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IUCN Grey Literature

Coastal blue carbon ecosystems

This policy brief examines the existing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and ratified National Determined Contributions (NDCs) with regard to the inclusion of specific efforts addressing blue carbon ecosystems, namely mangroves, tidal saltmarshes and seagrasses, as climate mit

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2016
IUCN Grey Literature

Workshop report : workshop on restoring Myanmar's degraded and deforested landscapes

This report summarises the main outcomes of the workshop on Restoring Myanmar’s Degraded and Deforested Landscapes, organised jointly by the Forest Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC), IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and Th

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2016
Non IUCN Publication

Lessons learned and recommendations from early UNFCC REDD+ reference levels submissions

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2016
IUCN Publication

A reef manager’s guide to fostering community stewardship

This guide has been written to inspire and empower reef managers and community leaders to develop reef stewardship programs. Stewardship is a way of empowering local communities to take a more active role in sustaining the natural resources on which they depend.

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2016
IUCN Publication

Coastal "blue" carbon

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2015
IUCN Grey Literature

Net positive impact on biodiversity : the business case

This paper summarizes the business case for private sector applications of net positive impact (NPI). It outlines the opportunities available for businesses that implement best practice biodiversity management by applying NPI in their operations. 

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2015
IUCN Grey Literature

Net positive impact on biodiversity : the conservation case

This briefing paper summarizes the main arguments, from a conservation perspective, for operationalizing the concept of net positive impace on biodiversity. 

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2015
Non IUCN Publication

Mangroves for coastal defence : guidelines for coastal managers & policy makers

Mangroves are an incredibly important habitat, providing essential services for both people and nature. This guidebook provides an in-depth analysis  on the role that mangroves play in defense against waves, storms, tsunamis, erosion and sea level rise.

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2014
Non IUCN Publication

Green infrastructure guide for water management

Green Infrastructure (GI) is becoming increasingly recognized as an important opportunity for addressing the complex challenges of water management.

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2014
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Reefs at risk : a map-based indicator of threats to the world's coral reefs

Reefs at Risk Revisited is part of a series that began in 1998 with the release of the first global analysis, Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs.

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2011
IUCN Publication

Dogal Çözümler

Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the world's terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.

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2011
IUCN Publication

Coral reef resilience assessment of the Bonaire National Marine Park, Netherlands Antilles : surveys from 31 May to 7 June, 2009

Although Bonaire’s coral reefs remain among the healthiest and most resilient in the Caribbean, this IUCN report based on the IUCN Resilience Assessment of Coral Reefs highlights some of the threats that exist to Bonaire’s coral reefs, and which could have serious implications for resilience to f

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2011
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World atlas of mangroves

This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Global ocean protection : present status and future possibilities (Korean version)

This publication provides a much needed and timely tool to assist in the collective effort to find new and better solutions to address the various threats to the marine biological diversity and productivity.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Natural solutions : protected areas helping people cope with climate change : summary

Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the world’s terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Value island biodiversity : it's our life!

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.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Natural solutions : protected areas helping people cope with climate change (Korean version)

Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the world’s terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Soluciones naturales : las áreas protegidas ayudando a la gente a enfrentar el cambio climático

Este libro articula claramente, por vez primera, cómo las áreas protegidas contribuyen significativamente a reducir los impactos del cambio climático y qué es lo que necesitarían para contribuir más.

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2010
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Solutions naturelles : les aires protégées aident les gens à faire face aux changements climatiques

Le présent rapport expose clairement, et pour la première fois, à quel point les aires protégées contribuent à diminuer les effets des changements climatiques et ce qu’il faudrait faire pour qu’elles y contribuent encore plus.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas : a global study : second edition - 2010

The Global Study into management effectiveness evaluation was conducted between late 2005 and 2010.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Mainstreaming gender into prevention and management of invasive species

The overall aim of this study is to bring together information on the subject of gender and invasive species, and thereby inform and strengthen future projects, activities and interventions in relation to invasive species prevention and management.

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2010
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Global ocean protection : present status and future possibilities

This publication provides a much needed and timely tool to assist in the collective effort to find new and better solutions to address the various threats to the marine biological diversity and productivity.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Protecting the Earth's two most important assets : introducing healthy parks healthy people

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2010
Non IUCN Publication

Connectivity conservation management : a global guide

In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated 'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital biodiversity.

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2010
IUCN Publication

Natural solutions : protected areas helping people cope with climate change

Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the world’s terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world.

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2010
IUCN Grey Literature

Establishing resilient marine protected area networks - making it happen : full technical version, including ecological, social and governance considerations, as well as case studies (Chinese version)

All people, regardless of where they live, depend upon the existence of healthy marine ecosystems. While the role that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can play in promoting the health of the oceans and seas has been widely acknowledged, progress on building a network of MPAs has been slow to date.

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2009
IUCN Publication

Ecosystem-based adaptation : a natural response to climate change

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2009
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The role of the environment in poverty alleviation

Essays in this publication offer perspectives and strategies to promote both environmental conservation and poverty eradication.

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2008
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Making REDD work for the poor : a Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) policy brief

This paper outlines how the design of REDD could influence its poverty implications and the key requirements for ensuring that REDD works for the poor. It summarises the findings of a much longer analysis recently prepared on behalf of the PEP, entitled Making REDD Work for the Poor.

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2008
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Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas : a global study : report for the project "Global study into management effectiveness evaluation of protected areas"

The Global Study into management effectiveness evaluation was conducted between late 2005 and 2007.

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2008
IUCN Publication

Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas : a global study : supplementary report No. 1 : overview of approaches and methodologies

In this supplementary report, we summarise a selection of methodologies that have been used in different regions around the world for different purposes. References are given wherever possible for the reader to find more details where desired.

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2008
Non IUCN Publication

Making REDD work for the poor : a Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) report

This Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) report is dedicated to the increasingly popular topic of 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD).

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2008
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Establishing resilient marine protected area networks - making it happen : full technical version, including ecological, social and governance considerations, as well as case studies

All people, regardless of where they live, depend upon the existence of healthy marine ecosystems. While the role that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can play in promoting the health of the oceans and seas has been widely acknowledged, progress on building a network of MPAs has been slow to date.

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2008
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Managing seagrasses for resilience to climate change

Seagrasses are flowering plants that thrive in shallow oceanic and estuarine waters around the world. Although there are only about 60 species of seagrasses worldwide, these plants play an important role in many shallow, near-shore, marine ecosystems.

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2008
Non IUCN Publication

Turismo, áreas protegidas y comunidades : estudios de caso y lecciones aprendidas del programa de parques en peligro 2002-2007

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2007
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Tourism, protected areas and communities : case studies and lessons learned from the Parks in Peril program 2002-2007

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2007
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Participación social en el manejo de las áreas protegidas : distribución de beneficios generados por la conservación de las áreas naturales protegidas

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2006
IUCN Publication

Managing mangroves for resilience to climate change

Building resilience into mangrove conservation plans requires an understanding of how mangroves will respond to climate changes, what factors help them survive these changes, and, consequently, which mangroves are most likely to survive these changes.

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2006
Non IUCN Publication

Assessing linkages between agriculture and biodiversity in Central America : historical overview and future perspectives

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2005
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Desarrollo del ecotourismo : un manual para los profesionales de la conservación. Vol.1 : introducción a la planificación del ecotourismo

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2005
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Ecotourism development : a manual for conservation planners and managers. Vol.1 : An introduction to ecotourism planning

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2005
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Páramos de Costa Rica

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2005
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Desarrollo del ecoturismo : un manual para los profesionales de la conservación. Vol. 2 : desarrollo y manejo del ecotourismo

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2004
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Ecotourism development : a manual for conservation planners and managers. Vol.2 : The business of ecotourism development and management

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2004
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2004 IUCN Red List of threatened species : a global species assessment

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2004
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Assessing the economic value of ecosystem conservation

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2004
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How much is an ecosystem worth? Assessing the economic value of conservation

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2004
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Territorial strategies and environmental continuity in mountain systems : the case of the Appennines (Italy)

The authors begin by highlighting the role that the Apennine system -- one of the major European mountain systems -- can play in the building of a European Ecological Network and, more generally, in nature conservation and the improvement of the quality of the environment in the Euro-Mediterranea

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2003
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Desenvolvimento do ecoturismo : um manual para os profissionais de conservação. Vol.1 : introdução ao planejamento de ecoturismo

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2003

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