What makes our planet's natural treasures worth saving, and why should we care? With hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and more than twenty essays from some of the world's most respected scientists, this latest publication in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series aims to provide some of t
Author(s):
Ash, Neville
Boltz, Frederick
Brooks, Thomas M.
McNeely, Jeffrey A.
Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
IUCN
CEMEX, MX
Conservation International
International League of Conservation Photographers
Conservation for a New Era outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008.
Conservation for a New Era outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008.
This report focuses on the management of natural coastal carbon sinks. There is a lack of recognition and focus on coastal marine ecosystems to complement activities already well advanced on land to address the best practice management of carbon sinks.
Drylands cover 41 percent of the earths terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation.
Author(s):
Mortimore, Michael
Anderson, Simon
Cotula, Lorenzo
Davies, Jonathan
Faccer, K.
Hesse, Ced
Morton, John
Nyangena, Wilfrid
Skinner, Jamie
Wolfangel, Caterina
Organization(s):
IUCN
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Conservation for a New Era outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008.
En 2007, UICN, PNUD, PNUMA y WEDO reconocieron la necesidad de una estrategia coordinada entre las instituciones mundiales involucradas con los temas de género y cambio climático. El resultado fue la creación de la Alianza Global de Género y Clima (GGCA).
En 2007, UICN, PNUD, PNUE et WEDO ont reconnu le besoin pour une stratégie coordonnée auprès des institutions internationales travaillant dans le domaine de la parité entre hommes et femmes et des changements climatiques.
IUCN, as a neutral forum for objectively-based consensus seeking, is facing an ever-increasing demand to conduct independent scientific reviews of controversial development projects.
La présente étude porte sur lévaluation des principales valeurs économiques générées par la restauration du Parc national du Diawling en République islamique de Mauritanie, zone humide dimportance internationale, à travers une estimation des usages directs de la zone dinfluence du parc.
Un des défis auxquels la conservation des grands singes doit faire face est linteraction croissante entre les humains et les grands singes, et les conflits que cela génère.
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
The links between human rights and biodiversity and natural resource conservation are many and complex. The conservation community is being challenged to take stronger measures to respect human rights and is taking opportunities to further their realisation.
Author(s):
Campese, Jessica
Sunderland, Terry
Greiber, Thomas
Oviedo, Gonzalo
Organization(s):
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
In 2007, IUCN, UNDP, UNEP and WEDO recognized the need for a coordinated strategy among global institutions working on gender and climate change. The result was the establishment of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA).
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
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.
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.
La Trousse à outils contient douze outils pratiques ; chacun d’eux est conçu pour aider ceux qui sont responsables de la conservation des sites du patrimoine mondial à rassembler tous les éléments d’un cadre de gestion exhaustif, en ce compris l’élaboration de stratégies de suivi ciblées
Organization(s):
IUCN
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Secretariat
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
IUCNs Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
This Facilitator Manual has been written to support a 2.5 - 3 day workshop that has as one of its goals helping a team or group of people to understand better the parts of the system in which they work in order to make thoughtful recommendations for strategic intervention points - points at which
This document reports on progress made during the first year of the project (January 1--December 31 2007). A financial report covering the same period has been prepared and submitted along with this document.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN, Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group, Asia
Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
This report presents the proceedings of the workshop, held in Hanoi and attended by participants representing GEF International Waters projects and partner institutions from governments and NGOs.
La Déclaration sur les forêts et le changement climatique, adoptée sur la base dun consensus par le Dialogue sur les forêts, a donné lieu à quatre dialogues internationaux multipartenaires auxquels ont participé plus de 250 responsables de la forêt venus du monde entier, qui ont formulé des reco
Declaración sobre los bosques y el cambio climático, elaborada por The Forests Dialogue a partir de los consensos logrados en cuatro diálogos internacionales con múltiples partes interesadas en los que participaron más de 250 líderes de todo el mundo.
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 first practical hands-on guide to repairing the damage done by irresponsible forest activity, explaining how to increase the resilience of landscapes and the communities they support.
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)
IUCNs Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente
The Categories Summit which is reported in these proceedings was a major contribution to the revision of the IUCN protected area management categories.
IUCNs Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity Foundation
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Medio Ambiente