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The Building Bridges electronic newsletter was launched in May 2009 and is produced twice yearly by the Business and Biodiversity Programme. It brings together news and views on conservation and the private sector.

This background paper offers for the first time a comparative analysis of the 28 overseas entities of the European Union; its purpose is to establish the current state of existing knowledge on the impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of the European Union overseas entities.

Le poisson et les produits de la pêche sont un moyen de subsistance et fournissent d’importantes opportunités de commerce dans de nombreux pays côtiers en développement.

This children’s book describes mangroves and all the essential services they provide: livelihoods for coastal communities, shelter for rich biodiversity, absorption of CO2, providing clean water, and protection from storms, hurricanes and tsunamis.

The threatened species categories used in Red Data Books and Red Lists have been in place for almost 30 years.

This assessment is the first overview of the conservation status of 877 northern African freshwater species belonging to five taxonomic groups—fish, molluscs, dragonflies and damselflies, freshwater crabs and aquatic plants—in accordance with the IUCN regional Red List guidelines.

The Members' Business Assembly allowed members to contribute to the governance issues of the Union. They heard Commission reports, approved IUCN's programme of work for the next four years and voted on Resolutions and Recommendations.

This ambitious publication focuses on lessons learned from ten years of applied conservation approaches of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), which operates in nine countries spanning the entire Congo Basin.

On 6-7 July 2006, the Mekong River Waters Dialogue: Exploring Water Futures Together was held in Ventaine, Lao PDR.

This study focused specifically on one perceived opportunity for developing IPES, namely the concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD).

The situation analysis studies assessed the current water governance frameworks encompassing policies, legal and regulatory frameworks, and institutional and decision-making aspects, for the three countries.

C'est dans ce contexte que la présente étude, portant sur l'analyse de l'apport de ce label pour la conservation et sur les priorités de gestion de ces biens naturels, a été réalisée par le Programme Aires Protégées de l'UICN (UICN-Papaco), sur financement du Fonds Français pour l'Environnement M

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.

The Situation Analyses of the Wami and Ruvu (including coastal rivers) sub-basins were produced as separate analyses of the status, conditions and key issues affecting ecosystems in each basin using existing available information.

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.

In this supplementary report, we summarise a selection of methodologies that have been used in different regions around the world for different purposes. References are given wherever possible for the reader to find more details where desired.

This report provides a summary for the business community, illustrated with examples from a range of companies and sectors. It asks: what are the risks and opportunities to business of ecological change? What is business currently doing about biodiversity and ecosystem services?

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.

En esta Guía para la Elaboración de Planes de Manejo de Microcuencas encontrará un proceso que orienta y acompaña a los técnicos para garantizar la participación de la población en el manejo de las microcuencas por medio de los Consejos de Microcuencas.

This report documents different approaches to conservation of medicinal plants and traditional knowledge in Bolipara union of Thanchi upazila of Bandarban hill district.

Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.