The aim of the present report is to examine the changing context within which the reptile skin trade has existed (where we came from), the extent of the current industry and its regulatory strengths and weaknesses (where we are now), and what the future can or should bring (where we go from
Author(s):
Webb, Grahame J. W.
Manolis, S. Charlie
Jenkins, Robert
Organization(s):
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Secondo i criteri UICN il 43% degli Efemerotteri, il 40% dei Plecotteri e il 51% dei Tricotteri della Svizzera figurano nella Lista Rossa, il che corrisponde al 47% delle 499 specie dei tre gruppi di insetti acquatici con dati sufficienti; il 15% (71 specie) è inoltre potenzialmente minacciato.
Author(s):
Knispel, Sandra
Lubini, Verena
Sartori, Michel
Vincentini, Heinrich
Wagner, André
Organization(s):
Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune, CH
Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
43% des Ephémères, 40% des Plécoptères et 51% des Trichoptères de Suisse figurent dans les listes rouges selon les critères proposés par lUICN, soit au total 47% de lensemble des 499 espèces des trois groupes dinsectes aquatiques pour lesquels des données suffisantes sont disponibles.
Author(s):
Knispel, Sandra
Lubini, Verena
Sartori, Michel
Vincentini, Heinrich
Wagner, André
Organization(s):
Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune, CH
Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
La liste rouge 2011 des characées (Characeae) est la première liste de macroalgues me-nacées publiée en Suisse. Sur les 25 espèces recensées à ce jour sur le territoire helvétique, 23 ont été classées par catégorie selon les critères de menace de lUICN.
Author(s):
Auderset Joye, Dominique
Schwarzer, Arno
Organization(s):
Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
Université de Genève, Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'écologie et de biologie aquatique, CH
Es ist die Erstausgabe der Roten Liste der gefährdeten Armleuchteralgen (Characeae) in der Schweiz. Darin sind alle bisher in der Schweiz festgestellten Characeenarten mit dem entsprechenden Gefährdungsgrad aufgrund der IUCN-Kriterien aufgeführt.
Author(s):
Auderset Joye, Dominique
Schwarzer, Arno
Organization(s):
Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
Université de Genève, Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'écologie et de biologie aquatique, CH
This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how peacekeeping operations affect and are affected by natural resources and environmental conditions. The report is divided into two main parts.
Organization(s):
Global Witness, UK
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI), SE
UNEP
United Nations, Department for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
El libro está organizado en dos secciones principales: en la primera se presentan los capítulos introducción, metodología, diversidad de vertebrados cubanos y sus amenazas de extinción, regiones cubanas y su diversidad de vertebrados, listas previas de vertebrados cubanos amenazados, y un análisi
Author(s):
González Alonso, Hiram
Mancina, Carlos A.
Ramos García, Ignacio
Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes
Rodríguez, Ariel
Organization(s):
Cuba, Ministerio de ciencia, tecnologia, y medio ambiente, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática
This document discusses the need to balance short-term water productivity gains in particular in agriculture - with the long-term role that water flows provide for maintaining sustainable landscape ecosystem services (ESS), and serving multiple benefits to human well-being.
The 2012 UNEP Year Book spotlights two emerging issues that underline the challenges but also the choices nations need to consider to deliver a sustainable 21st century urgently improved management of the worlds soils and the decommissioning of nuclear reactors.
The objective of this report is to provide an overview of alternative macroeconomic indicators of economic progress and sustainable development, focusing in particular on efforts to incorporate environmental and natural resource measurements that are not typically included in traditional measures
This Strategy aims to encourage transformational and demonstrable change at the company and sectoral level in how biodiversity is valued and managed by businesses in order to conserve and restore biodiversity and to ensure that biodiversity benefits are shared equitably.
This document focuses on summarizing the different threats to long term objectives and proposing activities to address these threats. It constitutes a management and action plan for the period from January 2013 until December 2017.
Organization(s):
ANA Sales, JP
Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
IUCN
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC), JP
Increasing incidence and intensity of natural disasters and climate change are having over-arching impacts on the environment. Sustainable development is being undermined. Ecological services and their indirect economic values are frequently omitted from assessments.
Author(s):
Miththapala, Sriyanie
Organization(s):
IUCN Sri Lanka
FAO, Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME)
Drawing on a cross-section of 43 case studies prepared specially for this book, WaterWealth explains the challenges to improving water governance and management across Asia and the Pacific region.
Author(s):
Das, Binayak
Lincklaen Arriëns, Wouter
Makin, Ian
Pangare, Ganesh
Organization(s):
IUCN
Academic Foundation, IN
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO)
This report summarizes the conservation status of 167 freshwater fishes, 166 land snails and 157 reptiles native to the Pacific Islands of Oceania (Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia).
Author(s):
Pippard, Helen
Organization(s):
France, Fonds de Coopération économique, sociale et culturelle pour le Pacifique (Fonds Pacifique)
The Arabian Peninsula contains a diversity of desert and mountain habitats. Reptile species richness is high, with 172 species currently recognized. Among these, 89 species (52%) are endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.
Author(s):
Bowles, Philip
Cox, Neil
Els, Johannes
Mallon, David P.
Tognelli, Marcelo F.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah, Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife
To address the lack of sufficent knowledge on wetland biodiversity in Tanguar Haor, a comprehensive survey on biodiversity was conducted to understand the present status, habitat classification, population density and diversity of wildlife.
The Members Assembly allows Members to contribute to the governance issues of the Union. During the Assembly, Members heard Commission reports, approved IUCNs programme of work for the next four years, and voted on Resolutions and Recommendations.
In 2011, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) convened conservation partners to develop a conservation action plan for great apes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with financial support from the Arcus Foundation.
Author(s):
Aveling, Conrad
Cox, Debby
Maldonado, Oscar
Merlo, Dario
Nishuli, Radar
Nixon, Stuart
Pintea, Lilian
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
Congo, Democratic Republic of, Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Cette publication fournit aux gestionnaires daires protégées terrestres, marines et deau douce des orientations quant à la restauration de leurs valeurs naturelles et autres, aussi bien au niveau du système que du site.
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)
Society for Ecological Restoration International, US
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.
Le présent document contient le Programme de lUICN 2013-2016, approuvé par le Conseil en février 2012 et fruit de très larges consultations, en 2011, avec les Membres et composantes de lUICN.
Este documento presenta el Programa de la UICN 2013-2016, aprobado por el Consejo en febrero de 2012, luego de extensas consultas con los Miembros y otros componentes de la UICN en 2011.
This document presents the IUCN Programme 2013–2016, as endorsed by Council in February 2012, following extensive consultations with the Members and components of IUCN during 2011.
This report presents the highlights of IUCN Commission for Education and Communication (CEC) activities in 2012. The Commission engaged in initiatives supporting the IUCN One Programme, with an emphasis on building skills and raising awareness.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Les Catégories et Critères de la Liste rouge de l'UICN se veulent un système simple et facile à comprendre pour classer les espèces qui risquent de s'éteindre à l'échelle mondiale.
Se pretende que las Categorías y Criterios de la Lista Roja de la UICN constituyan un sistema de fácil comprensión para clasificar especies de alto riesgo de extinción global.
