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This technical report uses the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment to extend awareness on the value of coastal ecosystems, their products and services for human well-being (i.e.

This book follows applications of the Ecosystem Approach over a 5-10 year period in five locations. Key findings include the vital importance of a full stakeholder analysis, of market analysis and of the promotion of institutional evolution.

Seagrass meadows and sand dunes are lesser known coastal ecosystems that are located landward from coral reefs and sometimes seaward from mangroves.

The combination of threats currently facing the remaining great apes requires immediate conservation action at all scales – from site-level initiatives, through national and regional strategies, to international conventions and action plans.

The environmental movement has made huge progress over the last decades. Among others, it has raised awareness of challenges facing humanity, helped develop a critical mass of policies, and worked towards the implementation of many of these policies in collaboration with other stakeholders.

This pictorial book captures the lives and livelihoods of the farmers and fishermen in the Noakhali Sadar and Subarnachar, low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh.It also shows adaptation measures being adopted to respond to current and future changes in the climate regime.As part of the preparatio

L’entrée en vigueur du Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture signale l’engagement de la communauté mondiale à l’égard d’un accord autonome qui a pour but d’aborder à la fois la nécessité d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire au niveau mondial et

Corals are a vital component of marine ecosystems. They provide food and protection for a huge variety of fish and marine life; are crucial to sustaining livelihoods among coastal populations; and a key mechanism for ensuring the protection of low-lying coastal areas.

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.

Le Mali possède un réseau composé de onze aires protégées et de six zones d’intérêt cynégétique qui couvrent ensemble 4,6% du territoire national.

La Mauritanie abrite un réseau d’aires protégées relativement complet et représentatif en ce qui concerne les écosystèmes marins. En revanche, il pourrait être complété par les parties terrestres.

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable.

Mangroves are among the most important ecosystems on the planet. They provide food and protection for a huge variety of marine and land-based species, sustain livelihoods of coastal populations, and provide protection from ocean swell and extreme weather events.

This new series of publications on the values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes is intended to document and spell out the various environmental, economic, social and cultural values that Category V protected areas can provide. The first volume addresses the topic of agrobiodiversity.

This monograph first describes the popular types of accounting usually followed in case of freshwater resources.

Tierra es un canto a la belleza de nuestro planeta y un recordatroio de la delicada fragilidad del lugar donde vivimos.