Biodiversity is essential for sustainable development, and cultures from ancient times to the present day have exploited biodiversity. With the advent of scientific breeding, new plant varieties have been developed.
Organization(s):
IUCN
CAB International
FAO
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), IT
This report analyses the factors which motivate land use by rural populations and provides a context for any policy or strategy which addresses natural resource conservation in the Sahel.
Presents research results on LMEs including identification of the major driving forces causing large-scale changes in biomass yields and health; development of ecosystem component models; and monitoring and assessment strategies and techniques for measuring changing states of LMEs.
Results of a key workshop covering the Antarctic protected area system, design and management planning, tourism and protection of historic features, international legal and policy issues, and information and communication.
The Regional conference on biodiversity was unique in that it dealt with the issue of biodivestiy conservation in Asia and the Pacific from the social, political, legal, financial and technological aspects.
This directory provides details of measures taken to date to establish a system of protected areas in the region, which includes Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of Pakistan, India, Burma, China and the former USSR.
Author(s):
Green, Michael John Beverley
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA)
More than 1,000 species of molluscs are threatened by habitat destruction, over-collection, or predation by alien species. The nine papers and five abstracts in this volume summarise the current status of molluscan diversity.
Author(s):
Kay, E. Alison
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
DEJA, Inc.
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mollusc Specialist Group
In recent years the trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles of Southeast Asia has escalated and changed dramatically to meet international demand. This report documents the change, examining the status, distribution and exploitation of 41 species in seven Southeast Asian countries.
Written by teams from the two countries, this report presents an integrated picture of the environmental features of agriculture and the accompanying threat to biodiversity, supported by data related to the entire territory of the former Czechoslovakia.
This report provides a basis for development and implementation of a global system of marine protected areas to protect and manage representative examples of the world's rich marine biodiversity.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Australia, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The relationship between protected natural areas and local human populations is extemely complex. This challenging book with diverse contributions from experts covering 13 countries, places the issues in context.
Author(s):
Amend, Stephan
Amend, Thora
Organization(s):
IUCN
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
This report signals a new approach to ocean monitoring and management that lays a solid base using the principles of ecology and sustainable development while transcending traditional geopolitical and disciplinary divisions.