Vultures are a characteristic, distinctive and spectacular component of the biodiversity of the environments they inhabit. They also provide critically important ecosystem services by cleaning up carcasses and other organic waste in the environment.
Organization(s):
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Secretariat
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Vulture Specialist Group
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
This report brings together a broad range of new and existing information on 2,358 plant and animal species of the Albertine Rift (AR) region of East and Central Africa.
Ce guide a pour objectif de faire connaître aux visiteurs du Parc National d'Al Hoceima (PNAH) la diversité faunistique et floristique, à travers la présentation dun peu plus de 80 espèces, communes ou emblématiques de la zone du Parc et dont certaines comptent parmi les espèces en danger ou men
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Morocco, Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre la Désertification de Marruecos
SEO/Birdlife (Sociedad Española de Ornitología), ES
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)
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)
Dans ce volume, vous trouverez les informations les plus récentes sur la distribution des espèces confrontées à un risque dextinction élevé dans certains des écosystèmes les plus importants du monde, et sur les raisons de ce déclin.
As a policy research organisation, the International Institute for Environment and Development has evolved key concepts, theories and ways of working in sustainable development since 1973. The big idea we explore here is banking on biodiversity.
Author(s):
Roe, Dilys
Sukhdev, Pavan
Thomas, David
Munroe, Robert
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI. Describes GOBI's online submission tool to accept information about ecologically or biologically significant areas in the open oceans and deep seas.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP-WCMC
BirdLife International
Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Census of Marine Life (COML)
Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
AquaMaps
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI. This contribution looks at the Birdlife International marine important bird area (IBA) toolkit as a case study.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP-WCMC
BirdLife International
Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Census of Marine Life (COML)
Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
AquaMaps
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI, looking at the scientific contributions of Census of Marine Life and Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS).
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
UNEP-WCMC
BirdLife International
Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Census of Marine Life (COML)
Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
AquaMaps
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
This is a report of a range of activities happened in the Pacific during the Year of Biodiversity (PYoB) 2010. It contains the PYoB in pictures, SPREP's work in 2010, initiatives and knowledge products launched during the year.
Organization(s):
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
This report has been produced by ZSL in collaboration with WWF, IUCN and SSC. It considers for the first time the current status and trends of global vertebrates in the context of human pressures, with a particular focus on threatened, novel and evolutionary distinct species.
This book describes the 14 sites in Fiji which are of global importance for bird conservation. These Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are priorities for conserving the natural heritage of Fiji for future generations.
Thematic lesson papers are intended to bring global lessons and best practice to the region and to help define the agenda for detailed consultation and reform in the four lower Mekong River countries.
Organization(s):
International Centre for Environmental Management, AU
IUCN
WWF International
BirdLife International
UNDP
Mekong River Commission
Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
These lessons papers are the result of assessment and debate carried out through background papers and national round table meetings involving all key sectors and levels of government.
Organization(s):
International Centre for Environmental Management, AU
IUCN
WWF International
BirdLife International
UNDP
Mekong River Commission
Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
The regional report deals with issues requiring collective action from all four countries in the Lower Mekong region and describes the status and trends in the region which set the basis for the PAD review.
Organization(s):
International Centre for Environmental Management, AU
IUCN
WWF International
BirdLife International
UNDP
Mekong River Commission
Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
The report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one.
Organization(s):
International Centre for Environmental Management, AU
Thailand, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
IUCN
WWF International
BirdLife International
UNDP
Mekong River Commission
Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
The report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one.
Organization(s):
International Centre for Environmental Management, AU
Vietnam, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Vietnam, Ministry of Fisheries
Vietnam, Ministry of Natural Resources and Development
IUCN
WWF International
BirdLife International
UNDP
Mekong River Commission
Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
The report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one.
Organization(s):
International Centre for Environmental Management, AU
IUCN
WWF International
BirdLife International
UNDP
Mekong River Commission
Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
