La acuicultura se enfrenta en la actualidad a un reto importante; suplir la creciente demanda de productos marinos de calidad, aliviando a su vez la presión que las flotas pesqueras ejercen sobre los caladeros.
Organization(s):
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Spain, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino
The world’s climate is changing rapidly and protected areas are an increasingly important component of national and international climate change adaptation strategies.
This book, in English, French and Spanish, provides an overview of the Mediterranean forest conservation and management challenges posed by climate change.
The third volume of this series examines the importance of Adaptive Management in promoting sustainable use. A wide variety of papers selected from two major conferences on Adaptive Management are presented.
Throughout the world and over centuries, small-scale livestock keepers and pastoralists have developed animal breeds that are well suited to their local conditions. These breeds are hardy and disease-resistant; they can survive on little water and scant vegetation.
Organization(s):
League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development (LPP), DE
This publication synthesizes information on IUCN's work in this domain, particularly highlighting programmatic work in projects at local and national level, implemented by IUCN's Global thematic and Regional Programmes and Commissions.
Author(s):
Willetts, Elizabeth
Guadagno, Lorenzo
Ikkala Nyman, Ninni
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
The development of linear transport infrastructure (LTI) can have a variety of direct and indirect impacts on protected and conserved areas (PCAs) and other intact areas with high biodiversity and ecological connectivity values.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
This book provides a systematic analysis of the requirements of access law, both the CBD requirements and the basic requirements of enforceable legislation.
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 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
This book is a product of the Marine Conservation Sub-Committee, an advisory body on marine species issues within IUCN. The book features twelve stories of different ocean animals that highlight the latest issues in marine conservation.
Author(s):
Campagna, Claudio
Griffin, Julie
Hurd, Andrew
Pilcher, Nicolas
Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN, Global Marine Programme
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Marine Conservation Sub-Committee
Engaging with business is vital for moving towards a more sustainable future. This paper examines nine different business and biodiversity platforms from across the IUCN network.
Compiled for the recent SSC Chairs meeting in Abu Dhabi this overview includes a profile of each of the over 100 SSC Specialist Groups, Red List Authorities, Sub-committees and Task Forces of the SSC describing their achievements in 2011, their successes and challenges as well as plans for the fu
Although most antelope species still exist in large numbers in sub-Saharan Africa (some in hundreds of thousands), up to three-quarters of the species are in decline.
Author(s):
East, R. (Rod)
Estes, R. D.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Antelope Specialist Group
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
Chicago Zoological Society, US
WWF International
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. It once inhabited most of the continent, from the Mediterranean coast down to its south tip. This picture of elephant range today is one of scattered, fragmented populations south of the Sahara Desert.
Author(s):
Barnes, R. F. W.
Craig, G. C.
Dublin, Holly T.
Overton, Greg L.
Simons, W.
Thouless, C. R.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
UNEP, Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
Chicago Zoological Society, US
WWF International
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land.
Author(s):
Blanc, Julian J.
Thouless, C. R.
Hart, J. A.
Dublin, Holly T.
Douglas-Hamilton, Iain
Craig, G. C.
Barnes, R. F. W.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
The African Elephant Database is a spatial database used to store, manage, analyze and disseminate information on the distribution and abundance of elephant populations on the African continent, in order to provide a current and accurate picture of the status African elephants.
Author(s):
Blanc, Julian J.
Barnes, R. F. W.
Craig, G. C.
Dublin, Holly T.
Thouless, C. R.
Douglas-Hamilton, Iain
Hart, J. A.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
