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Draft principles and guidelines for integrating ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation in project and policy design : a discussion document

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.

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2011
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Ecologically or biologically significant areas in the pelagic realm : examples and guidelines : workshop report

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

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2011
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Guidelines for application of IUCN Red List criteria at regional and national levels : version 3.1 (Arabic version)

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.

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2011
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Guidelines for protected areas legislation

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.

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2011
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Protected area staff training : guidelines for planning and management

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.

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2011
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Guidelines for development of a national ballast water management strategy (Arabic version)

This manual is the product of countries’ requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships’ ballast water

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2010
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for development of a national ballast water management strategy (Russian version)

This manual is the product of countries’ requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships’ ballast water

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2010
IUCN Publication

Best practice guidelines for great ape tourism

Great ape tourism, if well implemented, can serve to conserve the species but it can also have considerable negative impacts if it is not based on sound conservation principles.

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2010
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American bison : status survey and conservation guidelines 2010

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.

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2010
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Guidelines for development of a national ballast water management strategy

This manual is the product of countries’ requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships’ ballast water

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2010
IUCN Grey Literature

Guidelines for appropriate use of Red List data

Designed to encourage and facilitate the use of IUCN Red List data and information to tackle a broad range of important conservation issues. Addresses potential scientific, policy, management and educational uses of IUCN Red List data.

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2009
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

This publication sets out the specific actions that policymakers, forest managers and other stakeholders should take to improve biodiversity conservation in tropical production forests.

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2009
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Sacred natural sites : guidelines for protected area managers (Russian version)

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2009
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Guidelines on biofuels and invasive species

The rapid development of biofuels to support greenhouse gas reductions, agricultural development and energy security has often occurred without adequate consideration of the threat of biological invasions.

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2009
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The ocean and climate change : tools and guidelines for action

The ocean continues to get only peripheral attention in climate change research and policy, despite its enormous importance in regulating global climate and its sensitivity to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

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2009
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Making disaster risk reduction gender-sensitive : policy and practical guidelines

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2009
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Guidelines for the re-introduction of Galliformes for conservation purposes

Re-introductions are increasingly being used as a wildlife management tool to restore extinct or depleted wild populations into suitable habitats.

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2009
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Best practice guidelines for the prevention and mitigation of conflict between humans and great apes

One of the challenges facing great ape conservation is the rising level of interaction between humans and great apes, and the resulting conflicts that emerge.

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2009
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for the in situ re-introduction and translocation of African and Asian rhinoceros

Translocation has become routine in a number of African range states and has played a key role in increasing both white and black rhino numbers. Although less frequent in Asia, expertise and input was sought from many Asian rhino range states and has been incorporated into these guidelines.

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2009
IUCN Grey Literature

The science behind the guidelines

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2008
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Guidelines for management planning of protected areas (Georgian version)

A management plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.

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2008
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Czech version)

IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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2008
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Japanese version)

IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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2008
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Korean version)

IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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2008
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Arabic version)

IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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2008
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Guidelines for management planning of protected areas (Arabic version) (لخطوط الارشادية للتخطيط الاداري للمناطق المحمية)

A Management Plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.

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2008
IUCN Publication

Mediterranean mountains in a changing world : guidelines for developing action plans

This book includes a set of strategic guidelines and key conservation and development issues for the Mediterranean mountains, grouped into eight priority themes, as a starting point towards the elaboration of action plans for the Mediterranean mountain chains.The book contents are based on the ou

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2008
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many

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2008
IUCN Publication

Best practice guidelines for surveys and monitoring of great ape populations

The combination of threats currently facing the remaining great apes requires immediate conservation action at all scales – from site-level initiatives, through national and regional strategies, to international conventions and action plans.

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2008
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Sacred natural sites : guidelines for protected area managers

Sacred sites are the oldest form of protected areas and many of them are very important biodiversity reservoirs.

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2008
IUCN Grey Literature

Guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

The objective of these guidelines is to help foresters and forest planners improve the contribution of tropical production forests to global efforts to conserve biodiversity.

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2007
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for strategic adaptive management : experiences from managing the rivers of the Kruger National Park

This guidelines outlines one management tool, strategic adaptive management, that has been developed by the staff and managers of Kruger National Park. This approach recognises and is responsive to global change factors in a realistic and practical manner.

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2007
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Asia-Pacific guidelines for the development of national ESD Indicators

This publication aims to provide stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region with a practical resource from which to develop an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) indicator framework at the national level.

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2007
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Best practice guidelines for the establishment of a coastal greenbelt

The objective of these guidelines is to evolve a systematically designed common approach for rehabilitation of a vegetation buffer stable enough to absorb the devastating energy of natural disasters. These Guidelines provide implementers with a quick reference to the procedures.

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2007
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Technical guidelines for the establishment of a coastal greenbelt

The need to establish a coastal green belt following the post-tsunami scenario has led to unregulated rehabilitation work.

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2007
IUCN Grey Literature

Best practice guidelines on restoration of homegardens in tsunami affected areas

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2007
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Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes

Re-introduction is one tool for conserving great apes and their natural habitats. These guidelines adapt other IUCN documents to pertain specifically to the re-introduction of great apes.

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2007
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Best practice guidelines for reducing the impact of commercial logging on great apes in Western Equatorial Africa

The conservation outlook of these endangered apes will improve significantly if forestry companies are prepared to make a few changes to management policies in logging concessions.

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2007
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Operational guidelines for private sector engagement

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2006
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Guidelines for management planning of protected areas (Chinese version)

A Management Plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.

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2005
IUCN Publication

How to develop effective local agri-environmental measures : introductory guidelines for rural development planners and administrators. Based on the work of the AEMBAC partners

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2004
IUCN Publication

Incorporating marine protected areas into integrated coastal and ocean management : principles and guidelines

The principles and guidelines developed by IUCN and NOAA are addressed to marine protected areas and coastal managers and are intended to promote better understanding and recognition of the linkages between MPAs and the wider coastal and marine area and of the need to establish effective incentiv

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2004
IUCN Grey Literature

Sub-sectoral environmental guidelines and checklists on dairy farms and slaughter houses

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2004
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Guidelines for planning and managing mountain protected areas

Mountains are special places. For many they are sacred; to most they bring an uplifting of the spirit and refreshment; to all they bring water, and rich biodiversity.

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2004
IUCN Grey Literature

Securing protected areas in the face of global change : options and guidelines. Call for comment and input

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2003
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Guidelines for management planning of protected areas (Japanese version)

A Management Plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.

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2003
IUCN Publication

Monitoring and evaluation guidelines for community based wetland resource management

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2003
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Guidelines for the in situ translocation of the African elephant for conservation purposes

African elephants are confronted with habitat loss and degradation and increasing levels of human – elephant conflict. Management authorities in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly turning to translocation as a means to meet such challenges.

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2003
IUCN Grey Literature

Leaving a greening legacy : guidelines for event greening

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2003

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