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A successful process to advance forest landscape restoration (FLR) needs to motivate, enable and resource its implementation. This brief offers a preliminary exploratory analysis of some of the range of policies that respond to each of these three requirements.
Author(s):
- Slobodian, Lydia
- Vidal, Adriana
- Saint-Laurent, Carole
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Para que la restauración de paisajes forestales (RPF) sea sostenible y responda a las múltiples necesidades medioambientales y del desarrollo, es necesario que exista diálogo y coordinación entre los diferentes sectores, agentes e instituciones.
Author(s):
- Imbach, Alejandro
- Vidal, Adriana
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
For forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be sustainable and responsive to multiple developmental and environmental needs, we need dialogue and coordination among sectors, actors and institutions.
Author(s):
- Imbach, Alejandro
- Vidal, Adriana
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Ante un mundo cambiante, en el que aumentan y se aceleran las presiones sobre la biodiversidad –situación que pone en riesgo el mantenimiento y uso de los servicios ecosistémicos esenciales para el bienestar humano y que incrementa los conflictos socioambientales e intersectoriales–, es fundament
Author(s):
- Paredes-Leguizamón, Gisela
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Colombia, Parques Nacionales Naturales
The Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT) was developed out of a need to more efficiently and effectively communicate the importance of ecosystem services to decision makers.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Raes, Leander
- Vogl, Adrian L.
- Hawthorne, Peter L.
- Moraes, Miguel
- Saborio, Javier L.
- Meza Prado, Kelly
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
El presente libro tiene como objetivo mostrar experiencias obtenidas en Colombia, Ecuador y Perú fruto de actividades dirigidas hacia la adaptación al cambio climático y la conservación de los páramos; actividades que, a su vez, han sido dirigidas principalmente hacia mujeres y con un enfoque de
Author(s):
- Aguirre, Daniela
- Armero-Estrada, Milena
- Hammen, Maria Clara van der
- Hildahl, Karen
- Pérez, Cecilia
- Poats, Susan V.
- Rodríguez, Mariela
- Sánchez, Didier
- Trujillo, Mónica
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
This publication is a result of Blue Solutions’ second Regional Forum on Solutions for Oceans, Coasts and Human Well-being in Latin America and the Wider Caribbean Region. This four-day workshop was held in Cancún, Mexico in April 2015.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
Our oceans and coasts are the origin of life on earth, an important food source, and crucial for the global ecological equilibrium, yet despite their global significance, marine and coastal ecosystems face a wide array of threats.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
This report provides an overview of the water-energy-food nexus in Latin American and the Caribbean, identifying the main challenges and opportunities for achieving water, energy and food security in the region.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Global Canopy Programme
- International Water Association (IWA)
- IUCN Global Water Programme
La publicación expone los avances en el ámbito de la producción de conocimiento en torno a los páramos, destacando las tareas pendientes a propósito del posible impacto del cambio climático en este ecosistema, sus posibilidades de adaptación y la dimensión humana de sus territorios.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers in the region, according to this latest report, Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012.
Author(s):
- Cramer, Katie
- Donovan, Mary
- Jackson, Jeremy
- Lam, Vivian
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
- Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
- International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), UK
- UNEP
- United States, Department of State
Esta publicación se enmarca en el proyecto “Implementación del Acuerdo sobre Medio Ambiente entre Canadá y Perú y del Acuerdo sobre Medio Ambiente entre Canadá y Colombia”, ejecutado por la Oficina de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza para América del Sur, con el apoyo
Author(s):
- Mora, Arturo
- Pedraza, Natalia
- Rios, Montserrat
- Ruiz, Lucia
- Sanclemente, Gloria
Organization(s):
- Canada, Environment Canada
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
<p>La publicación recopila reflexiones y análisis de distintos autores, sobre la propuesta que hacen UICN y varias de sus organizaciones miembro sobre la necesidad y la importancia de reconocer el valor que tiene el conocimiento tradicional para la adaptación al cambio climático.
Author(s):
- Lara, Rommel
- Vides-Almonacid, Roberto
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
The report focuses on timber trade from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and contributes to monitoring the impact and effectiveness of European Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)-related policy measures in South America through provision of preliminary baseline data on changes
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- European Commission
- TRAFFIC International
- WWF International
Learn about traditional practices related to the indigenous knowledge of healing time, including the performance of rituals for the seasonal cycles and the shamanistic management of the seasonal supply of wildlife of the Noyuya, Uitoto, Andoque, Yucana, Matapi and Muinane ethnic groups that liv
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, PE
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Tropenbos International, NL
This paper is a summary of a longer and fully referenced document by the same authors.
Author(s):
- Andrade Pérez, Angela
- Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
- Dave, Radhika
- Girot, Pascal
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
- Munrol, Robert
- Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
- Paaby, Pía
- Pramova, Emilia
- Vergara, Walter
- Watson, James
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- CARE International
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
- Conservation International
- Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- WWF International
Esta publicación representa una contribución desde la UICN que demuestra la aplicación práctica de esta útil herramiento del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CBD) en la gestión de las áreas protegidas en Sudamérica.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
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)
This report, two years in the making, provides a comprehensive assessment of progress being made towards SFM in each ITTO producer member country and identifies the challenges remaining.
Organization(s):
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
Author(s):
- Cooper, Murray
- Freeman, Benjamin
- Villegas, Benjamin
Ce document propose une série de projets de principes et de directives pour jeter les bases dune planification de lEbA. Ils sont destinés à un usage de planification dadaptation nationale, par des institutions financières, et dans le cadre de projets de recherche.
Author(s):
- Andrade Pérez, Angela
- Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
- Dave, Radhika
- Girot, Pascal
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
- Munrol, Robert
- Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
- Paaby, Pía
- Pramova, Emilia
- Vergara, Walter
- Watson, James
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- CARE International
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
- Conservation International
- Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- WWF International
Este documento propone un conjunto de principios y lineamientos que actúen como el fundamento para la planeación de la AbE.
Author(s):
- Andrade Pérez, Angela
- Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
- Dave, Radhika
- Girot, Pascal
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
- Munrol, Robert
- Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
- Paaby, Pía
- Pramova, Emilia
- Vergara, Walter
- Watson, James
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- CARE International
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
- Conservation International
- Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- WWF International
This paper is a summary of a longer and fully referenced document by the same authors.
Author(s):
- Andrade Pérez, Angela
- Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
- Dave, Radhika
- Girot, Pascal
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
- Munrol, Robert
- Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
- Paaby, Pía
- Pramova, Emilia
- Vergara, Walter
- Watson, James
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- CARE International
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
- Conservation International
- Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- WWF International
This document proposes a series of draft principles and guidelines that were produced at a workshop with participation of its authors in June 2011, with the aim to serve as a foundation for planning ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation.
Author(s):
- Andrade Pérez, Angela
- Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío
- Dave, Radhika
- Girot, Pascal
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
- Munrol, Robert
- Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
- Paaby, Pía
- Pramova, Emilia
- Watson, James
- Vergara, Walter
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
- BirdLife International
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Conservation International
- WWF International
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- CARE International
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
With climate change now a certainty, the question is now how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adaptation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field.
Author(s):
- Andrade Pérez, Angela
- Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
El análisis y la interacción con socios involucrados en transacciones relacionadas con servicios ambientales y políticas y leyes conexas en los últimos 10 años, han evidenciado una clara necesidad de comprender mejor los marcos jurídicos e institucionales que tienen el potencial de favorecer o en
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Author(s):
- Becerra, Maria Teresa
- Cuesta, Francisco
- Josse, Carmen
Organization(s):
- Comunidad Andina, Secretaría General
- Switzerland, Intercooperation
Analysis and engagement with partners working on ecosystem services transactions, policies and laws over the past 10 years have demonstrated a clear need to better understand the legal and institutional frameworks that have the potential to promote or hinder the development of payments for ecosys
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
This report, compiled by 85 experts from across the world, reveals that nearly half of all primate species are now in danger of becoming extinct from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat hunting.
Author(s):
- Cortés-Ortiz, Liliana
- Ganzhorn, Jörg U.
- Heymann, Eckhard W.
- Kierulff, M. Cecilia M.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Oates, J.F.
- Palacios, Erwin
- Roos, Christian
- Rylands, Anthony B.
- Schwitzer, Christoph
- Supriatna, Jatna
- Walker, Sally
- Wallis, Janet
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
- Yongcheng, Long
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- International Primatological Society
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Organization(s):
- Grupo Internacional de Trabajo sobre Asuntos Indígenas (IWGIA)
La publicación "Prácticas ancestrales y derecho de aguas: de la tensión a la coexistencia", es el resultado de un proyecto de investigación dirigido por el Centro de Derecho Ambiental de UICN en colaboración con la Comisión de Derecho Ambiental.
Author(s):
- Rovere, Marta Brunilda
- Iza, Alejandro
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI)
Author(s):
- Alberico, Michael
- Jorgenson, Jeff
- Rodríguez-Mahecha, José Vincente
- Trujillo, Fernando
Organization(s):
- Colombia, Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial
- Conservation International
Las discusiones sobre la protección de los conocimientos tradicionales tienen implicaciones directas en áreas estratégicas de la economía y la política, como el uso sostenible y el manejo de la biodiversidad, la seguridad alimentaria, la salud pública, el comercio internacional, la responsabilida
Organization(s):
- Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, PE
Author(s):
- Bräutigam, Amie
- Eckert, Karen L.
Los glaciares son ecosistemas de fundamental importancia que se encuentran en constante declinación. Para revertir este problema es necesario diseñar y adoptar mecanismos para su adecuada gestión y conservación.
Author(s):
- Iza, Alejandro
- Rovere, Marta Brunilda
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Este documento recoge el esfuerzo conjunto de organizaciones e investigadores provenientes de los cinco países andino-tropicales (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela)sobre la relación entre áreas protegidas y gobernanza ambiental.
Author(s):
- Rivas Toledo, Alex
- Martínez, Juan Sebastián
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Este libro analiza el marco jurídico e institucional de los recursos hídricos en determinados países de América del Sur.
Author(s):
- Iza, Alejandro
- Rovere, Marta Brunilda
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
This film is based on Managing the world by Maria Clara van der Hammen. It looks at indigenous peoples of the Amazon forest in Colombia, and how their lives are affected by their changing myths. Produced in collaboration with The Netherlands Committee of IUCN
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
- Global Peatland Initiative
Author(s):
- Sánchez-Páez, Heliodoro
- Ulloa-Delgado, Giovanni A.
- Tavera-Escobar, Héctor Arsenio
Organization(s):
- Colombia, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente
Author(s):
- Persoon, Gerard
- Minter, Tessa
- Slee, Barbara
- van der Hammen, Clara
Organization(s):
- Tropenbos International, NL
The Guiana Shield has 10-15% of the worlds freshwater reserves, a virtually uninterrupted stretch of 2.5 million km2 of tropical rainforests and biodiversity that exists only in this region.
Organization(s):
- Guiana Shield Initiative
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Author(s):
- Huber, Otto
- Foster, Matthew N.
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
- UNDP
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Author(s):
- Huber, Otto
- Foster, Matthew N.
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
- UNDP
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Author(s):
- Huber, Otto
- Foster, Matthew N.
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
- UNDP
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Author(s):
- Hofstede, Robert
- Mena V., Patricio
- Segarra, Pool
Organization(s):
- EcoCiencia Fundación Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecológicos, EC
- Global Peatland Initiative
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
With 2.5 million square kilometers of largely intact tropical rainforest and savannah, 10-15% of the worlds fresh water reserves and an extremely rich and highly endemic biodiversity, the Guiana Shield ranks among the most important ecological regions in the world.
Author(s):
- Andel, Tinde van
- Bánki, Olaf S.
- MacKinven, Amy
Organization(s):
- Guiana Shield Initiative
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Author(s):
- Cadena, Rosaura
- Carabias, Julia
- Maza, Javier de la
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
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