The research focus for the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law in 2003 was a timely and challenging one, entitled 'The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development'.
Since the 1998 coral bleaching and mortality, which affected reefs throughout the tropics, a number of projects dealing with research, monitoring and management of coral reefs have been conducted.
Author(s):
Lindén, Olof
Souter, David
Organization(s):
Sweden, SIDA
IUCN
University of Kalmar, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, SE
Livestock are commonly kept in many refugee situations and, in many instances, form an important part of community activities. They are also a fundamental requirement in many returnee situations given the broad range of products which they can provide.
Organization(s):
IUCN
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Few occasions rival the circumstances experienced in a refugee situation. At the same time, overcrowded refugee camps often have an immediate effect on the surrounding environment.
Organization(s):
IUCN
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The decade from 1966 to 1976 was a tumultuous time in the history of the Lower Mekong Basin, with three of the four countries at war. Remarkably, this was also a time of major planning for developing the agricultural production systems of the region.
The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localised species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Author(s):
Montmollin, Bertrand de
Strahm, Wendy
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
Recopila una selección de treinta experiencias de Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, México, Perú y dos experiencias internacionales, sobre el avance en la vinculación entre ambiente y género, tanto por la apropiación de la dimensión ecológica por parte de las personas que tra
The 2005 version of the CITES Checklist not only provides an alphabetical list of the fauna and flora included in Appendices I, II and III of CITES as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, but includes as well a CD-ROM containing the Annotated Appendices which have an index to family names an
Author(s):
Inskipp, Tim
Gillett, Harriet J.
Organization(s):
UNEP-WCMC
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Almost half the world's people live in cities and this proportion is steadily growing. Protected areas provide important benefits to cities; conversely, conservationists depend on support from voters, leaders, and opinion-shapers largely concentrated in urban centres.
During a forum held at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress in South Africa in 2003, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the IUCN SSC Veterinary and Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Groups (VSG and SASUSG) brought together nearly 80 experts from Africa and beyond to develop ways to
The entry into force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture marks the commitment of the world community to a freestanding convention directed at addressing both global needs for food security and internationally agreed objectives regarding the concepts of
Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades.
The Members Business Assembly allowed members to contribute to the governance issues of the Union. They heard Commission reports, approved IUCNs programme of work for the next four years and voted on Resolutions and Recommendations.
The ancient tank system supported peoples livelihoods in times of foreign invasions. These livelihoods were environment friendly, and had the capacity to feed many a generation who constructed them. Today, many rural people still use these tanks for irrigation and other purposes.
This publication is a collection of documents and reports relating to the first stages of the Europe and Northern Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance process (ENAFLEG), primarily emerging from the project entitled: ENA-FLEG: Optimising Russian forest resilience to climate change through im
Author(s):
Tepliakov, V. K. (Viktor Konstantinovich)
Saint-Laurent, Carole
Pakhorukova, C.
Shmatkov, Nikolay
Organization(s):
IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
IUCN, Global Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme
Despite endorsements of the concept of sustainable development and the linking of sustainable development with the Millennium Development Goals, progress towards the eradication of poverty has been disappointing.
Author(s):
Barrow, Edmund G. C.
Farvar, M. Taghi
Fisher, R. J.
Friend, Richard
Ingles, A. W.
Jackson, W. J.
Jeanrenaud, Sally
Laurie, Michelle
Maginnis, Stewart
Mehrotra, Rati
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
For the 13th meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) commissioned the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to produce this report.
Author(s):
Lundqvist, Jan
Falkenmark, Malin
Berntell, Anders
Bergkamp, Ger
Molden, David
Rosegrant, Mark
Organization(s):
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), SE
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US
The traditional patterns of land use that have created many of the worlds cultural landscapes contribute to biodiversity, support ecological processes, provide important environmental services, and have proven sustainable over the centuries.
La Gouvernance en Méditerranée au-delà des mers territoriales étant une problématique relativement complexe, le Centre UICN pour la Coopération en Méditerranée à travers le sous groupe Méditerranéen pour le droit et la gouvernance de la mer (MMLSG) a développé ce document qui présente le statut j
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in Eastern 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.
Lowe, T.
Smith, K. G.
Vié, Jean-Christophe
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme
Biological diversity faces many threats throughout the world. One of the major threats to native biological diversity is caused by Invasive Alien Species (IAS) which can damage or replace native animal and plant populations, as well as the health of our ecosystems.
The workbook is designed to allow for a dynamic process of marine protected area (MPA) management based on the lessons learnt through piloting the first draft of the workbook in eight MPAs in Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles.
Author(s):
Wells, Sue
Mangubhai, Sangeeta
Organization(s):
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP
International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
This report provides results of testing the Workbook for Assessing Management Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in the Western Indian Ocean at eight pilot sites in three countries. The assessment looks at not only the impacts but also the effectiveness of the management process.
Author(s):
Wells, Sue
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
