The objective of this report is to analyse the potential for enhancing synergies among the biodiversityrelated conventions and to develop a set of practical options for synergies in Bahrain.
The ocean on which Earth depends for relatively predictable weather, temperature and provisioning of goods and services is now changing more rapidly than it has for millions of years.
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.
This updated publication is an effort to publicize the plight of tortoises and freshwater turtles by highlighting those species that are at the highest risk of extinction, in hopes that by calling greater attention to these magnifcent animals, we can help generate more international attention, mo
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Cuvier’s gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) is a species endemic to North Africa, with its distribution being limited to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The species is listed on CITES Appendix I and CMS Appendix I, within the framework of which the CMS Sahelo-Saharan Antelopes Action Plan was developed.
This sixth edition of the Global Reintroduction Perspectives provides 59 case studies covering invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
The material within these proceedings represents a summary for 2009–2016 on the state of knowledge and conservation concerns for polar bears throughout their range.
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
In 2013, the IUCN Niger Delta Panel published the report Sustainable remediation and rehabilitation of biodiversity and habitats of oil spill sites in the Niger Delta.
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.
The primary objective of this assessment is to determine the value for money (VfM) of IUCN's contribution to Guatemala’s forest landscape restoration (FLR) policy formulation processes during the period 2012-2016.
The Lake Victoria Basin is internationally recognised for its high freshwater species diversity and endemism, which are of critical importance to local livelihoods and national economies within the basin.
Organization(s):
IUCN Global Species Programme
IUCN, Species Programme, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit
The Building River Dialogue and Governance Programme (BRIDGE, currently in phase 3) set out to do something quite new: to facilitate the development of international networks of Champions of water governance in its target basins.
Saproxylic beetles are insects that depend on dead and decaying wood for at least part of their lifecycle, and play important ecological roles in European habitats. The current IUCN European Red List provides an assessment for 693 species of saproxylic beetles.
Only one of the nine African savanna hornbill species, the Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri: hereafter SGH) is listed as being of conservation concern.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
Pangolins are currently the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. In this report, the illegal pangolin trade from 2010–2015 was investigated, focusing on the global trade routes used to traffic pangolins and their derivatives.
In recent years, the governments of the Sahel have committed to combat poverty and food insecurity through a significant increase in the development of irrigable areas. From 2013 onwards, GWI has carried out retrospective studies on three existing dam and rice field sites: Sélingué in Mali, Bagré
Author(s):
Bazin, Frédéric
Hathie, Ibrahima
Skinner, Jamie
Koundouno, Jérôme
Organization(s):
Global Water Initiative (GWI)
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle (BRST) (Myuchelys georgesi) is a freshwater turtle endemic to a 60 km stretch of the Bellinger River, and possibly a portion of the nearby Kalang River in coastal north eastern New South Wales (NSW). In mid-February, 2015 a significant mortality event was obser
Author(s):
Jakob-Hoff, Richard M.
Lees, C.M.
McGilvray, G.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
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
The Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket, Zeuneriana marmorata, is a rare bush-cricket species, which is found in a few wetlands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and Slovenia. For several decades, Z.
Author(s):
Hochkirch, Axel
Gomboc, Stanislav
Veenvliet, Paul
Lipovšek, Gregor
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grasshopper Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invertebrates Conservation Sub-Committee
L'Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket, Zeuneriana marmorata, is a rare bush-cricket species, which is found in a few wetlands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and Slovenia. For several decades, Z.
Author(s):
Hochkirch, Axel
Tami, Francesca
Fanin, Yannick
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grasshopper Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invertebrates Conservation Sub-Committee
L'Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Bonn Challenge, launched in September 2011 and extended by the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests, is an enormous opportunity to improve environmental and social outcomes globally, nationally and sub-nationally.
Here we report on the ninth iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered to be among the most endangered worldwide and the most in need of conservation measures.
Author(s):
Schwitzer, Christoph
Mittermeier, Russell A.
Rylands, Anthony B.
Chiozza, Federica
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Macfie, Elizabeth J.
Wallis, Janette
Cotton, Alison
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This Youth Voices Curriculum Sourcebook, developed as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress Hawai'i 2016 to reach younger generations, aims to infuse nature into teaching and learning endeavors, to help (re)connect children and youth with nature, and to inspire their passion and action for
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are areas contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. KBAs need to be managed to ensure environmental flows are sufficient to support these fragile freshwater ecosystems.
The aim of this study is to provide an overview of national legal instruments in all European Union Member States related to protection of the marine environment from plastic pollution, and to support upcoming European policy efforts such as the EU Strategy on Plastics, but also other future effo
With 48 threatened bird species, and the highest number of breeding endemic bird species (11) in mainland Southeast Asia, Viet Nam is a global conservation priority. Many of these threatened species are hunted unsustainably for wildlife trade.