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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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Study on fishing boats of coastal belt of Bangladesh : An investigation of accidents during cyclonic weather
Tools and techniques to ensure sustainable crop production for extreme salinity conditions : Study on two coastal upazilas of Noakhali District
Tropical cyclones : Impact on coastal livelihoods. Investigation of the coastal inhabitants of Bangladesh
The Biosphere Ethics Project: Implementing the Bangkok World Conservation Congress resolution to draft and promote a code of ethics for biodiversity conservation
Keeping Nature Alive : Toward a Code of Ethics for Biodiversity Conservation
Compartir : gestionando el agua entre fronteras
    Bergkamp, Ger | Greiber, Thomas | Sadoff, Claudia | Smith, Mark

Esta publicación ofrece una vision general sobre los recursos hídricos compartarget_idos a nivel mundial y una orientación sobre la gestión de estos recursos en forma cooperativa. A través de estudios de caso de diferentes partes del mundo esta publicación presenta retos y soluciones reales para la construcción de los marcos jurídicos, instituciones, procesos de gestión y el financiamento necesario para goberner las aguas transfronterizas de forma más equitativa y sostenible.
Systematic approaches to livelihoods enhancement and diversification : a review of global experiences
Status of Caribbean coral reefs after bleaching and hurricanes in 2005
   

This publication documents the devastating effects of hurricanes on coral reefs in the Caribbean in 2005, the hottest year on record. This report catalogues the impacts of the warming and storms during 2005 and 2006. The valuable information in this book underscores that urgent actions are needed to assist reefs in recovery by focusing on natural resistance and resilience as well as removing threats posed by human activities that slow or even prevent recovery from these damaging events. More importantly, these findings are critical for the peoples of the Caribbean who are highly dependent on these coral reef resources, which provide food and family income when they are healthy.
Negotiating equitable fisheries access agreements : a capacity-building and reference manual for developing coastal states
    Mfodwo, Kwame

Fish and fish products provide important trade and livelihoods opportunities in many coastal developing countries. Fishing access agreements do not always result in fair and equal arrangements and may contribute to the overexploitation of resources and threaten the food security of these countries. This manual provides a practical, theoretically informed handbook to support the negotiation of bilateral fisheries access agreements. Typically such agreements are negotiated by a Coastal State Negotiating Team (CNST) and this manual seeks to provide the negotiating teams with guidance on process as well as content issues.
Sustainable livelihoods enhancement and diversification (SLED) : a manual for practitioners
    Cattermoul, B. | Townsley, P. | Campbell, J.

The Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancement and Diversification (SLED) approach has been developed through building on the lessons of past livelihoods research projects as well as worldwide experience in livelihood improvement and participatory development practice. It aims to provide a set of guidelines for development and conservation practitioners whose task it is to assist people in enhancing and diversifying their livelihoods. Under the Coral Reefs and Livelihoods Initiative (CORALI), this approach has been field tested and further developed in six sites across South Asia and Indonesia.
Managing marine and coastal protected areas : a toolkit for South Asia
   

Marine and Coastal Protected Areas (MCPAs), in their variety of forms and scales, are seen as one of the solutions to threats facing the coastal and marine environment, while contributing to the long-term sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities, their cultures and their economies. This Toolkit will assist MCPA managers and practitioners to access current and consolidated information and guidance relating to all stages of MCPA establishment and management issues faced in day-to-day operations.
Shared resources : issues of governance
    Hart, Sharelle

This publication examines the characteristics of successful transboundary resource management. Various cases of different shared resources, from water to fish to air, are described and their strengths and weaknesses analysed.Successful management of transboundary resources is growing in relevance as resources become sparse and conflicts over them increase. However, many of its elements have not yet been sufficiently defined and applied. The publication will serve to further this important discussion.
Status of coral reefs of the world : 2008
Guía explicativa del tratado internacional sobre los recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura
    Bousquet, Marie-Annie | Moore, Gerald | Tymowski, Witold

La entrada en vigor del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Agricultura y la Alimentación marca el compromiso de la comunidad internacional con un acuerdo independiente dirigido a abordar tanto las necesidades mundiales de seguridad alimentaria como los objetivos acordados a nivel internacional en relación con los conceptos de "acceso y participación en los beneficios" plasmados en el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Esta es la sexta de una serie de guías para la implementación de instrumentos y conceptos internacionales específicos, que aspira a promover una mayor comprensión del texto del Tratado, incluyendo algunos de los aspectos científicos, técnicos y jurídicos sobre los que se basa, y las posibles consecuencias.
Répondre aux problèmes de l'accès aux ressources génétiques : protection des sources et certitude pour les utilisateurs
    Cabrera Medaglia, Jorge A. | López Silva, Christian

This book provides a systematic analysis of the requirements of access law, both the CBD requirements and the basic requirements of enforceable legislation. Often key legal issues that have a significant impact on enforceability of ABS agreements are not addressed in national legislation, therefore, this book addresses these issues with the aim to recognize and understand the nature of the legal impediments that must be addressed for the drafting of functional ABS legislation. Although the book is premised on the issues of access, it inevitably refers to corresponding issues of benefit sharing that are relevant for articulating the legal principles that inform a functional ABS system. Its conclusions look at particular legal concepts that, if accepted, could form the basis for functional ABS systems that respond to the identified concerns.
Elements of a possible implementation agreement to UNCLOS for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
    Hart, Sharelle

Marine resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are under increasing pressure from human impacts, putting at risk biodiversity, ecosystem processes and function. There is a heightened focus on whether current arrangements and policies are adequate. This paper explores possible elements of a new instrument to protect such biodiversity – an Implementation Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). As the fourth element in the Marine Series, it should be read in conjunction with the other three.
The mid-Atlantic ridge : a case study on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
    Dotinga, Harm | Molenaar, Erik Jaap

This paper contains a case study on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) that is located in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). The purpose of this paper is to review the scope and functioning of applicable regional regimes and to identify if, and what kind of, regulatory and/or governance gaps exist. The case study complements and should be read in conjunction with the other three studies in this Marine Series.
Options for addressing regulatory and governance gaps in the international regime for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
    Gjerde, Kristina M. | Dotinga, Harm | Hart, Sharelle | Molenaar, Erik Jaap | Rayfuse, Rosemary | Warner, Robin

The second paper in this marine series builds on the complementary study described in Marine Series No. 1 that identified several significant regulatory and governance gaps in the international regime for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). It highlights a variety of short- and medium-term options for addressing the identified gaps and recommends a practical approach of adopting a package of measures to address priority issues while building political support for more comprehensive action.
Regulatory and governance gaps in the international regime for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
    Gjerde, Kristina M. | Dotinga, Harm | Hart, Sharelle | Molenaar, Erik Jaap | Rayfuse, Rosemary | Warner, Robin

Sixty-four percent of the world ocean lies in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). The first paper in this four-part series was prepared to address the question of whether there is a regulatory or governance gap in the international regime for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) and, if so, how it should be addressed. The study reveals that important regulatory and governance gaps still exist. This ‘Gap Analysis’ complements and should be read in conjunction with Marine Series No. 2, which discusses the options available for addressing the identified gaps.
IUCN in Asia 2008
Promouvoir l'efficacité en Afrique centrale et occidentale : rapport annuel 2008
Promoting efficacy in Central and West Africa : 2008 Annual report
Herederas ancestrales y sus demandas actuales: Situación de las mujeres indígenas en Centroamérica
Integrating environmental safeguards into disaster management : a field manual. Volume 2 : the disaster management cycle
    Miththapala, Sriyanie

Increasing incidence and intensity of natural disasters and climate change are having over-arching impacts on the environment. Sustainable development is being undermined. Ecological services and their indirect economic values are frequently omitted from assessments. Mainstreaming ecosystem concerns – both ecological and economical – and integrating them into disaster management is essential. This multi-volume manual attempts to provide background information and guidance for integrating environmental concerns into disaster management. Volume 2 describes the disaster management cycle: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, relief, recovery and rebuilding. It introduces an integrated approach to assessments that examines biodiversity, ecosystem services, economic valuation and livelihoods, listing steps and introducing questions that must be raised in order to integrate environmental concerns into disaster management. These steps and questions are designed around the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and its identified threats.
Integrating environmental safeguards into disaster management : a field manual. Volume 1 : reference material
    Miththapala, Sriyanie

Increasing incidence and intensity of natural disasters and climate change are having over-arching impacts on the environment. Sustainable development is being undermined. Ecological services and their indirect economic values are frequently omitted from assessments. Mainstreaming ecosystem concerns – both ecological and economical – and integrating them into disaster management is essential. This multi-volume manual attempts to provide background information and guidance for integrating environmental concerns into disaster management. Volume 1 briefly describes the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) which links ecosystem well-being to human well-being, and presents the major threats imposed by human activities to services that ecosystems provide. It gives views of ecosystem and human well-being in Asia and a brief overview of selected ecosystems in the region. Climate change and its impacts on natural disasters are also discussed.Climate change and its impacts on natural disasters is also discussed.
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