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Sea turtles in the Mediterranean : Distribution, threats and conservation priorities
    Casale, Pablo | Margaritoulis, D.

The Mediterranean Sea is a virtually enclosed basin that is frequented by three sea turtle species. In the last three decades the interest in sea turtles in the Mediterranean has continuously increased, motivated by a growing concern for these threatened animals. There has also been a great interest and need to develop adequate knowledge about their threats and about the biological and ecological parameters that are relevant for their conservation. However, the number of countries, the variety of languages and the number of people involved in the region represent intrinsic difficulties for the diffusion of information and for coordinating large-scale actions. This report approaches these challenges head-on, by providing information about turtle occurrence, threats, conservation status and perspectives for each country. It can also help to diffuse information about successful models and lessons that have been learned throughout the region, and ultimately promote and improve cooperation for conservation.
Partager le pouvoir : cogestion des ressources naturelles et gouvernance partagée de par le monde
    Borrini, Grazia | Farvar, M. Taghi | Kothari, Ashish | Pimbert, Michel | Renard, Yves

Le processus collectif de compréhension et d’action par les communautés locales et d’autres acteurs sociaux se trouve au cœur de la « cogestion » des ressources naturelles. Ce processus aboutit à des accords négociés sur les rôles de gestion, les droits, les responsabilités et rendent explicites les conditions et institutions pour une gouvernance saine et décentralisée. De fait, la cogestion revient à partager le pouvoir. Cette publication vise à soutenir ceux qui s’évertuent à mieux comprendre les processus de gestion collaborative, et à les développer et les renforcer dans la pratique. L’expérience des acteurs sociaux apprenant par la pratique et qui de ce fait améliorent leur capacité de gestion de manière continue est à la base de ce livre, de même que la manière complexe et inspirante dont les conditions socio-politiques peuvent être améliorées par le biais de la démocratie participative.
European Red List of saproxylic beetles
    Nieto, Ana | Alexander, Keith N. A.

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. This is the first assessment of the Red List status of Europe's saproxylic beetles, that is beetles depending on wood decay. It has evaluated a selection of 436 species present in Europe.This study shows us that nearly 11% of saproxylic beetles are threatened. Almost 14% of the assessed beetles (60 species) are thought to have significantly declining populations. Unfortunately, the drivers for these declines are mostly still in place. The loss and decline of their habitat poses the main threat, either in relation to logging and wood harvesting in forests or due to a general decline in veteran trees throughout the landscape.
European Red List of dragonflies
    Kalkman, Vincent J. | Boudot, Jean-Pierre | Bernard, Rafal | Conze, Klaus-Jürgen | De Knijf, Geert | Dyatlova, Elena | Ferreira, Sonia | Jovic, Miloš | Verstrael, Theo | Ott, Jürgen | Riservato, Elisa | Sahlén, Göran

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level – in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. This study has evaluated 137 species and subspecies present in Europe. It shows us that about 15% of European dragonflies are threatened. More than a quarter of the assessed dragonflies still have decling populations. The loss and decline of their habitat poses the main threat, as freshwater ecosystems are facing high pressures, due to the increased water demand for agriculture and domestic use and to the impact of climate change.
European Red List of butterflies
    Swaay, Chris van | Cuttelod, Annabelle | Collins, Sue | Maes, Dirk | López Munguira, Miguel | Šašic, Martina | Settele, Josef | Verovnik, Rudi | Verstrael, Theo | Warren, Martin | Wiemers, Martin | Wynhoff, Irma

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level – in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. This comprehensive assessment of all European butterflies provides an overview of the conservation status of this important insect group. This study shows us that nearly 9% of butterflies are Threatened and a further 10% are Near Threatened.
Biocultural diversity conservation : a global sourcebook
    Maffi, Luisa | Woodley, Ellen

The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. This book is a unique compendium and analysis of projects from all around the world that take an integrated biocultural approach to sustaining cultures and biodiversity. The 45 projects reviewed exemplify a new focus in conservation: this is based on the emerging realization that protecting and restoring biodiversity and maintaining and revitalizing cultural diversity and cultural vitality are intimately, indeed inextricably, interrelated.
Negotiate : reaching agreements over water
    Dore, John | Robinson, Julia | Smith, Mark

Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. This book makes the case for constructive engagement and cooperative forms of negotiation in dealing with complex water issues. It unpacks constructive approaches such as Multi-stakeholder Platforms and consensus building, and fnally focuses on the diversity of agreements which can be produced to regulate or encourage fairer and more effective water allocation and use.
American bison : status survey and conservation guidelines 2010
    Gates, C. Cormack | Freese, Curtis H. | Gogan, Peter J. P. | Kotzman, Mandy

This publication reports on the current status of American bison, in the wild and in conservation herds, and makes recommendations on how to ensure that the species is conserved for the future.
Connectivity conservation management : a global guide
   

In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated 'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital biodiversity. Increasing connections are being considered and made between protected areas and 'connectivity' thinking has started to expand to the regional and even the continental scale to match the challenges of conserving biodiversity in the face of global environmental change. This groundbreaking book is the first guide to connectivity conservation management at local, regional and continental scales.
Guidelines for development of a national ballast water management strategy
    Tamelander, Jerker | Riddering, Laura | Haag, F. | Matheickal, J.

This manual is the product of countries’ requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships’ ballast water and sediments. It is directed at national level practitioners as a hands-on guide to the development of national ballast water management strategies. It is intended as a source of basic information and as step-by-step guidance in the development of national ballast water management strategies.
Okavango Delta : Floods of life
    Hudson, Mike Murray | Mendelson, John | Mosepele, Keta | Ramberg, Lars | VanderPost, Cornelis | Wolski, P.

Wetland ecosystems and the amazing diversity of plants and animals that inhabit them are thought to be more threatened than any other ecosystem. The Okavango Delta, as the world's largest inland delta, is no exception. This book is both a celebration of the diversity of aquatic life in the Okavango Delta, and is an inspiration to decision makers throughout the region to work together to ensure the survival of one of the world's most beautiful and valuable wetlands. Beginning with an explanation of the functioning of the Delta, the book uses beautiful photographs to describe the value of the Delta in terms of its diversity of plants and animals. Finally, current and future threats to the Delta are reviewed, and a range of management actions for ensuring the future of the Delta are discussed.
IUCN Red List categories and criteria, version 3.1 (Arabic version)
   

The threatened species categories used in Red Data Books and Red Lists have been in place for almost 30 years. The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria provide an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction, so as to focus attention on conservation measures designed to protect them. This latest version of the classification system was adopted by the IUCN Council in February 2001 and reflects comments from the IUCN and SSC memberships and the final meeting of the Criteria Review Working Group.
Vers une meilleure gouvernance de la Méditerranée
   

<p>Le présent ouvrage est un compte-rendu de deux ateliers qui ont eu lieu en 2007 et 2008 à Tunis et Rabat. L’objet des ateliers était de faire un état des lieux de la gouvernance de la mer Méditerranée, de chercher des solutions aux problèmes actuels afin d’accompagner les positions et les décisions politiques nationales et intergouvernementales, et influencer ainsi les centres de décision en faveur d’une bonne gouvernance en Méditerranée. Ce compte-rendu aborde les sujets suivant : Etat des lieux des zones sous juridiction étatique ; biodiversité en haute mer ; et cadre juridique existant.</p> <p>This bilingual publication is the report of two workshops held in 2007 in Tunis and in 2008 in Rabat. The purpose of the workshop was to conduct an inventory of the governance issues of the Mediterranean Sea, to search for solutions to current problems in order to provide support to national and inter-governmental decisions and policies, and influence the decision makers to adopt good governance approaches in the Mediterranean. The report covers: inventory of zones under state jurisdiction, biodiversity in the high seas, and current legal framework.</p>
Natural solutions : protected areas helping people cope with climate change
    Belokurov, Alexander | Dudley, Nigel | Krueger, Linda | Lopoukhine, N. | MacKinnon, Kathy | Sandwith, Trevor | Sekhran, Nikhil | Stolton, Sue

Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Fifteen percent of the world’s terrestrial carbon stock - 312 gigatonnes - are stored in protected areas around the world. Protected areas also serve as natural buffers against climate impacts and other disasters, providing space for floodwaters to disperse, stabilizing soil against landslides and blocking storm surges. And protected areas can keep natural resources healthy and productive so they can withstand the impacts of climate change and continue to provide the food, clean water, shelter and income communities rely upon for survival.
Mediterranean reflections : year 2009
   

This publication is the annual report of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation. It highlights the relevance of IUCN’s work and the critical importance of this programme in the Mediterranean, as well as IUCN’s long-term commitment to supporting countries and members in the region in initiatives to achieve the UN Millennium Goals.
Evolution lost : status and trends of the world's vertebrates
    Baillie, Jonathan | Collen, Ben | Griffiths, Janine | Loh, Jonathan | Turvey, Sam

This report has been produced by ZSL in collaboration with WWF, IUCN and SSC. It considers for the first time the current status and trends of global vertebrates in the context of human pressures, with a particular focus on threatened, novel and evolutionary distinct species.
Biofuels and food security
    Fischer, Günther | Hizsnyik, Eva | Prieler, Sylvia | Shah, Mahendra | Velthuizen, Harrij van

Biofuels development has received increased attention in recent times as a means to mitigate climate change, alleviate global energy concerns and foster rural development. Nevertheless, the rapid growth of biofuels production has raised many concerns among experts worldwide, in particular with regard to sustainability issues and the threat posed to food security. Aware of a lack of integrated scientific analysis, OFID has commissioned this study, Biofuels and Food Security, which has been prepared by the renowned International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). This seminal research work assesses the impact on developing countries of wide-scale production and use of biofuels, in terms of both sustainable agriculture and food security. One of the key conclusions of the study is that an accelerated growth of first-generation biofuels production is threatening the availability of adequate food supplies for humans, by diverting land, water and other resources away from food and feed crops.
Towards sustainable production and use of resources : assessing biofuels
   

This is an excerpt of the full report, which provides an overview of the key problems and perspectives and use of biofuels. It is based on an extensive literature study, taking into account recent major reviews. The focus is on so-called first generation biofuels while considering further lines of developments.
Bearded tit
    McGrath, Rory

A poignant but hilarious journey into the arcane world of birdwatching by one of the most popular names in British comedy, Bearded Tit is Rory McGrath’s story of life among birds. From a Cornish boyhood wandering gorse-tipped cliffs listening to the song of the yellowhammer with his imaginary girlfriend, or drawing gravity-defying jackdaws in class when he should have been applying himself to physics, to quoting the Latin names of birds to give himself a fighting chance with the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. As an adult, or what passes for one, Rory recounts becoming a card-carrying birdwatcher, observing his first skylark—peerless king of the summer sky—while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and his flawed bid to educate his utterly unreconstructed drinking mate Danny in the ways of birding. Rory’s tale is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical, and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of birdwatching and all its attendant arcane knowledge.
A photo guide to flowers of Bhutan
    Namgyel, Thinley | Karma Tenzin

This is a fascinating pictorial guide book on the wild flowers of Bhutan. In this guide book we will find 200 species of wild flowers illustrated with color photographs for easy identification. To make the guide book user friendly only simple names of the species, flowering season, elevation range, habitat and their distribution have been mentioned. A wide range of medicinal plants are also being included in this book to give an insight into such plants found within the region.
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Acting in time on energy policy
    Gallagher, Kelly Sims

Energy policy is on everyone’s mind these days. But there is a serious problem endemic to America’s energy challenges: the resulting policies are overly reactive, enacted once damage is already done, and are too often incomplete, incoherent, and ineffectual. This important volume details this problem, making clear the unfortunate results of such short-sighted thinking, and it proposes measures to overcome this counterproductive tendency. All of the contributors to Acting in Time on Energy Policy are affiliated with Harvard University and rank among America’s pre-eminent energy policy analysts. They tackle important questions as they pertain to specific areas of energy policy: Why are these components of energy policy so important? How would “acting in time”—i.e. not waiting until politics demands action—make a difference? What should our policy actually be?
Dynamik-Inseln in der Kulturlandschaft
    Stegmann, Paul | Zucchi, Herbert

In der Landschaft Mitteleuropas unterliegen fast alle Flächen einer regelmässigen Nutzung, Pflege oder Gestaltung durch den Menschen. Dies trifft auch für die meisten unter Naturschutz stehenden Areale zu, die dem Erhalt bestimmter Kulturlandschaftsformen dienen. Um wilde, ungelenkte Natur zu erleben, muss man Nationalparks aufsuchen, in denen sich Wildnis - in Mitteleuropa meist Sekundärwildnis - auf einigen Tausend Hektaren ausdehnen kann. In einem Nationalpark ist die Natur vor menschlichen Eingriffen geschützt und verändert sich ständig. Hier wird der eigentliche Charakter aller lebendigen Systeme sichtbar, die durch dynamische Entwicklungen und Prozesse gekennzeichnet sind. Damit solche Naturräume nicht nur in Nationalparks, sondern kleinflächig auch in der genutzten «Normallandschaft» präsent sind, wurde im Umkreis der nordwestdeutschen Grossstadt Osnabrück ein Netz von Arealen gewonnen, die von jeglicher menschlichen Nutzung, Pflege und Gestaltung ausgenommen sind. Sie sollen den Menschen Gelegenheit bieten, sich mit dem dynamischen Charakter von Natur auseinanderzusetzen und sich der «Wildnis vor der Haustür» anzunähern. Zudem soll die Entwicklung der Flächen langfristig dokumentiert werden.
Befreite Wasser
    Hostmann, Markus | Knutti, Andreas

This guide emphasizes the ecological goals that are nowadays set in every hydraulic engineering planning. It uses several examples to show how modern flood protection can create living rivers. The examples of successful river revitalization documented in this book are groundbreaking.

 
Elephants : facts and fables
    van Aarde, Rudi J.

In this publication, Professor Rudi van Aarde sheds light on what we really know, and don't, about elephants, their dynamics, and conservation management in Southern Africa.
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