):
- Jakob-Hoff, Richard M.
- Lees, C.M.
- McGilvray, G.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
The objective of the Our Common Dignity initiative has been to contribute towards building awareness of rights issues in World Heritage and heritage management, to promote ‘good practice’ approaches to rights and their enabling conditions, and to develop and recommend relevant tools and guideline
Author(s):
- Sinding-Larsen, Amund
- Larsen, Peter Bille
Organization(s):
- ICOMOS Australia
- ICOMOS South Africa
- ICOMOS India
- ICOMOS Norway
Como nossas cidades continuam crescendo, não devemos abandonar a proteção de áreas naturais às pressões da urbanização, e sim defender esses lugares, e realmente tentar criar novos espaços para a natureza dentro do tecido urbano – inclusive dentro dos centros das cidades.
Author(s):
- Edmiston, Joseph T.
- Hyman, Glen
- McNeely, Jeffrey A.
- Trzyna, Thaddeus
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
- Korea National Park Service
The Mala (Lagorchestes hirsutus) is a little known but charismatic wallaby, rescued from imminent extinction in the 1980s when the last 22 animals were secured in predator-proof enclosures. The last mainland wild population perished in a wild fire in 1991.
Author(s):
- Bennison, Kerrie
- Lees, C.M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
Organization(s):
- Australia, Western Australia, Department of Parks and Wildlife
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
Jusqu’à récemment, les conservationnistes se préoccupaient peu des aires protégées urbaines. Il faut défendre ces lieux et s’efforcer de créer de nouveaux espaces naturels au sein du tissu urbain, y compris dans les centres-villes.
Author(s):
- Edmiston, Joseph T.
- Hyman, Glen
- McNeely, Jeffrey A.
- Trzyna, Thaddeus
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Korea National Park Service
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)
The following report and interim conservation plan is the result of a four-day intensive planning workshop for the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) involving 39 individuals that I would consider to be experts in their particular fields and representative of 29 organisations involved directly with
Author(s):
- Bradley, Kevin
- Lees, Caroline
- Lundie-Jenkins, Geoff
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
Author(s):
- Ainsley, P.
- Cameron, M.
- Leedman, A.
- Lees, C.M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
The report provides a global overview of the challenges facing indigenous peoples, and presents five case studies from Australia, Cambodia, Guinea, India and Suriname.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
- Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
Climate change is the most significant moral and environmental issue of our time.
Author(s):
- Brown, Donald A.
- Taylor, Prue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
Author(s):
- Butler, Tom
- Crist, Eileen
- Wuerthner, George
Organization(s):
- Foundation for Deep Ecology
The Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2014 provides an overview of the current condition, use, factors influencing the condition, management effectiveness, resilience, risks to its future and likely outlook.
Organization(s):
- Australia, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
In this intriguing travel narrative, author Bruce Gall takes the reader on a 26,000-kilometre (16,000-mile) bus and train trip around Australia, exploring the nature of the country, its fascinating wildlife and stunning landscapes.
This publication presents 18 case studies to demonstrate how Protected Areas (PAs) can be better managed for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA).
Author(s):
- Buyck, Camille
- Murti, Radhika
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Blue Solutions
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
A vast number of national parks and protected areas throughout the world have been established in the customary territories of indigenous peoples.
Las áreas bajo protección privada merecen un reconocimiento y respaldo mucho mayores que el que reciben en este momento.
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Redford, Kent H.
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Protected Planet
- UNEP
- WCMC
Privately protected areas deserve far greater recognition and support than is the case at the moment.
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Redford, Kent H.
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Protected Planet
- UNEP
- WCMC
As our cities continue to grow, we should defend the protection of natural areas and even try to create new space for nature within this urban fabric.
Author(s):
- Edmiston, Joseph T.
- Hyman, Glen
- McNeely, Jeffrey A.
- Trzyna, Thaddeus
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Korea National Park Service
This draft ngootyoong gunditj ngootyoong mara south west management plan is a strategic guide for managing and protecting the parks, reserves and Indigenous Protected Areas of south-west Victoria.
Organization(s):
- Australia, Parks Victoria
- Australia, Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries
- Budj Bim Council, AU
- Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
As an active member of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO, the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO and the Netherlands National Committee IHP-HWRP organized the workshop ‘Water allocation and green growth’ in cooperation with the Gover
Organization(s):
- Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO
- UNESCO
- UNESCO, International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
The Jacaranda Primary Atlas, 4th edition, has taken up the exciting opportunity to revise its contents to meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum: Geography.
Author(s):
- Bostock, Patricia
- Cousens, Jan
- Lewis, Brad
- Price, Jill
- Rossimel, Alex
- Rossimel, Elvira
- Savage, Clair
This publication was generated following a 2012 symposium in Cairns, Australia. The publication is the primary output from Australia marking the 40th anniversary 'Year of the World Heritage Convention' celebrated by UNESCO in 2012.
Author(s):
- Figgis, Penelope
- Leverington, Andrea
- Mackay, Richard
- Maclean, Andrew
- Valentine, Peter
Organization(s):
- Australia, Wet Tropics Management Authority
- Australian Conservation Foundation, AU
- Australian National Committee of IUCN Members
In an increasingly crowded world reconciling environmental ‘conservation’ with the ‘sustainable use’ of natural resources is now our greatest challenge.
Author(s):
- Brown, Paul
- Cooney, Rosie
- Merson, John
Protected Landscapes are a strong option for biodiversity conservation in human-influenced landscapes and seascapes. They often contain threatened or endemic species. There is now also a growing interest in the nature conservation benefits of protected landscapes.
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Es importante integrar las consideraciones relativas a la biodiversidad en la localización y el diseño de hoteles y complejos turísticos para mantener a largo plazo no sólo la viabilidad y conservación de los ecosistemas sino también el éxito financiero de dichos hoteles y complejos.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement
- France, Ministère de l'Outre Mer
- IUCN, Business and Biodiversity Programme
Intégrer les questions de biodiversité dans les décisions relatives à l'implantation et à la conception d'hôtels et de complexes hôteliers est important non tant pour la conservation et le maintien de la viabilité des écosystèmes, que pour la réussite financière à long terme des hôtels et des com
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement
- France, Ministère de l'Outre Mer
- IUCN, Business and Biodiversity Programme
Integrating biodiversity considerations into siting and design decisions for hotel and resort developments is important not only for the continued viability and conservation of the ecosystems, but also for the long-term financial success of the hotels and resorts.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement
- France, Ministère de l'Outre Mer
- IUCN, Business and Biodiversity Programme
Organization(s):
- Australia, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Organization(s):
- Australia, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Dugongs have high cultural value and are a valued source of food, medicine and artifacts and thus are an important species for coastal people. Dugongs also play a significant ecological role in maintaining coastal habitats.
Organization(s):
- Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
Organization(s):
- Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative, CA
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
The colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle.
Author(s):
- Mackey, Brendan (Brendan G.)
- Keith, Heather
- Berry, Sandra L.
- Lindenmayer, David B.
Organization(s):
- Australian National University, Fenner School of Environment and Society, AU
Organization(s):
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization(s):
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization(s):
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
"Protected Area Management: Principles and Practice 2e" examines the multi-disciplinary task of managing protected areas. This second edition of this authoritative text has been updated, expanded and includes new Australian and international case studies.
Author(s):
- Worboys, Graeme L.
- Lockwood, Michael
- De Lacy, Terry
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Author(s):
- Nevill, Jon
- Phillips, Ngaire
Organization(s):
- Australian Society for Limnology Representative Reserves Working Group, AU
Australia's rich and distinct biodiversity is under multiple threats including loss of habitat to human settlement, agriculture and grazing, introduction and spread of alien invasives, pollution, altered fire regimes and landclearing. The landclearing rate of c. 500,000 hectares p.a.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Protected Areas Programme
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Organization(s):
- UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
- Local and Indigenous Knowledge System Project
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN
Author(s):
- Robinson, Les
- Glanznig, Andreas
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- Humane Society International, AU
- WWF-Australia
Organization(s):
- Australia, Commonwealth of
This book draws on the papers presented and discussions held at two workshops of biodiversity planners from 15 Asian countries.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia
The Darwin Elasmobranch Biodiversity Conservation and Management project in Sabah held a three-day international seminar that included a one-day workshop in order to highlight freshwater and coastal elasmobranch conservation issues in the region and worldwide, to disseminate the result of the pro
Author(s):
- Fowler, Sarah
- Reed, Tim
- Dipper, Frances A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
- Darwin Initiative, UK
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine. It has a range spanning some 37 countries, including tropical and subtropical coastal and island waters. This plan presents a global overview of the status of the dugong and its management throughout its range.
Author(s):
- Eros, Carole
- Hugues, Joanna
- Marsh, H. (Helene)
- Penrose, Helen
Organization(s):
- Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, AU
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- James Cook University, AU
- UNEP
- UNEP-WCMC
Organization(s):
- Australia, Environment Australia
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