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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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Action for culture in Mediterranean wetlands
Fijian crested iguana
    Harlow, Peter S.

The Critically Endangered Fijian Crested Iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis, is unique to Fiji and survives today on only a few islands in western Fiji. This document is a detailed five-year plan for conservation action considered essential to reverse the species' population decline and ensure the long-term survival of this Fijian wildlife icon and its natural habitat.
Background report to the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
The corporate ecosystem services review
   

This publication provides corporate managers with a proactive approach to making the connection between ecosystem change and their business goals. It introduces the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review -- a structured methodology to help businesses develop strategies for managing risks and opportunities arising from their dependence and impact on ecosystems. It is a tool for corporate strategy development and can augmentexisting environmental management systems. 
Trousse à outils : amélioration de notre patrimoine
   

La Trousse à outils contient douze outils pratiques ; chacun d’eux est conçu pour aider ceux qui sont responsables de la conservation des sites du patrimoine mondial à rassembler tous les éléments d’un cadre de gestion exhaustif, en ce compris l’élaboration de stratégies de suivi ciblées. Conçus comme des exercices séparés, comprenant chacun tableaux et lignes directrices, ils se veulent faciles à utiliser, flexibles et adaptables aux réalités locales. Bien qu’elle ait été mise au point avec comme point focal les biens naturels, l’initiative pourrait aussi être un outil intéressant pour la gestion des biens culturels.
Enhancing our heritage toolkit
   

The Toolkit contains twelve practical tools, each designed to help those responsible for World Heritage site conservation piece together the elements of a comprehensive management framework, including the construction of targeted monitoring strategies. Designed as separate exercises, each with tables and guidelines, the emphasis is on user-friendliness, flexibility, and adaptability to local realities. Although it has been developed with a focus on natural properties, the initiative also has potential value as a tool to assist cultural properties.
People and biodiversity policies
    Bagnoli, Philip | Goeschl, Timo | Kovács, Eszter

Biodiversity policies promote the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of biologically diverse ecosystems and habitats. In doing so, they create significant public benefits and contribute to social well-being. However, the implementation of biodiversity policies will often benefit different groups to a greater or lesser degree. Combining analysis and a wealth of case studies, this book offers concepts and tools for addressing distributive issues within a biodiversity policy context. 
Integrating people in conservation planning
Climate change and food security : a framework document
   

This document provides background information on the interrelationship between climate change and food security, and ways to deal with the new threat. It also shows the opportunities for the agriculture sector to adapt, as well as describing how it can contribute to mitigating the climate challenge.
Scoping agriculture-wetland interactions
    Halsema, Gerardo E. van | Wood, Adrian P.

This report explores the nature of agriculture-wetland interactions through the application of the drivers, pressures, state changes, impacts and responses (DPSIR) framework to 90 cases drawn from around the world. The report also discusses the role of wetlands in attaining the Millenium Development Goals, especially poverty reduction.
Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder
    Louv, Richard

Last Child in the Woods is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults.
Navigating social-ecological systems : building resilience for complexity and change
    Berkes, Fikret | Colding, Johan | Folke, Carl

In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological systems. Drawing on complex systems theory, this book investigates how human societies deal with change in linked social-ecological systems, and build capacity to adapt to change. The concept of resilience is central in this context. Resilient social-ecological systems have the potential to sustain development by responding to and shaping change in a manner that does not lead to loss of future options. Resilient systems also provide capacity for renewal and innovation in the face of rapid transformation and crisis. The term navigating in the title is meant to capture this dynamic process. Case studies and examples from several geographic areas, cultures and resource types are included, merging forefront research from natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities into a common framework for new insights on sustainability.
Water tower of Asia : experiences in wetland conservation in Nepal
   

The Himalayas are the water tower of Asia and are a precious resource to be used wisely and protected for human welfare, research and eduction. This book, which consists of 18 articles, is aimed at practitioners, planners and researchers to be of use in the management, conservation and sustainable development of the Himalayan high altitude wetlands and their resources.
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Czech version)
   

IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.
Pasos hacia la equidad y la sustentabilidad : informe de avance 2007
Separate streams ? Adapting water resources management to climate change
Ecological economic aspects of ecosystem approach (EA) and sustainable forest management (SFM) : case study of the Tuszyma Forest District in Poland
An Australian coral sea heritage park
Natura 2000 : préserver la biodiversité européenne
Diccionario de la biodiversidad
World natural heritage in Russia - in danger? (Russian version) = World natural heritage in Russian - in danger?
Intégrer la biodiversité dans les stratégies des entreprises : le bilan biodiversité des organisations
Cross-sectoral toolkit for the conservation and sustainable management of forest biodiversity
Changements climatiques 2007 : rapport de synthèse
Natural security : protected areas and hazard mitigation : a research report by WWF and Equilibrium
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