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IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)

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Designing and managing protected and conserved areas to support inland water ecosystems and biodiversity

Inland waters – such as rivers, lakes and other wetlands – are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. They are also the most threatened; almost one in three species is at risk of extinction and monitored populations of freshwater species have declined by 85% since 1970.

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2024
IUCN Grey Literature

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas impact report 2023

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2024
IUCN Publication

A framework for monitoring biodiversity in protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures

Protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are important to stop the global decline in biodiversity.

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2024
IUCN Publication

Addressing ecological connectivity in the development of roads, railways and canals

The development of linear transport infrastructure (LTI) can have a variety of direct and indirect impacts on protected and conserved areas (PCAs) and other intact areas with high biodiversity and ecological connectivity values.

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2023
IUCN Grey Literature

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas annual report 2022

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2023
IUCN Grey Literature

Directrices para el uso de un Estándar global para la identificación de Áreas Clave para la Biodiversidad : versión 1.2

Áreas Clave para la Biodiversidad (KBA) son sitios que contribuyen significativamente a la persistencia global de biodiversidad. El objeto de las Directrices para el uso de Un Estándar Global para la Identificación de Áreas Clave para la Biodiversidad (en adelante las Directrices KBA) es

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2023
IUCN Grey Literature

Lignes directrices pour l’utilisation d’un Standard mondial pour l’identification des Zones clés pour la biodiversité : version 1.2

Les Zones clés pour la biodiversité (KBA) sont des sites qui contribuent de manière significative à la persistance de la biodiversité mondiale. Les Lignes directrices pour l’utilisation d’un Standard mondial pour l’identification des Zones clés pour la biodiversité ont pour visée d’assur

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2023
IUCN Publication

通过生态网络和生态廊道保护连通性的指南

Connectivity conservation is essential for managing healthy ecosystems, conserving biodiversity and adapting to climate change across all biomes and spatial scales.

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2023
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for geoconservation in protected and conserved areas (Arabic version)

These Guidelines are intended to help improve the conservation and management of geoheritage and geodiversity in protected and conserved areas and recognition of the interrelationships and interactions with biological features and processes.

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2022
IUCN Publication

생태네트워크 및 생태통로를 통한 연결성 보전 가이드라인

Connectivity conservation is essential for managing healthy ecosystems, conserving biodiversity and adapting to climate change across all biomes and spatial scales.

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2022
IUCN Grey Literature

Guidelines for using A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas : version 1.2

Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. The purpose of the Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas is to ensure that KBA identification is based on consistent, scienti

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2022
IUCN Publication

Diretrizes para áreas sob proteção privada

Essas diretrizes abordam o planejamento e a gestão de áreas sob proteção privada (ou PPAs) e as diretrizes são direcionadas principalmente aos profissionais e formuladores de políticas, que estão ou podem estar envolvidos com PPAs.

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2023
IUCN Publication

Wytyczne dla obszarów chronionych prywatnie

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs.

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2022
IUCN Publication

Richtlinien zum schutz des geo-naturerbes in geschützten und erhaltunggebieten

Dieser Richtlinie soll dazu beitragen, die Erhaltung und das Management des Geo-Naturerbes und der Geodiversität in Schutz- und Erhaltungsgebieten zu verbessern und die Zusammenhänge und Wechselwirkungen mit biologischen Merkmalen und Prozessen zu erkennen.

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2022
IUCN Publication

Diretrizes para a geoconservação em áreas protegidas

Estas Diretrizes destinam-se a ajudar a melhorar a conservação e gestão do patrimônio geológico e da geodiversidade em áreas protegidas e a promover o reconhecimento das inter-relações e interações com aspectos e processos biológicos.

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2022
IUCN Publication

생태계서비스 측정, 모델링, 가치평가 도구

Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging.

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2021
IUCN Publication

Экологийн сүлжээ ба коридор нутгуудаар дамжуулан холбоос нутгуудыг хадгалах тухай удирдамж

Connectivity conservation is essential for managing healthy ecosystems, conserving biodiversity and adapting to climate change across all biomes and spatial scales.

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2022
IUCN Publication

全球社会挑战应对之道:基于自然的解决方案

This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges. The report propos

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2021
IUCN Publication

Leveraging the World Heritage Convention for conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

The Himalaya proper is commonly defined as the rugged arc between the Tibetan Plateau and the Ganges Plain stretching from the Indus River in the northwest to the great bend of the Brahmaputra River (Yarlung Tsangpo) in the east. The natural and cultural wealth of the HKH region is as overwhelmin

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2021
IUCN Publication

Lignes directrices pour la géoconservation dans les aires protégées et conservées

Ces Lignes directrices sont destinées à améliorer la conservation et la gestion du géopatrimoine et de la géodiversité dans les aires protégées et conservées, et à reconnaître les interrelations et interactions avec les caractéristiques et processus biologiques.

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2021
IUCN Grey Literature

Studimi për mbrojtjen e Luginës së Lumit Vjosa në bazë të standardeve të IUCN-së për zonat e mbrojtura

This report provides insight into the rationale and feasability of declaring a protected area for the Vjosa Valley, along with the management objectives and associated protected area categories that would ensure the conservation of the area's key values. 

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2021
IUCN Publication

民間保護地域ガイドライン

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs.

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2021
IUCN Grey Literature

Protection study of the Vjosa River Valley based on IUCN protected area standards

This report provides insight into the rationale and feasability of declaring a protected area for the Vjosa Valley, along with the management objectives and associated protected area categories that would ensure the conservation of the area's key values. 

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2021
IUCN Publication

Lineamientos para la conservación de la conectividad a través de redes y corredores ecológicos

En ecosistemas terrestres, dulceacuícolas y marinos, los corredores ecológicos son una designación de conservación necesaria para asegurar la salud de los ecosistemas.

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2021
IUCN Publication

Cultural and spiritual significance of nature

The cultural and spiritual significance of nature has been defined as the spiritual, cultural, inspirational, aesthetic, historic and social meanings, values, feelings, ideas and associations that natural features and nature in general have for past, present and future generations of people – bot

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2021
IUCN Publication

Lignes directrices pour la conservation de la connectivité par le biais de réseaux et de corridors écologiques

La connectivité écologique est le mouvement sans entrave des espèces et le flux des processus naturels qui soutiennent la vie sur Terre.

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2020
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for geoconservation in protected and conserved areas

These Guidelines are intended to help improve the conservation and management of geoheritage and geodiversity in protected and conserved areas and recognition of the interrelationships and interactions with biological features and processes.

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2020
IUCN Grey Literature

Guidelines for using A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas : version 1.1

Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. The purpose of the Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas is to ensure that KBA identification is based on consistent, scienti

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2020
IUCN Publication

Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool + (PA-BAT+)

The Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool+ (PA-BAT+) aims to collate and assess information about the overall benefits from conservation and protection in protected areas. It can also be used in other area-based conservation sites.

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2020
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors

Connectivity conservation is essential for managing healthy ecosystems, conserving biodiversity and adapting to climate change across all biomes and spatial scales.

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2020
IUCN Publication

Тусгай хамгаалалттай газар нутгийн аялал жуулчлал ба аялагчдын удирдлага, зохион байгуулалт

Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors’ connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for  conservation.

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2020
IUCN Publication

Lignes directrices pour les aires protégées à gouvernance privée

Les Lignes directrices abordent la planification et la gestion des aires protégées à gouvernance privée (APP). Ce guide est destiné principalement aux professionnels et décideurs, intéressés ou impliqués dans le domaine des APP.

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2020
Non IUCN Publication

Gouvernance et gestion des aires protégées

Gouvernance et gestion des aires protégées est une compilation de textes originaux, d'études de cas et d'exemples du monde entier. Il s’appuie sur une vaste littérature et sur les connaissances et l'expérience de nombreux acteurs des aires protégées.

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2020
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for applying the IUCN protected area management categories to marine protected areas

The development of this second edition of these guidelines was in part a response to evidence of the widespread incorrect application of the categories to marine protected areas (MPAs).

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2019
Non IUCN Publication

Gobernanza y gestión de áreas protegidas

Gobernanza y gestión de áreas protegidas presenta un compendio de texto original, estudios de caso y ejemplos de todo el mundo, a partir de la literatura, el conocimiento y la experiencia de las personas involucradas en áreas protegidas.

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2019
IUCN Publication

IUCN 카테고리 V 보호지역을 위한 관리 가이드라인 보호 육상/해상 경관

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

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2019
IUCN Publication

Tourismus- und Besuchermanagement in Schutzgebieten

Schutzgebiete sind ein wesentlicher Bestandteil jeder globalen Naturschutzstrategie.

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2019
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Turismo e gestão da visitação em áreas protegidas

As áreas protegidas são um componente essencial de qualquer estratégia de conservação global. O turismo oferece uma maneira crucial e única de promover a conexão dos visitantes com os valores das áreas protegidas, tornando-se uma força potencialmente positiva para a conservação.

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2019
IUCN Publication

Directrices para áreas bajo protección privada

Estas directrices abordan la planificación y la gestión de áreas bajo protección privada (APP). Las orientaciones están dirigidas principalmente a responsables del diseño de políticas públicas, o bien, profesionales que están o podrían estar vinculados con APPs.

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2019
IUCN Publication

World Heritage volcanoes

Volcanoes are true wonders of the planet; they are central to the formation, evolution and sustenance of biological systems; they form some of our deepest and most significant cultural attachments to the land; and they attract large numbers of visitors for their aesthetic appeal.

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2019
IUCN Publication

Gestion du tourisme et des visiteurs dans les aires protégées

Les aires protégées sont une composante essentielle de toute stratégie mondiale en faveur de la conservation.

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2019
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Gestión del turismo y de los visitantes en áreas protegidas

Las áreas protegidas son un componente clave de las estrategias mundiales de conservación.

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2019
IUCN Grey Literature

Protected planet report 2018

The Protected Planet Report 2018 provides an update of progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 at the global scale. With two years to go until 2020, the Protected Planet Report 2018 confirms that significant progress has been made to accelerate protection of biodiversity on land and in the

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2018
IUCN Grey Literature

Guidelines for using A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas : version 1.0

The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure that Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) identification is based on consistent, scientifically rigorous yet practical methods.

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2019
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Tourism and visitor management in protected areas

Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors’ connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for  conservation.

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2018
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for privately protected areas

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs.

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2018
IUCN Publication

Guidelines for management planning of protected areas (Georgian version)

A management plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time.

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2008
IUCN Grey Literature

Land degradation neutrality : implications and opportunities for conservation

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2015
IUCN Publication

Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services

Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging.

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2018
IUCN Grey Literature

Voces de la juventud : manual de referencia curricular

Este Manual de referencia curricular “Voces de la Juventud”, desarrollado en el marco del Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de la UICN - Hawai'i 2016 para llegar a las nuevas generaciones, pretende infundir la naturaleza en las tareas de enseñanza y de aprendizaje para ayudar a (re)conectar a los

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2017

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