This study was commissioned by IUCN Programme Aires Protégées – UICN-PACO in late 2014 to develop comprehensive understanding for the scaling potential of the “small grants for biodiversity” model, and to improve the design and/or targeting of future investments.
Mediterranean Reflections 2014/2015 is a report summarizing the activities undertaken by the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med) based in Malaga in 2014 and 2015.
The Moroccan population of the Great Bustard Otis tarda, a Vulnerable species according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, is small and declining, surviving mainly in two breeding areas (leks) and numbering some 40 to 50 birds.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Bustard Specialist Group
Morocco, Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre le Désertification
There are 357 species of birds breeding within the assessment region, which consists of the whole of the Arabian Peninsula, plus Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, including offshore islands and the Socotra archipelago.
Organization(s):
BirdLife International
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah
The Draft International Covenant on Environment is an ongoing contribution of the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) and the IUCN Environmental Law Programme (IUCN ELP) to provide a framework for implementing sustainability at all levels of society following the outcome o
This report presents the findings of a review of traceability systems that have been developed in the CITES context for the trade in processed product types of Appendix II-listed species.
Author(s):
Mundy, Victoria
Sant, Glenn
Organization(s):
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
Using case studies from Nepal, India and Thailand, this paper explores challenges and governance options that can accept social and physical uncertainties and build synergy across the water, energy, and food sectors.
The production and publication of this book is intended to capture the successes and lessons learnt from the CBA-ECA project and to document the impacts of the Ecologically Critical Areas (ECA) management initiatives, key lessons and impacts, challenges faced and future direction for wise-use man
Organization(s):
Bangladesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Department of Environment
The IUCN Bangladesh Country Office has published this manual for conducting bird census, bird ringing and sample collection and analysis in hopes that it will provide a guidelines for correctly performing these tasks.
This study reviews range state policy and management responses to expanding or abundant species of seals -- the Cape fur, northern fur, hooded, harp, ringed, grey, harbour and crabeater seals.
Author(s):
Cumming, David H. M.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN, Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group (SULi)
The iconic but elusive okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is endemic to the central and north-eastern tropical rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Organization(s):
Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group
This new publication is a valuable tool to help increase the capacity of policy and decision makers to develop gender-responsive climate change policies and strategies that ensure women are engaged at all levels of the decision-making process.
The report provides a global overview of the challenges facing indigenous peoples, and presents five case studies from Australia, Cambodia, Guinea, India and Suriname.
The case studies from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, the Philippines and Viet Nam highlight how forest landscape restoration (FLR) interventions enhance food security.
In this publication, several case studies from the African continent illustrate the "nature-based solutions" approach and offer hope that effective solutions to the climate change dilemma can be addressed through local responses that also achieve mutual benefits for biodiversity conservation and
Building on the experience of Holcim Lebanon in rehabilitating one of its degraded quarries after excavation activities, this report will provide guidelines for rehabilitation practices in Lebanon and the Mediterranean.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Association for Forests, Developement and Conservation (AFDC)
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), FR
This paper discusses how natural infrastructure, the networks of land and water that provide services to people, can help decision makers and infrastrucuture managers address interconnected challenges facing water, energy and food systems, often referred to as the "nexus." The paper examines reas
Freshwater habitats and biodiversity in the Arabian Peninsula are unique and highly valued for the essential role they play in people's survival, as well as that of its native flora and fauna.
This report explains the ecology and social profile of coastal systems in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania in order to contribute to the development of effective strategies to enhance the resilience of marine and coastal systems in the Western Indian Ocean.
Author(s):
Andrew, Tim
Pabari, Mine
Samoilys, Melita
Organization(s):
IUCN
Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
Mangroves for the Future
UNEP, Nairobi Convention
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
The TABE'A II report is a second more detailed analysis of the Arab region's World Heritage Programme based on the baseline established in the first report from 2011, as well as of the progress achieved since then.
This situation analysis was undertaken to inform responses to several resolutions made at the 5th World Conservation Congress in 2012 about the plight of large vertebrates in West and Central Africa.
Author(s):
Aalen, Frederick H. A.
Grainger, Matthew J.
Hibert, Fabrice
Hoffmann, Michael
Mallon, David P.
McGowan, Philip J. K.
Vliet, Nathalie van
Organization(s):
Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA) Programme
Following the first international workshop on the economics of ocean acidification organized by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2010, a second international workshop was held in November 2012, which explored the level of risk, and the resilience or
