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.
Author(s):
Andelman, Marta
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Fundación Conservación & Manejo, AR
Fundación para la Conservación de las Especies y el Medio Ambiente, AR
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
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.
In the European Union methods of farm production in accordance with the demands of environmental protection and conservation of landscape are regulated by the European Council.
Author(s):
Metera, Dorota
Bednarek, Andrzej
Organization(s):
Fundacja IUCN Poland
IUCN, European Programme
Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
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.
Author(s):
Emerton, L. (Lucy)
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Environmental Economics Programme for Asia
This handbook provides information on the business case for biodiversity, as well as current biodiversity issues for business, and guidance on corporate biodiversity strategies.
In preparation for WSSD, IUCN's international Task Force invited prominent experts from African civil society to meet together in Dakar. This publication in both English and French is the result of that meeting.
Esta publicación presenta un panorama del estado de la evaluación de impacto ambiental en la región centroamericana. Tiene como fin aportar una visión amplia a la discusión sobre la importancia de las evaluaciones de impacto ambiental en Centroamérica como un instrumento de gestión ambiental.
Author(s):
Aguilar Rojas, Grethel
Hernández, Gabriela
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
Simple introduction to establishing small individual or household apiaries using traditional (bark, cored-out tree stumps, earthen pots), intermediate (top-bar) and modern commercial hives.
The Darwin Elasmobranch Biodiversity Conservation and Management project in Sabah held a three-day international seminar that included a one-day workshop in order to highlight freshwater and coastal elasmobranch conservation issues in the region and worldwide, to disseminate the result of the pro
Author(s):
Fowler, Sarah
Reed, Tim
Dipper, Frances A.
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
The global use of wild animals for meat is now the primary illegal activity in many protected areas, and growing human populations and a lack of livelihood options suggest that demand for wild meat is likely to continue to rise.
The global use of wild animals for meat is now the primary illegal activity in many protected areas, and growing human populations and a lack of livelihood options suggest that demand for wild meat is likely to continue to rise.
Coral reef management has focused traditionally on the biophysical aspects of coral reefs, but today reefs are coming under increasing pressures from human activities. Understanding the socioeconomic context of reef stakeholders is essential for assessing, predicting and managing reef use.
This report assesses the influence of agricultural policy and regional development on the biodiversity of three selected countries: Poland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, and proposes directions for change.
This set of 20 4-page briefs aims to raise awareness about biodiversity issues within EC development cooperation. The briefs are broken down into three types, including policy, sector and background biodiversity briefs.
