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Sharing the water, sharing the benefits : lessons from six large dams in West Africa
    Bazin, Frédéric | Koundouno, Jérôme | Skinner, Jamie

This document examines the experiences of six dams built in West Africa between the late 1970s and late 1990s: the Niandouba and Confluent in Senegal, the Sélingué in Mali, and the Bagré, Kompienga and Moussodougou dams in Burkina Faso. Retrospective studies were conducted for each of these dams and their conclusions discussed in multi-stakeholder national workshops in each country. These enabled those involved to gain a better understanding of how the dams affected local people’s ways of life and the ensuing development opportunities. The lessons learned from these studies now need to contribute to ensuring improved benefit sharing in the future, particularly for those affected by the dams, while also promoting inclusive local development.
La vie sauvage dans un monde en mutation : la Liste rouge de l'UICN des espèces menacées™ : analyse de la liste 2008
    Hilton-Taylor, Craig | Stuart, S. N. | Vié, Jean-Christophe

Dans ce volume, vous trouverez les informations les plus récentes sur la distribution des espèces confrontées à un risque d’extinction élevé dans certains des écosystèmes les plus importants du monde, et sur les raisons de ce déclin. Cet ouvrage apporte de nouvelles informations sur les espèces marines et d’eau douce qui offrent des services importants, y compris l’apport de protéines à certaines des communautés les plus pauvres du monde. On sait désormais que ces espèces font face à des menaces extrêmes résultant de la surexploitation et de la perte de leur habitat. Les nouveaux bilans dressés ici nous aident aussi à mieux comprendre les réponses différentielles les plus probables et les schémas géographiques attendus lorsque les effets des changements climatiques auront commencé à toucher les espèces les plus sensibles. Ce travail de pointe va offrir des capacités prévisionnelles pour le développement de planifications et de politiques de grande portée, au moment où les effets des changements climatiques se font de plus en plus sentir partout dans le monde.
Blue carbon policy framework : based on the first workshop of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group
    Herr, Dorothée | Pidgeon, Emily | Laffoley, D.

Development and implementation of blue carbon-based activities now requires strategic policy and incentive mechanisms for coastal conservation, restoration and sustainable use, and and disincentives to drain or damage coastal systems. Currently no broad, strategic program exists to achieve this. To address this, a Blue Carbon Policy Framework has been developed, detailing a coordinated program of policy objectives and activities, needed for the integration of blue carbon into existing initiatives and to support the implementation of coastal management activities. The framework, described in this document, also sets forth a timeline and identifies the possible stakeholders to further develop the activities.
Field guide to seagrasses of the Red Sea
    El Shaffai, Amgad

The purpose of this publication is to provide naturalists, resource managers and scientists with a simple guide to identify all species of seagrasses in the Red Sea. Each species is described in detail using photographs of key and diagnostic features. Key features are those that distinguish a particular species from most other species, whereas diagnostic features belong only to that species. The guide begins with a description of habitats in the Red Sea that support seagrasses, followed by an introduction to the features of seagrasses used for identification. Each seagrass species is then described individually. These species are grouped into two families: Cymodoceaceae and Hydrocharitaceae. Within each family, species are listed alphabetically.
Identifying ecologically and biologically significant areas on seamounts
    Clark, Malcolm R. | Dunstan, Piers K. | Guinotte, John | Niklitschek, Edwin | O'Hara, Tim | Rowden, A. A. | Schlacher, Thomas | Tsuchida, Shinji | Watling, Les | Williams, Alan

This document summarizes discussions that were held during a workshop in December 2011 and which focused on making progress on the identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas for seamounts in the high seas.
Ecologically or biologically significant areas in the pelagic realm : examples and guidelines : workshop report
   

For the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be met in full, and for the other relevant processes to be successful, examples and guidelines for the identification of important pelagic areas must be made available to policy makers involved in the process of identifying ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBSAs). In an effort to provide such examples and guidelines, a workshop of 27 international experts on pelagic biodiversity was convened by the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) and the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL) of Duke University. The context for that workshop and the examples and guidelines developed by the experts are presented in this report.
Governance of shared waters : legal and institutional issues
    Aguilar Rojas, Grethel | Iza, Alejandro

This book seeks to reposition the law as a tool for implementing higher good, or, in other words, for providing justice by seeking to ensure individuals have access to the services that ecosystems naturally provide, and guaranteeing the right to water for human well-being. The goal of the publication is to contribute to a better understanding of the legal and institutional arrangements necessary for promoting good governance of transboundary waters between two or more States. The ultimate aim of this book is to try and strengthen the capacity of various stakeholders, and to help reach the ideal that water should be considered as a vehicle for integration rather than as a source of conflict.
Principios y práctica de la restauración del paisaje forestal : estudios de caso en las zonas secas de América Latina
    Newton, A. C. | Tejedor, N.

Este libro presenta los resultados de un proyecto de investigación internacional que fue expresamente diseñado para examinar la aplicación de la estauración del paisaje forestal (RPF) a los ecosistemas forestales de las zonas secas de América Latina. Para que la RPF pueda ser transferida a las prácticas habituales de restauración adoptadas y promovidas por los gobiernos y por el sector privado, así como por las comunidades locales, es necesario conseguir información sobre como los principios de la RPF pueden ser llevados a cabo en la práctica, y de una manera poco costosa pero efectiva. Este proyecto fue diseñado para conseguir esta información. La investigación se centra en siete regiones secas de América Latina donde los bosques nativos han sido sometarget_idos a una intensa presión humana durante las últimas décadas, dando como resultado una fuerte deforestación y degradación. Cada una de estas regiones se caracteriza por tener una alta biodiversidad, de reconocida importancia para la conservación a nivel internacional, así como muchos endemismos y especies amenazadas. Estas regiones también se caracterizan por la presencia de importantes poblaciones rurales en crecimiento, que a menudo incluyen comunidades indígenas, quienes dependen de los recursos del bosque nativo para la obtención de productos forestales.
Asian plant conservation report 2010 (Chinese version) = Asian plant conservation report 2010
    Keping, Ma | Chen, Guoke | Liu, Bing | Chen, Bin | Amin, Raquibul | Zhang, Jinlong | Chun, Minli

Asia countries have accomplished a great deal in understanding and documenting plant diversity. This edition of the Asian Plant Conservation Report presents readers with progress and successful cases of plant conservation in Asia. The first section introduces the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Subsequent sections provide basic information on features of plant diversity in Asia. Two additional sections present the threats to plant diversity and detail of implementation of the GSPC and its 16 targets. Two features of this booklet should be highlighted: one is the map on progress made by each Asia country; the other one is the case study to demonstrate the progress made under each target.
Natural resource governance trainers' manual
    Moore, Patricia | Zhang, Xuemei | Triraganon, Ronnakorn

There is a real need for all those who are involved in making and implementing decisions –- including central government planners and policymakers, local government administrators, civil society and the private sector –- to understand the basic concepts and principles of governance and be able to apply them in their daily work. There has been growing demand for a practical training course that allows target audiences at local, national, and regional levels to apply their understanding of natural resource governance in a way that maximizes their own effectiveness in their day-to-day work. Against this background, IUCN, RECOFTC, and SNV combined resources to develop this Trainers’ Manual. After six years of preparation and testing, we are confident this Manual offers sound theory and good practical guidance for teaching and learning about natural resource governance. We hope that those who teach and those who learn from it will each contribute to strengthening natural resource governance in their own spheres of influence and that their efforts contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Rapport annuel 2010 : conserver la biodiversité ... pour le bien être des populations locales
Mauritanie : nature et paysage = Mauritania : naturaleza y paisaje
    Pérez de Ayala, José María

Ce livre est le fruit d'un souci commun pour la conservation de la biodiversité et des espaces naturels protégés dans un monde changeant sur lequel pèsent actuellement la menace du changement climatique global et la disparition de la biodiversité qui est à la base de l'existence de notre planète. Il s'attache également à décrire des cultures et des modes de vie différents qui sont nécessaires à la connaissance, à la compréhension et à l'acceptation mutuelle de différentes façons de concevoir la vie et d'utiliser les ressources naturelles. La tâche ardue qu'implique la réussite de ces objectifs serait impossible sans la collaboration internationale et le travail coordonné entre les différents pays. Les textes adaptés et les excellentes photographies du livre nous permettent de mettre en évidence la grande richesse naturelle de la Mauritanie, tout en montrant au lecteur l'énorme bagage culturel et la richesse de la biodiversité du pays.
European Red List of vascular plants
    Bilz, Melanie | Kell, Shelagh P. | Maxted, Nigel | Lansdown, R. V.

This publication summarises results for a selection of Europe's native species of vascular plants. In total 1,826 vascular plant species have been assessed from the following groups: species listed on European or international policy instruments, selected priority crop wild relatives, and aquatic plant species. Of those at least 467 species are threatened with extinction. The main threats for the three groups are intensified livestock framing, recreational activities, tourism and urban development, wild plant collection, invasive alien species, natural system modifications and pollution.
European Red List of freshwater fishes
    Brooks, E. G. E. | Freyhof, Jörg

This publication summarises results for all of Europe's native species of freshwater fishes and lampreys. At least 37% of these species are threatened. Major threats include the over-abstraction of water, which in many cases is further exacerbated by increasing droughts due to climate change, pollution, and the introduction of alien species. Other important threats include overfishing, especially in the large rivers of Eastern Europe and the massive increase in dam constructions which lead to the interruption of stream connectivity and the total alteration of the stream habitats.
European Red List of non-marine molluscs
    Cuttelod, Annabelle | Seddon, Mary | Neubert, Elke

This publication summarises results for all of Europe's native freshwater species of mollusc and for a selection of terrestrial mollusc families. About 44% of the freshwater molluscs and 20% of the selected terrestrial molluscs are threatened with extinction at the European level as a result of threats including pollution, dams, and water extraction (mainly for agriculture and drinking purposes) for the freshwater ecosystems and urbanisation, agriculture and recreation activities for the terrestrial molluscs.
Applying an ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the high seas : a focus on seamounts of the southern Indian Ocean
Handbook of the mammals of the world : vol. 2 : hoofed mammals
   

This second volume in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series covers 17 families in six orders; although united here, their grouping as "hoofed mammals" is more practical than phylogenetic. Families detailed include aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, pangolins, horses and relatives, rhinoceroses, tapirs, camels, pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses, chevrotains, musk-deer, deer, hollow-horned ruminants, pronghorn, and giraffe and okapi. Family accounts cover the following: systematics, morphological aspects, habitat, general habits, communication, food and feeding, breeding, movement, home range and social organisation, relationship with humans, and status and conservation. Species accounts include chapters on taxonomy, descriptive notes, habitat, food and feeding, activity patterns, movements, home range and social organization, breeding, and a bibliography.
Agir pour la nature et les hommes : rapport annuel 2010
   

Ce rapport fait le point des actions et résultats dans les cinq domaines du programme quadriennal 2009-2012 : Conserver la diversité de la vie, Changer les prévisions climatiques, Des énergies naturelles pour demain ; Gérer les écosystèmes pour le bien-être humain ; Une économie mondiale plus «verte». Pour marquer le renforcement des liens et de la synergie entre les différentes composantes de l’UICN, il prend en compte des résultats proposés par les commissions et les membres de l’UICN. Le rapport discute également de l’évolution du dispositif institutionnel du secrétariat en Afrique Centrale et Occidentale.
Acting for nature and mankind : 2010 annual report
   

This report presents actions and outputs in the five areas and the four-year programme 2009-2012: Conserving biodiversity for life; changing the climate forecast; naturally energizing the future; improving life in healthy ecosystems; greening the world Economy. For a marked strengthening of ties and synergies between the various components of IUCN, it takes into consideration the outputs proposed by the Commissions and IUCN members. The report also discusses the evolution of the institutional arrangement of the secretariat in Central and West Africa.
Primates of West Africa : a field guide and natural history
    Nash, Stephen D. | Oates, J.F.

West Africa, from the coast of Senegal to Lake Chad and Cameroon's Sanaga River, is home to 60 primate species and subspecies, 46 of which occur nowhere else. They range from the nocturnal angwantibo, pottos, and galagos, to the mangabeys, baboons, and the drill, to guenons and colobus monkeys. In addition, no less than three of the great apes are restricted to this region, including two chimpanzees and the Cross River gorilla. This comprehensive guide provides a brief introduction to the region, its topography, climate, vegetation, native peoples and history, and includes as well essays on the classification and evolutionary history of the region's primates, and a review of conservation activities and primate field research projects since the 1960s. The bulk of the book is dedicated to accounts for each primate species and subspecies, providing information not only on their identifying features and geographic distributions, but also on their natural history -- their populations and habitats, locomotion, vocalizations, activity patterns, diets and feeding, ranging, and social behaviors.
Regional perspective on future directions for biodiversity action in Europe overseas : outcomes of the review of the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, December 2010
Biofuels and indirect land use change : the case for mitigation
   

This study examines the four options being considered by the European Commission for dealing with indirect land use change (ILUC) arising from the use of biofuels under the Renewable Energy Directive. An alternative approach is developed that would encourage producers and growers to undertake practices that mitigate ILUC. This study identifies a range of ILUC mitigation practices and recommends a market mechanism to encourage such activities through the use of a carbon credit scheme. This study demonstrates that there are a range of activities that, through incentives, could be proactively encouraged to prevent or reduce the risks of ILUC occurring in the first place.
Mediterranean reflections : year 2010 (Arabic version)
Guidelines for application of IUCN Red List criteria at regional and national levels : version 3.1 (Arabic version)
   

When making assessments at regional levels it is also particularly important to recognize that while IUCN Red List Categories reflect the relative extinction risk of species, the process of setting priorities for conservation actions may require several additional considerations. As a consequence, the following guidelines were produced to assist in the application of the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria at regional levels. The first set of guidelines on regional Red Listing were produced in 2003. The revised guidelines are presented here. Most of the revisions focus on how the guidelines are presented (e.g., more case studies based on real experiences are included, more guidance on decision-making processes, examples of where to find extra-regional information, etc.) rather than on procedural issues. The majority of assessments that used version 3.0 (IUCN 2003) therefore should be compatible with assessments using the current version of the guidelines.
Biodiversidad : mi hotel en acción : guía para el uso sostenible de los recursos biológicos
   

La biodiversidad juega un papel importante en la vida diaria de un hotel. Desde la comida del restaurante a la madera de los muebles y acabados, a las comodidades del spa, los productos de la biodiversidad se encuentran en cada rincón de los hoteles. A fuera, las plantas y los animales hacen que las áreas públicas de un hotel sean atractivas para los clientes, mientras que más allá de las rejas del hotel, los parques nacionales, los espacios verdes, las costas y los hábitats naturales ofrecen a los clientes numerosas oportunidades para la recreación y la diversión. Esta guía está diseñada para ayudar a los propietarios y gerentes de pequeños y grandes hoteles a conservar la naturaleza y a guiar el uso sostenible de los recursos biológicos en sus tareas diarias.
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