IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands (IUCN NL) commissioned this assessment of wildlife poaching and trafficking in the Amazon in order to enhance understanding of the issue and inform potential future engagement.
This report belongs to series of three related reports. This report investigates what legal compliance means for protecting forests and ecosystems in the main Latin American countries of origin for European soy: Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
In this report, we provide insights on the use of responsible and deforestation-free soy in the EU-28 member states, Norway and Switzerland (EU+). As the second largest importer of soy, Europe has a responsibility to solve the sustainability issues connected to its soy consumption.
This report provides an overview of palm oil sustainability standards' measures to stop biodiversity loss and restore habitat for biodiversity conservation. It highlights critical areas that need to be improved and recommends specific actions for palm oil buyers and investors.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Ministry of Economic Affairs commissioned IUCN NL to research how innovative financial instruments such as green bonds can help scaling up Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) initiatives in the Netherlands.
Le présent document a pour objectif de rendre compte des formations, études de cas, discussions et échanges en tous genres qui, pendant quatre jours, ont largement nourri la réflexion pour une meilleure implication des ONG ouest-africains dans la conservation en général et la gestion des aires pr
Organization(s):
Fondation internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA)
Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
The IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands as well as World Land Trust share a belief that land purchase is an exceptionally valuable approach to preserving biodiversity.
Provee información general acerca de los humedales, instrumentos legales que los rigen y sitios prioritarios del área geográfica de Río San Juan, así como de los retos que enfrentan hacia la implementación de un verdadero uso racional.
Author(s):
Montes de Oca Lugo, Julio
Organization(s):
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Alianzas, Comisión Transfronteriza del Área Geográfica de Concentración Río San Juan
This book presents the lessons learned from 27 small scale projects that the IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands supported between 2004 and 2006.
This publication describes the very urgent situation regarding the Iberian Lynx. Its position on IUCN's red list as critically endangered indicates that the chances of extinction are quite real.
The first in a series of guides to the natural environments of St. Eustatius (Statia), Saba and St. Maarten, this book describes the reptiles and amphibians of these islands.
This film is based on Managing the world by Maria Clara van der Hammen. It looks at indigenous peoples of the Amazon forest in Colombia, and how their lives are affected by their changing myths. Produced in collaboration with The Netherlands Committee of IUCN
The first in a series of guides to the natural environments of St. Eustatius (Statia), Saba and St. Maarten, this book describes the reptiles and amphibians of these islands.
Resulting from a conference held in September 2004 at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, this collection of papers treats the subject of scientific research in the environmental field.
Organization(s):
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, NL
Have you ever heard of cloud forests? These intriguing ecosystems only represent 2% of the worlds tropical forests. And yet, they are important treasure houses of biodiversity and suppliers of large volumes of high-quality stream-flow.
Author(s):
Bruijnzeel, Sampurno
Organization(s):
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Centro Científico Tropical, CR
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
The Guiana Shield region contains more than 25% of the worlds tropical rainforests, most still in pristine condition. The Guiana Shield Initiative is working to preserve this ecologically important and unique area of the earth.
The Guiana Shield has 10-15% of the worlds freshwater reserves, a virtually uninterrupted stretch of 2.5 million km2 of tropical rainforests and biodiversity that exists only in this region.
With 2.5 million square kilometers of largely intact tropical rainforest and savannah, 10-15% of the worlds fresh water reserves and an extremely rich and highly endemic biodiversity, the Guiana Shield ranks among the most important ecological regions in the world.
Red Lists are valuable for informing species protection policy and are important as indicators as well as a tool for communication between all those involved in species protection. There are some 3,700 Red Lists in use across Europe, but the approach, aims and criteria used vary widely.
Author(s):
Bánki, Olaf S.
Bergmans, Wim
Iongh, Hans H. de
Werff ten Bosch, M.J. van der
Organization(s):
IUCN
Leiden University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, NL
Colombias policy on its indigenous people includes recognizing their rights relating to political and administrative autonomy, land tenure, education and health.
