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Ofrece información de relevancia sobre algunos de los principales instrumentos jurídicos internacionales que se relacionan con los humedales y con el medio marino en Mesoamérica.

Presenta una síntesis, con lenguaje sencillo y accesible a todo tipo de público, de cada uno de los proyectos ejecutados por el Area temática de humedales y zonas costeras para Mesoamérica de la Oficina regional para Mesoamérica de UICN.

En este documento se hace una síntesis de los compromisos adquiridos por los diversos acuerdos y convenios relacionados de alguna manera con el CDB.

The Himal region - the Hindukush-Karakorum-Himlayas (HKH)- is the world's largest mountain region extending 3,500km from Myanmar in the east to Afghanistan in the west, from the Tibetan plateau in the north to the Indo-Ganges basin in the south.

Once one of the most abundant grazing animals, now only seven species remain. Equids persist in some of the harshest climates and terrains in the world, habitats which are also home to many human populations.

This report was written to provide an overview, without the use of scientific jargon, of the status of coral reefs and causes of reef decline, with recommendations for action by national authorities.

This comprehensive report outlines a new solution to the biodiversity extinction crisis, in response to its warnings that unless farmers and the world's poorest peoples can learn to coexist with wildlife, hundreds of species may be lost.

Use of and trade in wildlife is a fact of life for human society around the globe.

Part I looks at community issues and Part II looks at the broad framework of policy and legislation intended to advance farmers' and breeders' rights at both national and international level.

Esta guía es una herramienta práctica que ayuda a los equipos de las instituciones de conservación y gestión ambiental a entender en forma integrada cómo género, pobreza, etnicidad, edad y otras variables claves afectan la gestión ambiental.

Esta publicación ha procurado dar cuenta de algunas experiencias participativas asociadas a la elaboración de la Estrategia Nacional de Diversidad Biológica, destacando los distintos niveles y procesos de participación social.

Mountains cover a quarter of the earth's land surface. They provide water for at least half the world's people and they are visited by hundreds of millions of tourists every year.

Forest loss and degradation carry a heavy human and environmental cost throughout tropical, temperate and boreal regions.

Economic forces underlie and explain much biodiversity degradation and loss, and economic instruments provide a useful set of tools for strengthening biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing.

The title of this trilingual (Polish, English and German) publication refers to the theme of an international conference held in Poland in March 2002.