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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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Lignes directrices pour la planification de la gestion des aires protégées
    Middleton, Julie | Thomas, Lee

Un plan de gestion est un document qui établit l'approche de la gestion et ses objectifs et qui comprend aussi un cadre pour prendre des décisions, à appliquer dans l'aire protégée pendant une période donnée. Il est désormais critique pour la planification des aires protégées de consulter le plus grand nombre possible de parties prenantes et de développer des objectifs que peuvent accepter et adopter tous ceux qui ont un intérêt dans l'utilisation et la survie de l'aire concernée. Ces lignes directrices, fondées sur des bonnes pratiques utilisées en de nombreux endroits du monde entier, constituent un cadre de travail que les planificateurs d'aires protégées peuvent consulter et adapter aux besoins et aux circonstances qui leur sont propres.
Coral reef resilience assessment of the Bonaire National Marine Park, Netherlands Antilles : surveys from 31 May to 7 June, 2009
    Grimsditch, Gabriel D. | Arnold, Suzanne | Bey, Henry de | Brown, Jeanne B. | Engel, Sabine | Leon, Ramon de | Vermeij, Mark

Although Bonaire’s coral reefs remain among the healthiest and most resilient in the Caribbean, this IUCN report based on the IUCN Resilience Assessment of Coral Reefs highlights some of the threats that exist to Bonaire’s coral reefs, and which could have serious implications for resilience to future climate change and other threats. The report identified recommendations for addressing the current threats, as well as high and low resilience sites.
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in central Africa
    Allen, D. J. | Brooks, E. G. E. | Darwall, W.R.T.

One of the main reasons cited for inadequate representation of biodiversity in the development processes is a lack of readily available information on inland water taxa. In response to this need for basic for information on species, the IUCN Species Programme conducted a regional assessment of the status and distribution of 2,261 taxa of freshwater fishes, molluscs, odonates, crabs and selected families of aquatic plants from throughout central Africa. This study is based on the collation and analysis of existing information, and the knowledge of regional experts.
Protected area staff training : guidelines for planning and management
   

Qualified, competent and committed staff are central to the success of protected areas. Training of protected area (PA) staff is more and more recognized as a vital component of efficient protected area management. As well as being an essential tool at local, regional and national levels, capacity building for PAs now has a strong international context and is being embedded into major global conventions and PA-related decisions. The principal goal of PA staff training is to raise the capacity of PA managers to adapt to new challenges, using innovative and creative approaches. These Guidelines treat each training course as a project that follows the classic project cycle: from identifying training needs through resourcing, development and delivery of training to assessment of the use of the competences acquired.
Overview of the conservation status of the marine fishes of the Mediterranean Sea
    Bariche, Michel | Bilecenoglu, Murat | Carpenter, Kent E. | Collette, Bruce B. | Cuttelod, Annabelle | Francour, Patrice | Goren, Menachem | Kara, Mohamed Hichem | Livingstone, Suzanne R. | Malak, Dania Abdul | Massutí, Enric | Papakonstantinou, Costas | Polidoro, Beth A. | Pollard, David | Tunesi, Leonardo

This report reviews the conservation status of all native marine fishes occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the assessments for 513 species and 6 subspecies using the IUCN’s Red List methodology. It identifies those marine fish species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level so that appropriate conservation actions can be taken to improve their conservation status.
Share : managing water across boundaries (Russian version)
    Bergkamp, Ger | Greiber, Thomas | Sadoff, Claudia | Smith, Mark

This publication provides an overview of the world’s shared water resources and insights for managing these resources. Using case studies from around the world, it describes the benefits to be gained from cooperation and the challenges of constructing legal frameworks, institutions, management processes and financing and partnership strategies to govern transboundary waters equitably and sustainably.
CEC annual report 2010 : communicating biodiversity
   

In this report, highlights of CEC activities in 2010 are presented. The Commission engaged in initiatives supporting the IUCN One Programme, with an emphasis on communicating biodiversity. CEC pursued partnership activities with IUCN members, the Secretariat, other Commissions and key external partners — extending the theme of partnership across generations to engage young professionals. To strengthen its network, CEC selected more National Activators and expanded its engagement tools and activities.
World Heritage desert landscapes : potential priorities for the recognition of desert landscapes and geomorphological sites on the World Heritage List
    Goudie, Andrew | Seely, Mary

The purpose of this study is to advise State Parties to the World Heritage Committee on nonpolar deserts as potential World Heritage Sites of Outstanding Universal Value with a focus on geomorphological aspects. It also discusses some of the issues relating to the integrity and management of these areas and the need to conserve them.
Turtles in trouble : the world's 25+ most endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles
   

As part of a comprehensive strategy to highlight and help prioritize urgently needed conservation action for the most critically endangered turtles and tortoises in the world, the Turtle Conservation Coalition have highlighted the Top 25 most endangered species every four years since 2003. In this third installment, more than 25 species are covered and the information presented was provided by the coalition rather than solely by one or two organizations. In general, this document includes all terrestrial and freshwater turtles and tortoises currently ranked as Extinct in the Wild or Critically Endangered on the current 2010 IUCN Red List, or provisionally so, based on recent draft assessments by the TFTSG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group 2010) carried out in a series of turtle-focused IUCN Red Listing workshops held around the world. In addition, included on this list are a few species at lesser Red List categories that are also considered to be at a high risk of extinction.
Descobrindo o ambiente costeiro da África Ocidental : caderno dos conhecimentos
   

O Caderno dos Conhecimentos, preparado no quadro do Programa Regional de Educação Ambiental do PRCM, descreve o ambiente costeiro e marinho dos países implicados (Mauritânia, Cabo Verde, Senegal, Gâmbia, Guiné-Bissau, Guiné-Conacri, Serra Leoa). Destina-se, antes de mais, aos professores e formadores, permitindo-lhes transmitir aos jovens o grande valor do seu património comum e a necessidade da sua conservação para as gerações futuras.
Discovering the coastal and marine environment in West Africa : knowledge handbook
   

This knowledge handbook, produced in the framework of the Regional Environmental Education Programme of PRCM, describes the coastal and marine environment of the countries involved in this programme (Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone). It is mainly directed to teachers so as to help them transmit to the youth the great value of their common heritage and the necessity to conserve it for future generations.
A la découverte de l'environnement côtier et marin en Afrique de l'Ouest : cahier de connaissances
   

Ce cahier des connaissances, réalisé dans le cadre du Programme régional d’éducation environnementale du PRCM, décrit l’environnement côtier et marin des pays couverts par le programme (Mauritanie, Cap Vert, Sénégal, Gambie, Guinée-Bissau, Guinée, Sierra Leone). Il est avant tout destiné aux enseignants afin de leur permettre de transmettre à la jeunesse la grande valeur de leur patrimoine commun et la nécessité de le conserver pour les générations futures.
Training manual on gender and climate change (Arabic version)
    Aguilar Revelo, Lorena

In 2007, IUCN, UNDP, UNEP and WEDO recognized the need for a coordinated strategy among global institutions working on gender and climate change. The result was the establishment of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). The primary goal of the GGCA is to ensure that climate change policies, decision making, and initiatives at the global, regional and national levels are gender-responsive. The GGCA has developed this training manual to increase the capacity of policy and decision makers so that efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change are gender-sensitive.
Retombées économiques des aires protégées d'Afrique de l'Ouest
   

Le but est de comparer les activités de subsistance normales (agricoles) avec les « à-côté » positifs et négatifs que représentent les aires protégées, et d’exprimer les proportions : qu’apporte, à un village agricole voisin d’une aire protégée, la proximité de cette dernière?
Sustainable tourism and natural World Heritage : priorities for action
    Borges, Maria Ana | Bushell, Robyn | Carbone, Giulia | Jaeger, Tilman

The aim of this study is to examine the gaps in our understanding of how tourism development affects natural World Heritage Sites in order to support the development of sustainable tourism these sites. Through an increased understanding of the risks and opportunities associated to tourism development and growth in World Heritage, this study hopes to encourage tourism development that while protecting the integrity of the site, also brings income generation opportunities for local communities associated with World Heritage Sites, offers financial and other support for the conservation of the sites, and contributes to visitors’ awareness about the values of nature.
Selective fishing and balanced harvest in relation to fisheries and ecosystem sustainability
    Garcia, Serge | Kolding, Jeppe | Rice, J. C. (Jake C.) | Rochet, Marie-Joëlle | Zhou, Shijie | Arimoto, Takafumi | Beyer, Jan E. | Borges, Lisa | Bundy, Alida | Dunn, Daniel | Graham, Norman | Hall, Martin | Heino, Mikko | Law, R. (Richard) | Makino, Mitsutaku | Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D. | Simard, François | Smith, A. D. M. (Anthony D. M.) | Symons, Despina

This document reports on the results of a workshop on selective fishing and balanced harvest which took place in Nagoya in October 2010. The workshop examined the extent to which selective fishing as currently and traditionally practiced is able to contribute effectively to both ecosystem and fisheries sustainability. The workshop also discussed what a shift from the conventional paradigm of gear/fishery selectivity to that of a more “balanced harvest” would imply for the ecological and management dimensions of sustainability.
The diversity of life in African freshwaters : under water, under threat
    Allen, D. J. | Brooks, E. G. E. | Darwall, W.R.T. | Harrison, I. J. | Holland, R. A. | Smith, K. G.

This volume gives the most up-to-date information on the distributions and conservation status of species in all inland water ecosystems across mainland continental Africa and the reasons behind their declining status. This represents the most comprehensive assessment yet of freshwater biodiversity at the species level for an entire continent. For managers, this information will assist in designing and delivering targeted action to mitigate and minimise these threats. From a policy perspective, this information is fundamental to meeting national obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Ramsar Convention, and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and will input to national-level conservation priority setting.
Future bioenergy and sustainable land use
   

Use should be made of the sustainable potential of bioenergy which can be tapped all over the world, provided that risks to sustainability are excluded. In particular, the use of bioenergy must not endanger food security or the goals of nature conservation and climate change mitigation.
Vers une économie verte : Pour un développement durable et une éradication de la pauvreté
Sélection de décisions et de documents de la seizième session
Selected decisions and documents of the sixteenth session
Catálogo regional de especies amenazadas de Extremadura : fauna I
Actions for biodiversity : experience of Japan
   

This pamphlet briefly introduces measures that are now taken by various stakeholders in Japan and contribute to achieving the proposed post-2010 biodiversity targets. Measures included in this pamphlet is not exhaustive, but selected by the government of Japan as ones expected to be interesting to other parties. 
Zersiedelung der Schweiz – unaufhaltsam?
    Schwick, Christian | Jaeger, Jochen A. G. | Bertiller, René | Kienast, Felix

Ist die Zersiedelung in der Schweiz unaufhaltsam? Wo ist die Zersiedelung am stärksten, wo am geringsten? Wie stark hat die Zersiedelung in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten zugenommen? Wie wird die Schweiz in 40 Jahren aussehen? Welche Möglichkeiten gibt es zur Eindämmung der Zersiedelung?
Diese und weitere Fragen beantworten die Autoren.
Fresh water : the essence of life
    Mittermeier, Russell A. | Farrell, Tracy A. | Harrison, I. J. | Upgren, Amy J. | Brooks, Thomas M.

Fresh water : the essence of life is a beautifully and sometimes starkly depicted look at the current state of our Earth's freshwater ecosystems. This latest publication in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series will alert readers to key issues concerning fresh water: its resources, its uses (and abuses), and its future. With precise, scientific analyses, Fresh water presents a detailed and thoughtful explanation of these issues, and goes on to provide possible resolutions to them.
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