The papers published in this volume were presented at a workshop organised by the IUCN Sustainable Use Initiative (SUI) during the first World Conservation Congress in late 1996. The first section includes several thought provoking papers on broad issues pertaining to sustainable use.
This user-friendly edition provides key information for the international NGO community on general policy and advocacy issues related to the GEF. Given the complexity of the GEF, the guide gives a simple and concise overview of the GEF, areas for NGO involvement and financial modalities.
Outlines the needs for, and benefits of, economic valuation techniques as applied to wetlands and development projects intended to alter them, and describes some of these techniques in detail.
Author(s):
Barbier, Edward B.
Acreman, Michael C.
Knowler, Duncan
Devitre, Danièle
Organization(s):
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Outlines the needs for, and benefits of, economic valuation techniques as applied to wetlands and development projects intended to alter them, and describes some of these techniques in detail.
Author(s):
Barbier, Edward B.
Acreman, Michael C.
Knowler, Duncan
Valdovinos, Juan Carlos
Organization(s):
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Grebes are specisalised waterbirds which inhabit marshlands and reed-fringed lakes. Their dependence on wetlands is total and as a result they are particularly vulnerable to changes in ecosystems and their deterioration.
Author(s):
Fjeldsa, Jon
O'Donnel, Colin
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grebe Specialist Group
The bodiversity of southern Africa depends on water as does the regional economy. Water flows through every economic sector: agriculture, energy, industry, mining, tourism, and fisheries.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Southern Africa
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC), ZW
This publication presents information on the identification, phytogeography, utilisation and promotional potentials of rattans in Nepal. It also highlights the status of rattan utilisation and conservation along with prospects for their cultivation and domestication.
Author(s):
Amatya, Swoyambhu Man
Organization(s):
IUCN Nepal
Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Descended from a long and ancient lineage, tapirs are important tropical forest seed dispersers. However, today, all species of tapirs are threatened to various degrees by habitat destruction and hunting.
Author(s):
Bodmer, Richard E.
Brooks, Daniel M.
Matola, Sharon
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
Houston Zoological Society and Houston Zoological Gardens, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Tapir Specialist Group
Over the last 30 years the African wild dog population has declined dramatically. Dogs have disappeared from 25 of the 39 countries in which they were previously found, and only 6 populations are believed to number more than 100 animals.
Author(s):
Ginsberg, Joshua R.
Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte)
Woodroffe, Rosie
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Canid Specialist Group
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
This guide serves as a resource for policy makers and staff of conservation and population organizations who wish to integrate population dynamics into environmental planning for sustainable development.
A series of regional reviews of multi-sectoral strategies for sustainability at the national, provincial, and local levels, complementing the volume on "Strategies for national sustainable development".
Organization(s):
IUCN, Strategies for Sustainability Programme
IUCN Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning
World Resources Institute (WRI)
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
