The southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula is a global hot spot of biodiversity. High mountain areas show an outstanding diversity of plant species, while the region is one of the last remaining retreats of large European carnivores, such as bear, wolf and lynx.
The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines.
The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines.
Siphandone or Four Thousand Islands encompasses a fascinating 50 Km stretch of the Mekong River consisting of the maze of extensively braided channels, islands and seasonally flooded riverine habitats and the largest complex of waterfalls in Asia.
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in southern Africa is highly diverse and of great importance to livelihoods and economies, however, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity and it is poorly represented in the development planning process
Author(s):
Darwall, W.R.T.
Skelton, Paul H. (Paul Harvey)
Smith, K. G.
Tweddle, D.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), ZA
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), ZA
One of the challenges facing great ape conservation is the rising level of interaction between humans and great apes, and the resulting conflicts that emerge.
Author(s):
Hockings, Kimberley
Humle, Tatyana
Organization(s):
IUCN
Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This toolkit will introduce readers to the central role played by policy, law and institutions in designing and implementing good governance for water resources.
Translocation has become routine in a number of African range states and has played a key role in increasing both white and black rhino numbers. Although less frequent in Asia, expertise and input was sought from many Asian rhino range states and has been incorporated into these guidelines.
Author(s):
Emslie, Richard
Amin, Rajan
Kock, Richard
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Rhino Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Asian Rhino Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Wildlife Health Specialist Group
Live-capture, holding in captivity and export of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands began in 2003. These activities stimulated global interest and generated concern about the potential conservation implications.
Seven recognized gibbon taxa are distributed across Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, all of which were recently reassessed as Endangered using IUCN Red List criteria.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
IUCN hosted an electronic discussion forum for its Members, Commissions, Staff and the public at large between August and September 2006.2 The e-discussion forum is one element of the IUCNFuture of SustainabilityInitiative.
The Critically Endangered Fijian Crested Iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis, is unique to Fiji and survives today on only a few islands in western Fiji. This document is a detailed five-year plan for conservation action considered essential to reverse the species' population decline and ensure the lo
Author(s):
Harlow, Peter S.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Iguana Specialist Group
The Toolkit contains twelve practical tools, each designed to help those responsible for World Heritage site conservation piece together the elements of a comprehensive management framework, including the construction of targeted monitoring strategies.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Secretariat
This document represents The Forests Dialogue's consensus-based Statement on Forests and Climate Change produced after 4 international multi-stakeholder dialoges involving more than 250 leaders from around the world.
The purpose of this guide is to help owners and managers of small and large hotels, located in all areas, from cities to mountain to coastal areas, to conserve nature. In particular, it is designed to guide the sustainable use of biological resources in the day-to-day operations of hotels.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Accor
Fondo para Iniciativas de Desarrollo Educativo de El Salvador (FIDES), SV
Fundación Empresarial para la Acción Social (FUNDEMAS), SV
Grupo Agrisal, SV
International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IHRA)
The Categories Summit which is reported in these proceedings was a major contribution to the revision of the IUCN protected area management categories.
World Heritage properties are some of the most unique places on our planet because of the range of outstanding and unique natural or cultural features and values that they contain. Like anything precious these places need to be protected and cared for responsibly.
This Resource Manual represents IUCNs advice to States Parties which are considering nominating a natural or mixed property for World Heritage status.
This report documents the modelled scenarios of local climate variability due to global climatic change, using the projected climate changes to modify the no change, 76-year long, monthly sub-catchment rainfall sequences, and average monthly evaporation values that serve as input to the hydrolo
This report describe the relationships between the timing and magnitude of freshwater flows in the Pangani system and the biology and life history characteristics of its key fish and invertebrate species.
This report provides information to enhance understanding of water-related ecological and economic systems of the Pangani Basin based on work which was already completed then with a view to identifying gaps and development of Terms of Reference for specialist studies to address the gaps.
This report documents information on surface water inflows and groundwater recharge in maintaining water levels in Lake Jipe and the Kirua swamps and water levels (or depth) and inundated areas in Lake Jipe, Nyumba ya Mungu and Kirua Swamp associated with different antecedent river flows and seas
This report addresses study area delineation and site selection for the Pangani Environmental Flow Assessment work. The task was accomplished by first separately delineating relatively homogeneous zones and sub-zones along the river and estuary, and for socio-economic activities in the basin.
This Resource Manual represents IUCNs advice to States Parties which are considering nominating a natural or mixed property for World Heritage status.
In this toolkit, we focus on both human (socioeconomic) and biophysical (ecological) aspects of monitoring. Socioeconomic monitoring normally focuses on peoples knowledge and attitude towards an ecosystem as well as their natural resource use and dependence.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
The main objective of this work is to provide an introduction and sense of direction (i.e. a Gateway) into the complicated world of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). It by no means intends to serve as a comprehensive overview of this vast field.
This background paper offers for the first time a comparative analysis of the 28 overseas entities of the European Union; its purpose is to establish the current state of existing knowledge on the impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of the European Union overseas entities.
Author(s):
Petit, Jérôme
Prudent, Guillaume
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Union
France, Observatoire National sur les Effets du Réchauffement Climatique (ONERC)
This study focused specifically on one perceived opportunity for developing IPES, namely the concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD).
Author(s):
Baranzini, Andrea
Faust, Anne-Kathrin
Huberman, David
Organization(s):
UNEP
IUCN
Geneva School of Business Administration (HEG), CH
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
The goal of this study was to analyze available information on various types of poaching, assess the scale of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and develop recommendations towards reducing the illegal catch.
Traditional medicine in Viet Nam comprises two forms - Traditional Vietnamese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Both are thousands of years old.
This published document consists of two separate reports produced between 2005 and 2007. These reports have been maintained as separate reports in order to maintain their respective integrities as source documents.
