This list contains 221 entry(ies).
These Guidelines are intended to help improve the conservation and management of geoheritage and geodiversity in protected and conserved areas and recognition of the interrelationships and interactions with biological features and processes.
Author(s):
- Crofts, Roger
- Gordon, J. E. (John E.)
- Brilha, José
- Gray, Murray
- Gunn, John
- Larwood, Jonathan
- Santucci, Vincent L.
- Tormey, Daniel
- Worboys, Graeme L.
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Geoheritage Specialist Group
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. The purpose of the Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas is to ensure that KBA identification is based on consistent, scienti
Organization(s):
- IUCN, KBA Standards and Appeals Committee
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Small-scale fisheries provide food security, livelihoods and income to millions of people but their management still presents a challenge to managers and other stakeholders due to problems in gathering suitable information and its incorporation in fisheries policy.
Author(s):
- Cowie, Winston
- Al Dhaheri, Shaikha
- Al Hashmi, Ahmed
- Solis-Rivera, Vivienne
- Baigun, Claudio
- Chang, Kevin
- Cooney, Rosie
- Kamaka‘ala, Shaelene
- Lindeman, Ken
- Louwa, Christiana
- Roe, Dilys
- Walker-Painemilla, Kristen
- Al Baharna, Reem
- Al Ameri, Mohsin
- Al Hameli, Shamsa
- Al Jaberi, Kholood
- Alzahlawi, Nessrine
- Binkulaib, Rajeyah
- Al Kharusi, Yassir
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group (SULi)
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Connectivity conservation is essential for managing healthy ecosystems, conserving biodiversity and adapting to climate change across all biomes and spatial scales.
Author(s):
- Hilty, Jodi
- Worboys, Graeme L.
- Keeley, Annika
- Woodley, Stephen
- Lausche, Barbara J.
- Locke, Harvey
- Carr, Mark
- Pulsford, Ian
- Pittock, Jamie
- White, J. Wilson
- Theobald, David M.
- Levine, Jessica
- Reuling, Melly
- Watson, James E.M.
- Ament, Rob
- Groves, Craig
- Tabor, Gary M.
Illegal trade in wildlife has increased dramatically over the past decade; however, so have enforcement efforts aimed at mitigating this threat. Successful enforcement often involves the seizure and confiscation of wild species from diverse taxa of plants, animals and fungi.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The development of this second edition of these guidelines was in part a response to evidence of the widespread incorrect application of the categories to marine protected areas (MPAs).
Author(s):
- Day, Jon
- Dudley, Nigel
- Hockings, Marc
- Holmes, G.
- Laffoley, D.
- Stolton, Sue
- Wells, Sue
- Wenzel, Lauren
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Illegal trade in wildlife has increased dramatically over the past decade; however, so have enforcement efforts aimed at mitigating this threat. Successful enforcement often involves the seizure and confiscation of wild species from diverse taxa of plants, animals and fungi.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure that Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) identification is based on consistent, scientifically rigorous yet practical methods.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, KBA Standards and Appeals Committee
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs.
Author(s):
- Mitchell, Brent
- Stolton, Sue
- Bezaury-Creel, Juan
- Bingham, Heather C.
- Cumming, Tracey L.
- Dudley, Nigel
- Fitzsimons, James A.
- Malleret-King, Delphine
- Redford, Kent H.
- Solano, Pedro
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship Specialist Group
‘Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which become destructive to the environment or human livelihoods.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
- Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET)
- Western Indian Ocean Network on Invasive Species (WIONIS)
- European Commission
Biodiversity is inherent in forest landscape restoration. As global initiatives like the Bonn Challenge and New York Declaration on Forests inspire nations to pursue sustainable landscapes and economic growth, on the ground, biodiversity binds people and nature to their shared future.
Author(s):
- Beatty, Craig
- Cox, Neil
- Kuzee, Mirjam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
These Guidelines on business and KBAs have been developed by the KBA Partners to support businesses in managing risk to biodiversity. They will be of use to business and certification scheme operators, financial institutions, civil society organisations, and public authorities.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria were developed for classifying species at high risk of global extinction, i.e. for assessment at the global level.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the justification, design and implementation of any conservation translocation.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
The Guidelines aim to be equally relevant for any taxon on Earth. Recent experience has shown that no two planning situations are the same.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Species Conservation Planning Sub-Committee
The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) was developed by IUCN and the World Resources Institute (WRI) to assist countries in identifying opportunities for forest landscape restoration (FLR), analysing priority areas at a national or sub-national level, and designing and implem
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Gender Office
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a global framework for monitoring the status of ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use, and management decisions by identifying ecosystems most at risk of biodiversity loss
Author(s):
- Bland, L.M.
- Keith, David (David Andrew)
- Miller, Rebecca M.
- Murray, N.J.
- Rodríguez, Jon Paul
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
The IUCN protected area management categories is a core document for the development, reporting and understanding of protected areas worldwide.
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Shadie, Peter
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- Fundación Biodiversidad, ES
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Korea National Park Service
- Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Medio Ambiente
This document recounts the authors’ experience in participatory conservation processes that seek terrestrial biodiversity connectivity. It synthesizes at least a decade of research and practice.
Author(s):
- Herrera Fernández, Bernal
Organization(s):
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), CR
- Costa Rica, Tropical Science Center
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Predicting climate change impacts on biodiversity is a major scientific challenge. A range of methods have been developed for climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) of species and a large and burgeoning scientific literature is emerging on this subject.
Author(s):
- Foden, Wendy B.
- Young, Bruce E.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Climate Change Specialist Group
Author(s):
- Gilardi, Kirsten V. K.
- Gillespie, Thomas R.
- Leendertz, Fabian H.
- Macfie, Elizabeth J.
- Travis, Dominic A.
- Whittier, Christopher A.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Global Species Programme
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Rehabilitation and translocation programmes are increasingly becoming an important component of conservation action plans for threatened species.
Author(s):
- Campbell, Clare O.
- Cheyne, Susan M.
- Rawson, Benjamin, M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Arcus Foundation, US
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
- IUCN, Species Programme
- Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, US
These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the justification, design and implementation of any conservation translocation.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
- WWF Russia
Invasive alien species (IAS) have been identified as one of the most important direct drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem service changes. Many international policy instruments, guidelines and technical tools have been developed to address this threat.
Author(s):
- Genovesi, Piero
- Monaco, Andrea
Organization(s):
- Council of Europe, FR
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
- Regional Parks Agency - Lazio Region, IT
As habitats and ecosystems become increasingly altered and populations evermore impacted by human activities, a growing number of species will require some form of management of both individuals and populations to ensure their survival.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
As our cities continue to grow, we should defend the protection of natural areas and even try to create new space for nature within this urban fabric.
Author(s):
- Edmiston, Joseph T.
- Hyman, Glen
- McNeely, Jeffrey A.
- Trzyna, Thaddeus
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Korea National Park Service
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
This IUCN-OIE publication provides an overview of the science-based processes and tools available for wildlife disease risk analysis and their application to a broad range of contemporary issues, including human-wildlife interactions, domestic animal-wildlife interactions and the impacts of massi
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FR
These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the justification, design and implementation of any conservation translocation.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
The IUCN protected area management categories is a core document for the development, reporting and understanding of protected areas worldwide.
Author(s):
- Dudley, Nigel
- Shadie, Peter
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- Fundación Biodiversidad, ES
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Korea National Park Service
- Spain, Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Medio Ambiente
These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the justification, design and implementation of any conservation translocation.
Organization(s):
- Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
This paper is a summary of a longer and fully referenced document by the same authors.
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)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- WWF
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria were developed for classifying species at high risk of global extinction, i.e. for assessment at the global level.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Sacred sites are the oldest form of protected areas and many of them are very important biodiversity reservoirs.
Author(s):
- McLeod, Christopher
- Valentine, Peter
- Wild, Robert
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- James Cook University, AU
- Rainforest CRC, AU
- UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
This publication provides guidance for terrestrial, marine, and freshwater protected area managers at both system and site levels on the restoration of natural and associated values of protected areas.
Author(s):
- Cairns, Stephanie
- Dudley, Nigel
- Hall, Carol
- Keeneleyside, Karen
- Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Canada, Parks Canada
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Protected Planet
- Society for Ecological Restoration International, US
With the smaller number of marine protected areas (MPAs) compared with terrestrial protected areas, there is less experience and understanding of applying the categories to MPAs. Application of the categories to MPAs has often been inaccurate and inconsistent.
Author(s):
- Day, Jon
- Dudley, Nigel
- Hockings, Marc
- Holmes, G.
- Laffoley, D.
- Stolton, Sue
- Wells, Sue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Protected Planet
- UNEP-WCMC
This publication lays out the basic steps required by a catchment or protected area manager to begin the Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) process. We provide the series of steps to help deal with the complex task facing the freshwater manager.
Author(s):
- Kingsford, Richard
- Biggs, H. C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Freshwater and Protected Areas Task Force
- Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre (AWRC), AU
- University of New South Wales, AU
- South African National Parks (SANParks), ZA
- Australia, Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)
There are a number of EU policy areas that could have a direct or indirect impact on nature and biodiversity, and without effective application of cross-compliance principles, conservation efforts cannot be successful.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- European Union
- IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe
The purpose of these guidelines is to update and expand the original guidelines on protected areas legislation published in 1980 and to reflect new developments and emerging issues.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
There are a number of EU policy areas that could have a direct or indirect impact on nature and biodiversity, and without effective application of cross-compliance principles, conservation efforts cannot be successful.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- European Union
- IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe
The purpose of these guidelines is to update and expand the original guidelines on protected areas legislation published in 1980 and to reflect new developments and emerging issues.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
This Manual is first and foremost a community tool to facilitate implementation of Ghana s National Wildfire Management Policy.
Organization(s):
- Ghana, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
- IUCN Ghana
- Ghana, Forestry Department
- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), GH
This paper is a summary of a longer and fully referenced document by the same authors.
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)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- WWF
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
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- CARE International
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
- Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)
For the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be met in full, and for the other relevant processes to be successful, examples and guidelines for the identification of important pelagic areas must be made available to policy makers involved in the process of identifying ecologically or biologically signif
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), Duke University, US
- Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)
When making assessments at regional levels it is also particularly important to recognize that while IUCN Red List Categories reflect the relative extinction risk of species, the process of setting priorities for conservation actions may require several additional considerations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
The purpose of these guidelines is to update and expand the original guidelines on protected areas legislation published in 1980 and to reflect new developments and emerging issues.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Qualified, competent and committed staff are central to the success of protected areas. Training of protected area (PA) staff is more and more recognized as a vital component of efficient protected area management.
Author(s):
- Danilina, Natalia R.
- Kopylova, Svetlana L.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- James Cook University, AU
- Rainforest CRC, AU
- UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Pages