Wetlands in Africa are increasingly being recognised as ecosystems of extreme importance to man and biodiversity. However, the management of these wetlands has been impacted by alien invasive species that specialize on aquatic (and semi-aquatic) systems.
Author(s):
Howard, Geoffrey W.
Matindi, Susan
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Aquaculture is an important economic activity in coastal areas of many countries. It offers opportunities to alleviate poverty, boosts employment, helps community development, reduces overexploitation of natural coastal resources, and enhances food security.
The southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula is a global hot spot of biodiversity. High mountain areas show an outstanding diversity of plant species, while the region is one of the last remaining retreats of large European carnivores, such as bear, wolf and lynx.
La Amazonía es un territorio con una vasta diversidad social y ambiental; es un bioma clave para el planeta, no solo por su diversidad biológica, sino porque es fundamental para equilibrar los patrones del clima en la región.
Más del 70% de la tierra está cubierta por océanos y mares mayores y hay más de 1,6 millones de kilómetros de costa. Sin embargo, nuestro mundo marino está en peligro: la peor amenaza es la de las especies marinas invasoras.
Author(s):
De Poorter, Maj
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
This publication reports on the current status of American bison, in the wild and in conservation herds, and makes recommendations on how to ensure that the species is conserved for the future.
Author(s):
Gates, C. Cormack
Freese, Curtis H.
Gogan, Peter J. P.
Kotzman, Mandy
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Bison Specialist Group
Amphibian populations are disappearing from habitats all around the world. The crisis caught us by surprise - and only now are we able to fully grasp the scope of the situation.
Author(s):
Church, Don R.
Collins, James P.
Gascon, Claude
McKay, Jeanne E.
Mendelson III, Joseph R.
Moore, Robin D.
Organization(s):
Conservation International
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Amphibian Specialist Group
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.
This study, based on a colloquium, field assessments of development activities and technical analyses pertaining to barrier-built estuaries and lagoons, was inspired by the positive response to a preceding report captioned <a href=http
This publication offers an analytical reading of the evolution of the ideas and perceptions pertaining to the management of protected areas in Latin America, during the decade 19972007, and uses as a reference point the Latin American Congress on National Parks in its first two versions (Santa M
Shortly after the 2002 conclusion of the TRAFFIC surveys the Viet Nam Government prohibited the use and exploitation of wild marine turtles with Government Decree 48/2002/ND-CP.
The Maduganga estuary and mangrove islets are a complex coastal wetland ecosystem situated in the southern part of Sri Lanka. Currently not a protected area, Maduganga has been recognised as a priority wetland for conservation because of its rich biodiversity.
This report presents an assessment of the trade in gibbons and orang-utans in Sumatra, Indonesia, including the islands off Sumatras west coast (most notably, the Mentawai Islands).
Seamounts are topographic rises of the seabed with a limited extent across the summit. There is evidence that seamounts form hotspots of biological activity in the oceans. Why seamounts host abundant populations of fish and other pelagic and aquatic predators is still uncertain.
Author(s):
Rogers, Alex
Organization(s):
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
UNDP
University of Oxford, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, UK
The individual and cumulative threats to and effects of the full range of human activities on marine ecosystems and biodiversity in general, and seamounts in particular, in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are still largely unknown.
This publication presents a legal and institutional gap analysis of the project area, covering five seamount regions, two of which are inside proposed Benthic Protected Areas (BPAs), Atlantis Bank and Coral Seamount, and three outside BPAs.
Author(s):
Lugten, Gail
Verlaan, Philomène
Warner, Robin
Organization(s):
Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME)
This publication presents proposals from a management workshop on conservation and management measures applicable to high seas areas in the Southern Indian Ocean regarding: (i) a biodiversity initiative; (ii) the principles, objectives and process included in the draft road map developed in suppo
Author(s):
Cohen, Harlan
Freestone, David
Garcia, Serge
Martinez, Carole
Oral, Nilüfer
Rogers, Alex
Verlaan, Philomène
Vousden, David
Organization(s):
Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Fisheries Expert Group
This guide has been prepared by the IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), in cooperation with the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Author(s):
Ascencio, Alfonso
Burhenne-Guilmin, Françoise
Kinderlerer, Julian
Kummer, Katharina
La Viña, Antonio
Mackenzie, Ruth
Tapper, Richard
Werksman, Jacob D.
Organization(s):
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)
