The Convention on Biological Diversity is an historic commitment by the worlds nations to conserve biodiversity, to use biological resources sustainably and to share equitably the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
This handbook was written for staff working in protected areas around the world (including parks, wilderness areas, resarch areas, and other types of protected landscapes) who encounter conflicts of all kinds.
This Action Plan highlights the biological importance of these species, reviews current knowledge, and identifies those at risk and the causes, critical areas for conservation, and specific conservation projects.
Author(s):
Stone, David
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
English Nature, UK
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Insectivore, Tree-Shrew and Elephant-Shrew Specialist Group
Outlines approaches to assessment of the status and sustainability of national biodiversity. Methods are introduced for biodiversity survey, assessment of the status of species and habitats, and identification of local users of biological resources and the importance and impacts of such use.
Author(s):
Groombridge, Brian
Jenkins, Martin
Organization(s):
IUCN
UNEP
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Administration
"Sustainability" and "sustainable development" have become the guiding principles of environmental policy and international development, but what do they really mean? How do we know if we are moving toward a sustainable world?
Organization(s):
IUCN
International Center for the Environment and Public Policy
Based on information derived from literature, statistics, interviews and a field survey in Bolivia, this report explores the value of non-timber forest products not only in economic terms but also as an important element in the lives of people who live in or near the forest.
Author(s):
Broekhoven, Guido
Organization(s):
IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
University of Utrecht, Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, NL
Prince Bernhard Centre for International Nature Conservation
Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the 36 wild cats of the world. It includes the first published collection of detailed range maps and some of the first photographs of rare species in the wild.
Author(s):
Jackson, Peter
Nowell, Kristin
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cat Specialist Group
As excellent examples of oceanic island ecosystems, many unmodified by human influences, these islands are of great conservation significance but adequate protection varies.
The threats to the forests of tropical America have been the centre of international environmental concern for some time, yet the material in this atlas highlights the continuing extent of scientific uncertainty over the critical issues that will determine the future use and conservation of these
Organization(s):
British Petroleum (BP)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Part of 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; each volume summarizes the status of strategies in the region, reviews and analyses case
This publication describes the Islamic view of environment and, in particular, the interaction between people and nature in achieving environmental conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Includes a section on basic Islamic legislative rules concerning the environment.
Author(s):
Al Glenid, Mohamed Al Sayyed
Al Sabbagh, Abdul Latif Tawfik El Shirazy
Ba Kader, Abou Bakr Ahmed
Izzidien, Mouel Yousef Samarrai
Llewellyn, Othman Abd-ar-Rahman
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
Saudi Arabia, Meteorological and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA)
Examines the educational and training needs arising from relevant legal instruments; covers education and training currently undertaken by national programmes; and, by considering the range of tools available, identifies initiatives for improving the environmental education of scientists, support
Synthesis of the various components of international law that have an impact on forests and provides a policy framework for conservation and sustainable use, against which any future global forest regime shoud be measured.
Explores various approaches including those which are forest-related such as community forestry and joint forest management as well as those concerned with protected areas. Covers key issues of theory and implementation and methodologies for implementation.
Produced by an IUCN team working with the PNG Department of Environment and Conservation, this report underlines the urgent need to initiate appropriate strategic planning for regional development well before the cessation of current mining activities in the Fly River catchment area.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Environmental Assessment Service
Papua New Guinea, Department of Environment and Conservation
This report draws on lessons learned from observations made at seven case study sites, all of which permit economic activities, especially recreation, that are not harmful to the biological values and natural functions of the area.
The international trade in trochus, pearl oyster, bêche-de-mer and giant clam of the South Pacific is examined. Lack of effective measures to ensure sustainable harvest of these near-shore marine resources is documented and needed actions are recommended.
Case studies and contributions from around the world, most of which were presented at the 1994 IUCN General Assembly. Part 1: covers some research and theoretical bases for planning communications and education programmes.
Author(s):
Palmer, Joy
Goldstein, Wendy
Curnow, Anthony
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Sir Martin Holdgate, former IUCN Director General, was a principal author of both the "World conservation strategy" and "Caring for the earth". In this book, he brings his unrivalled experience to the task of reviewing progress to date and examining what now needs to be done.
