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2nd pan-African symposium on the sustainable use of natural resources in Africa

This bilingual publication results from a four-day symposium aimed at capturing the general directions and analytical issues that characterize approaches to sustainable use in Africa.

Author(s):

  • Bihini Won wa Musiti

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sustainable Use Specialist Group
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Assessment of the economic value of Muthurajawela wetland

The Muthurajawela Marsh is part of an integrated coastal wetland system of high biodiversity and ecological significance. Yet it is subject to intense and growing pressures from urban, residential, recreational and industrial development.

Author(s):

  • Emerton, L. (Lucy)
  • Kekulandala, L. D. C. B.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Sri Lanka
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

A biodiversity status profile of Bundala National Park : a Ramsar national wetland of Sri Lanka

Author(s):

  • Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B.
  • Ekanayake, S. P.
  • Fernando, R. H. S. S.
  • Perera, W. P. N.
  • Somaweera, R.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Sri Lanka
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Gender equity in coastal zone management : experiences from Tanga, Tanzania

Author(s):

  • Ingen, Trudi van
  • Kawau, Claudia
  • Wells, Sue

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
  • IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Grey Literature

Water availability and usage regime in rural Bangladesh : final report

Author(s):

  • Nishat, Ainun
  • Waliuzzaman, Mir
  • Khan, A. S. Moniruzzaman

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest
  • Bangladesh, Department of Public Health Engineering
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Bio-ecological zones of Bangladesh

Author(s):

  • Ali Reza, A. H. M.
  • Barua, Shuvashish P.
  • Huq, S. M. Imamul
  • Khan, A. S. Moniruzzaman
  • Nishat, Ainun

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Bangladesh
Publication Year: 
2002
Non IUCN Publication

Resource survey of Ngerukewid islands wildlife preserve, Republic of Palau.

Organization(s):

  • Palau, [Government]
  • South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
  • WWF International
  • IUCN
  • South Pacific Commission, NC
Publication Year: 
1989
IUCN Publication

Turning the tide : the eradication of invasive species, proceedings of the International conference on eradication of island invasives

This collection of 52 papers and 21 abstracts focuses on sharing available knowledge to combat the threat of invasive alien species. Turning the tide of biological invasion by eradicating invasive species can yield substantial benefits for biodiversity conservation.

Author(s):

  • Veitch, C.R.
  • Clout, M.N.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invasive Species Specialist Group
  • Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
  • Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
  • WWF International
  • New Zealand, Department of Conservation
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

The wellbeing of forests : an e-tool for assessing environmental and social sustainability

This report brings together 27 indicators of human and ecosystem wellbeing using IUCN's pioneering Sustainability Assessment method.

Author(s):

  • Moiseev, Alex
  • Dudley, Eric
  • Cantin, Danielle

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme
  • IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Publication Year: 
2002
Non IUCN Publication

Richtlinien für Management-Kategorien von Schutzgebieten : Interpretation und Anwendung der Management-Kategorien für Schutzgebiete in Europa

The IUCN system for classifying protected areas distinguishes six management categories (I-VI).

Organization(s):

  • IUCN
  • Europarc Federation, DE
  • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
  • WCMC
  • European Union, PHARE Programme
Publication Year: 
2000
IUCN Publication

Change : adaptation of water resources management to climate change

Climate change is here and will be with us for the long term. The challenge facing water professionals is how to make decisions in the face of this new uncertainty.

Author(s):

  • Bergkamp, Ger
  • Burton, Ian
  • Orlando, Brett

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Future fires : perpetuating problems of the past

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
  • WWF, Forest Programme
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Management guidelines for IUCN category V protected areas : protected landscapes/seascapes

Protected Landscapes (IUCN Protected Area Category V) are lived-in working landscapes.

Author(s):

  • Phillips, Adrian

Organization(s):

  • Cardiff University, Department of City and Regional Planning, UK
  • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Equity in the Loita/Purko Naimina Enkiyio forest in Kenya : securing Maasai rights to and responsibilities for the forest

The Loita/Purko Naimina Enkiyio forest is estimated to cover an area of 330 km2 in Kenya and serves several functions within the Loita Maasai community.

Author(s):

  • Karanja, Francis
  • Tessema, Yemeserach
  • Barrow, Edmund G. C.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
  • IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
  • Ford Foundation, US
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Trade, aid and security : elements of a positive paradigm. A working paper

Author(s):

  • Halle, Mark
  • Switzer, Jason
  • Winkler, Sebastian

Organization(s):

  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), CA
  • IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Alien invasive species in Africa's wetlands : some threats and solutions

Wetlands in Africa are increasingly being recognised as ecosystems of extreme importance to man and biodiversity. However, the management of these wetlands has been impacted by alien invasive species that specialize on aquatic (and semi-aquatic) systems.

Author(s):

  • Howard, Geoffrey W.
  • Matindi, Susan

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
  • IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
  • Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Evaluación de impacto ambiental para Centroamérica, tomo 2 : los países in acción

Los países centroamericanos están en un verdadero proceso de cambio y modernización de sus Sistemas de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (EIA).

Author(s):

  • Aguilar Rojas, Grethel
  • Hernández, Gabriela

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
  • Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
  • Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Publication Year: 
2002
Non IUCN Publication

The International Transfer Format [ITF] for botanic garden plant records

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat
  • Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, US
Publication Year: 
1987
IUCN Publication

Practice before policy : an analysis of policy and institutional changes enabling community involvement in forest management in eastern and southern Africa

There is growing recognition that centralized forest regimes, which exclude local knowledge and customary practices, have not achieved sustainable forest management.

Author(s):

  • Kigenyi, Fred
  • Gondo, Peter
  • Mugabe, John

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
  • Natural Resources International
  • IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

EIA avanza en Centroamérica : Comité técnico de evaluación de impacto ambiental de Centroamérica

Centroamérica ha abrazado con fuerza el tema de las evaluaciones de impacto ambiental (EIA) y el Comité Técnico de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental de Centroamérica está liderando la armonización y modernización de los sistemas de EIA en la región.

Author(s):

  • Aguilar Rojas, Grethel
  • Hernández, Gabriela

Organization(s):

  • Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
  • Nicaragua, Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
  • Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Evaluación de impacto ambiental para Centroamérica, tomo 3 : evaluación ambiental estragégica

La Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica (EAE) es un instrumento que ayuda a asegurar una evaluación apropiada en todas las decisiones estratégicas relevantes de los países y en Centroamérica puede constituirse en un mecanismo útil para el alivio de la pobreza.

Author(s):

  • Aguilar Rojas, Grethel
  • Hernández, Gabriela

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
  • Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
  • Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Señalando el camino : reconsiderando la participación social desde un enfoque de equidad de género en la evaluación de impacto ambiental en Centroamérica

La incorporación del enfoque de equidad de género es fundamental en la comprensión integral del ambiente. El gran reto es lograr de la EIA mejore la calidad de vida de las poblaciones y éstas puedan participar activamente en todas las gestiones necesarias para su desarrollo.

Author(s):

  • Acuña Sossa, Kathia
  • Rodríguez, Guiselle
  • Siles Calvo, Jackeline
  • Aguilar Rojas, Grethel

Organization(s):

  • Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
  • Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

Opustynivanie i ekologichesckie problemy pastbishchnogo zhivotnovodstva stepnykh regionov yuga Rossii

The most important agro-ecological problem confronting the steppe regions of Southern Russia is desertification, in large part due to pasture degradation.

Author(s):

  • Cherniakhovsky, Dmitry A.
  • Tishkov, A. A.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Grey Literature

Kedrach-praroditel : traditsionnoe ispolzovanie kedrovogo stlanika narodami Kamchatki i Koryakii

This small booklet is the pilot version of a longer book which will be published for use in schools throughout the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Author(s):

  • Avev, Galina
  • Khaloimova, Klavdia
  • Khamidulina, Larisa
  • Pozolotina, Tatiana
  • Pronina, Evdokia

Organization(s):

  • Russia, Koriak Autonomous District Department of Education
  • Koriak Institute for Raising Teachers' Qualification, RU
  • IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Canada, CIDA
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Desertification and ecological problems of pasture stockbreeding in the steppe regions of southern Russia

The most important agro-ecological problem confronting the steppe regions of Southern Russia is desertification, in large part due to pasture degradation.

Author(s):

  • Cherniakhovsky, Dmitry A.
  • Tishkov, A. A.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Okhranyaemye prirodnye territorii v novykh nezavicimykh gosudarstvakh kak osnova formirovaniya ehkologicheskoy seti severnoy Evrazii

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Biodiversity Conservation Centre, RU
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Grey Literature

Ekologicheskaya bezopasnost i invazii chuzherodnykh organizmov : sbornik materialov kruglogo stola

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RU
  • Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
  • Netherlands, [Government]
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Development of national ecological networks in Baltic countries in the framework of the Pan-European Ecological Network

Author(s):

  • Sepp, Kalev
  • Kaasik, Are
  • Tederko, Zenon

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Office for Central Europe
  • IUCN, European Programme
  • Environmental Protection Institute of Estonia, EE
  • Latvian Fund for Nature, LV
  • Lithuanian Fund for Nature, LT
Publication Year: 
2002
Non IUCN Publication

IOC-IUCN-NOAA consultative meeting on large marine ecosystems (LMEs), fourth session, Paris, France, 8-9 January 2002

Organization(s):

  • UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
  • IUCN
  • United States, NOAA
Publication Year: 
2002
Non IUCN Publication

Status of coral reefs of the world : 2002

27% of the world's coral reefs have been lost and 14% are predicted to be destroyed in the next 10 to 20 years. These are the predictions of the world's most authoritative document on the health of reef systems.

Organization(s):

  • Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), AU
  • Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
  • UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
  • UNEP
  • IUCN
  • World Bank
  • WorldFish Center, MY
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils : a preliminary report

The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development placed a responsibility on States to protect the local, regional and global environment, especially problems shared by the whole community such as soil degradation.

Author(s):

  • Hannam, Ian
  • Boer, Ben

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
  • IUCN, Environmental Law Programme
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Seguimiento de las directrices de la Convención Ramsar en la planificación de los humedales de importancia internacional en Centroamérica

Brinda un panorama sobre los humedales de importancia internacional de Centroamérica y ha tratado de analizar el cumplimiento de parte de las instituciones encargadas de su gestión, de las directrices que dicta la Convención de humedales respecto a los planes de manejo de estos diversos sitios.

Author(s):

  • Godoy, Juan Carlos
  • Windevoxhel Lora, Néstor José
  • Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Convenios internacionales relacionados con los humedales y el medio marino de Mesoamérica

Ofrece información de relevancia sobre algunos de los principales instrumentos jurídicos internacionales que se relacionan con los humedales y con el medio marino en Mesoamérica.

Author(s):

  • Aguilar Rojas, Grethel
  • Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Memorias del Taller conservación y manejo de humedales y zonas costeras en América central : metodologías y prioridades, como parte del IV Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación

Los objetivos de este taller, que llevó a cabo en Cuidad Guatemala del 5 al 8 julio de 1999, fueron los siguentes: 1, intercambiar lecciones aprendidas en los diversos enfoques de conservación y manejo de humedales y zonas costeras en los proyectos ejecutados en América Central; 2, establecer pri

Author(s):

  • Villela, Lisa

Organization(s):

  • Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Publication Year: 
1999
IUCN Publication

Humedales de centroamérica : síntesis de veintisiete estudios e iniciativas sobre educación, investigación, manejo y conservación de humedales y zonas costeras

Presenta una síntesis, con lenguaje sencillo y accesible a todo tipo de público, de cada uno de los proyectos ejecutados por el Area temática de humedales y zonas costeras para Mesoamérica de la Oficina regional para Mesoamérica de UICN.

Author(s):

  • Pizarro, Francisco
  • Gómez, Claudia
  • Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Publication Year: 
2001
IUCN Publication

Inventario nacional de los humedales de Guatemala

Este documento es la primera edición del inventario nacional de los humedales de Guatemala y constituye el inicio de un proceso dinámico en el conocimiento de los humedales guatemaltecos, su localización, tamaño, principales características y funciones.

Author(s):

  • Hernández, Juan F.
  • Dix, Margareth

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
  • Guatemala, Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONAP)
  • Universidad de San Carlos, Escuela de Biología, GT
  • Corredor Biológico Mesoamericano
Publication Year: 
2001
Non IUCN Publication

Concordancia entre el Convenio de diversidad biologica [CDB] y otros acuerdos internacionales relacionados

En este documento se hace una síntesis de los compromisos adquiridos por los diversos acuerdos y convenios relacionados de alguna manera con el CDB.

Author(s):

  • Ahumada, Juan Josè
  • Calvo Buendia, Eduardo
  • Pulido Capurro, Victor
  • Torres, Micha

Organization(s):

  • Comité Nacional de Miembros de Perú de la UICN
  • IUCN
  • Pro Natura, CH
  • Switzerland, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Publication Year: 
2000
IUCN Grey Literature

Approaches to environmental advocacy in southern Africa

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Southern Africa
Publication Year: 
2000
IUCN Grey Literature

Linking people with nature : biodiversity conservation strategy for the Himal region. Proceedings of the consultative workshop

The Himal region - the Hindukush-Karakorum-Himlayas (HKH)- is the world's largest mountain region extending 3,500km from Myanmar in the east to Afghanistan in the west, from the Tibetan plateau in the north to the Indo-Ganges basin in the south.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Bangladesh
  • IUCN, Regional Sustainable Use Programme Asia
Publication Year: 
2000
IUCN Publication

Polar bears : proceedings of the 13th Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 23-28 June 2001, Nuuk, Greenland

These proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar arctic.

Author(s):

  • Lunn, Nicholas J.
  • Schliebe, Scott
  • Born, Erik W.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
  • Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
  • WWF International
  • Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
  • United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Grey Literature

Areas protegidas de centroamerica

Author(s):

  • Ugalde, Alvaro
  • Godoy, Juan Carlos

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Regional Office for Central America
  • IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA)
Publication Year: 
1992
IUCN Publication

Coral reef degradation in the Indian Ocean : status report 2002

Since the 1998 coral bleaching and mortality, which affected reefs throughout the tropics, a number of projects dealing with research, monitoring and management of coral reefs have been conducted.

Author(s):

  • Lindén, Olof
  • Souter, David
  • Wilhelmsson, Dan
  • Obura, David O.

Organization(s):

  • Sweden, SIDA
  • IUCN
  • University of Kalmar, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, SE
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Equids : zebras, asses and horses : status survey and conservation action plan

Once one of the most abundant grazing animals, now only seven species remain. Equids persist in some of the harshest climates and terrains in the world, habitats which are also home to many human populations.

Author(s):

  • Moehlman, Patricia D.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Equid Specialist Group
  • Ocean Conservancy, US
  • Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
  • Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
  • United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Wildlife Trust, US
  • WWF International
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Walory przyrodnicze uzytków rolnych i sposoby ich ochrony na przykladzie Zielonych Pluc Polski w latach 1997-1999

Author(s):

  • Tyburski, Jósef
  • Bartoszuk, Helena
  • Górski, Andrzej
  • Szymkiewicz, Marian
  • Zaluski, Tomasz
  • Tederko, Zenon

Organization(s):

  • Fundacja IUCN Poland
Publication Year: 
2000
Non IUCN Publication

Status of coral reefs of the world : 2000

This report was written to provide an overview, without the use of scientific jargon, of the status of coral reefs and causes of reef decline, with recommendations for action by national authorities.

Organization(s):

  • Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), AU
  • Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
  • UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
  • UNEP
  • IUCN
  • World Bank
  • International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), PH
Publication Year: 
2000
IUCN Publication

An assessment of the status of biodiversity in the Maduganga mangrove estuary

The Maduganga estuary and mangrove islets are a complex coastal wetland ecosystem situated in the southern part of Sri Lanka. Currently not a protected area, Maduganga has been recognised as a priority wetland for conservation because of its rich biodiversity.

Author(s):

  • Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B.
  • Ekanayake, S. P.
  • Kekulandala, L. D. C. B.
  • Fernando, R. H. S. S.
  • Samarawickrama, V. A. P.
  • Priyadharshana, T. G. M.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Sri Lanka
Publication Year: 
2002
Non IUCN Publication

Ecoagriculture : strategies to feed the world and save biodiversity

This comprehensive report outlines a new solution to the biodiversity extinction crisis, in response to its warnings that unless farmers and the world's poorest peoples can learn to coexist with wildlife, hundreds of species may be lost.

Author(s):

  • McNeely, Jeffrey A.
  • Scherr, Sara J.

Organization(s):

  • Future Harvest, US
  • IUCN
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Carbon, forests and people : towards the integrated management of carbon sequestration, the environment and sustainable livelihood

Mitigating the impact of climate change presents governments and communities throughout the world with one of the main environmental challenges of our times.

Author(s):

  • Baldock, David
  • Canger, Sonja
  • Mackensen, Jens
  • Maginnis, Stewart
  • Manguiat, Maria Socorro Z.
  • Orlando, Brett
  • Rietbergen, Simon
  • Robledo, Carmenza
  • Schneider, Norry

Organization(s):

  • Canada, [Government]
  • Institute for European Environmental Policy, UK
  • Intercoopération, CH
  • IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
  • Swiss Development Cooperation, CH
  • UNEP
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

El programa de la UICN : una evaluación del progreso logrado en 2001

Author(s):

  • Hammond, Tom
  • Jackson, W. J.
  • Jeanrenaud, Sally

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Global Programme
Publication Year: 
2002
IUCN Publication

Le programme de l'UICN : évaluation des progrès en 2001

Author(s):

  • Hammond, Tom
  • Jackson, W. J.
  • Jeanrenaud, Sally

Organization(s):

  • IUCN, Global Programme
Publication Year: 
2002

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