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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : targets for comprehensive protected area systems
    Bakarr, Mohamed I. | Bennun, Leon A. | Brooks, Thomas M. | Clay, Rob P. | Darwall, W.R.T. | De Silva, Naamal | Edgar, Graham J. | Eken, Güven | Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. | Fonseca, Gustavo A. B. da | Foster, Matthew N. | Knox, David H. | Langhammer, Penny F. | Matiku, Paul | Radford, Elizabeth A. | Rodrigues, Ana S. L. | Salaman, Paul | Sechrest, Wes | Tordoff, Andrew W.

Important Bird Areas and Important Plant Areas have already been identified in more than 170 countries. The Key Biodiversity Areas approach builds on the work done to date, in order to provide practical guidance to governments in identifying those sites which must be protected to ensure the future of both biodiversity and humanity.
Working for conservation : programme report 2006
Flow : the essentials of environmental flows (Lao version)
    Bergkamp, Ger | Dyson, Megan | Scanlon, John

An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process to establish them poses great challenges. Second in the series of the Water & Nature Initiative, this guide draws extensively on the experiences in these countries to offer hands-on advice and practical guidance on technical issues for this emerging issue on the water resource agenda.
Flow : the essentials of environmental flows (Vietnamese version)
    Bergkamp, Ger | Dyson, Megan | Scanlon, John

An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process to establish them poses great challenges. Second in the series of the Water & Nature Initiative, this guide draws extensively on the experiences in these countries to offer hands-on advice and practical guidance on technical issues for this emerging issue on the water resource agenda.
The status and distribution of European mammals
    Temple, Helen J. | Terry, Andrew

Numerous scientific studies show that biodiversity in Europe has been declining rapidly for some time and that this pattern has been matched by the great periods of expansion and intensification of land use. This first assessment of the Red List status of Europe’s and the European Union's mammals shows us that 15% of our species are threatened with extinction, 27% were identified as declining and another 33% had an unknown population trend. 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.
Countdown 2010 for marine ecosystems : European expert workshop, Berlin, Germany, 18-20 April 2007
The forest landscape restoration handbook
   

The first practical hands-on guide to repairing the damage done by irresponsible forest activity, explaining how to increase the resilience of landscapes and the communities they support. Pools expert knowledge from world authorities in the field, using research backed by respected institutions such as ITTO and the IUCN. It is an addition to the Earthscan Forestry Library, the indispensable resource for practitioners, planners, policy makers and students. This book, authored and collected by leading international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). As an approach to conservation, FLR provides a complementary framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes in cases where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services. The main aim of FLR is not to re-establish pristine forest, even if this were possible, rather the objective is to strengthen the resilience of landscapes and thereby keep future management options open. It also aims to support communities as they strive to increase and sustain the benefits they derive from the management of land. The result here is an indispensable, easy-to-read handbook for practitioners in all aspects of forestry and natural resource management.
The Top 50 Mediterranean island plants : wild plants at the brink of extinction, and what is needed to save them (Greek version)
    Montmollin, Bertrand de | Strahm, Wendy

The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localised species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems. It includes 50 descriptive sheets of species which are especially threatened, based on the IUCN Red List criteria. Each sheet gives a description of the species with illustrations and maps, emphasizing the threats to the species, existing conservation measures and additional measures needed for their conservation. Aimed at the layman, the text is easily accessible to the non-botanist.
La lista "Top 50" de especies vegetales amenazadas de las islas del Mediterráneo : 50 especies silvestres al borde de la extinción, y las acciones para salvarlas
    Montmollin, Bertrand de | Strahm, Wendy

The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localised species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems. It includes 50 descriptive sheets of species which are especially threatened, based on the IUCN Red List criteria. Each sheet gives a description of the species with illustrations and maps, emphasizing the threats to the species, existing conservation measures and additional measures needed for their conservation. Aimed at the layman, the text is easily accessible to the non-botanist.
Forestry, governance and national development : lessons learned from a logging boom in Southern Tanzania
    Milledge, Simon | Gelvas, Ised | Ahrends, Antje

This study of contemporary timber trade has provided a revealing example of how governance shortfalls in the forestry sector can ultimately affect the prospects for achieving national economic growth and poverty objectives. Whilst numerous opportunities and benefits of timber trade have been, and continue to be, realized, this report illustrates how poor forestry governance directly undermines two clusters of the 2005 National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP)
Pangani river system : state of the basin report - 2007, Tanzania
   

This publication has been prepared as part of the Flow Assessment Component of the Pangani River Basin Management Project. Its aim is to collect and synthesize present knowledge on the Pangani River system and its users, and to help promote an integrated approach to future water-allocation decisions. It reports on the condition of the river system in the 2006 dry and wet seasons and identifies key areas of concern. It also highlights the relationships between the river and the people of the basin, reports on their wellbeing and begins to explore their sensitivity to changes in flow and ecosystem condition. The knowledge will be used to guide future research on the river and its users, and to develop a simple decision-making tool that can aid decisions on a fair balance between water development and protection of the river’s resources.
African elephant status report 2007 : an update from the African elephant database
    Blanc, Julian J. | Barnes, R. F. W. | Craig, G. C. | Dublin, Holly T. | Thouless, C. R. | Douglas-Hamilton, Iain | Hart, J. A.

The African Elephant Database is a spatial database used to store, manage, analyze and disseminate information on the distribution and abundance of elephant populations on the African continent, in order to provide a current and accurate picture of the status African elephants. Elephants are the largest living land mammals, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This Status Report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides continent-wide information that is vital for conservation. It will help wildlife management authorities to harmonize their policy and management decisions across regions, as well as the continent, to reduce conflict and relax the pressure on habitats.
Trade, aid and security : an agenda for peace and development
   

A massively important book in our new age of conflict that makes clear the links between international trade policy, aid and conflict and war over the control of resources such as oil, water, timber and diamonds. Presents vital strategies for using trade and aid to prevent the likelihood of armed conflict and to assist in nation building, such as the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur. All resonate loudly on the international stage, exposing and illustrating the intractable links between global security, war and conflict, the control over natural resources, be they oil, water, timber or conflict diamonds and the deployment of aid money and the manipulation of international trade policies. This volume, written by leading authorities from across the globe, introduces the linkages between trade, aid and security, and exposes how inappropriate or misused trade and aid policy can and do undermine security and contribute to violence and the disintegration of nation states. On a practical level they demonstrate how six key areas of trade and aid policy can be used to help forge stability and security, reduce the likelihood of armed conflict and assist economic and political recovery in our war-torn world.
IUCN in Asia : 2007
Building partnerships for forest conservation and management in Russia (Russian version)
Accounting for the ecological services of India's forests
    Kumar, Pushpam | Sanyal, Sanjeev | Sinha, Rajiv | Sukhdev, Pavan

Though various studies and scientific assessments highlight the contribution of the forestry sector in terms of various ecosystem services, not much work has been initiated on the valuation of and the accounting for the ecological functions of forest ecosystems. In this monograph, the missing contributions of forests have been accounted for and monetized for 2002/03 in terms of the following ecological benefits: prevention of soil erosion, augmentation of groundwater, and flood control.
The value of biodiversity in India's forests
    Gundimeda, Haripriya | Sanyal, Sanjeev | Sinha, Rajiv | Sukhdev, Pavan

In this paper, the authors attempt to value the biodiversity functions of India's natural ecosystems and suggest a method to adjust national (GDP) and state income (GSDP) accounts.
Reserva Bosque Nuboso : Monteverde : Cloud Forest Preserve
Closing the gap : creating ecologically representative protected area systems
Природное наследие России = Russian natural heritage
Helvetien im Treibhaus
    Rebetez, Martine

This book provides a wealth of factual material to prove that we are indeed experiencing worldwide climate change. The main focus of the book is on Switzerland. It demonstrates how climate change affects mountainous regions and glaciers, agriculture, forests, but also the tourism industry. Switzerland is getting warmer - and our everyday life is affected.
An inconvenient truth : a global warning
   

Former Vice President Al Gore presents an eye-opening and compelling view of the future of our planet—and our civilization—in this must-see documentary.
Review of experience with ecological networks, corridors and buffer zones
The long tail
The creation : an appeal to save life on Earth
    Wilson, Edward O.

In this impassioned work, E.O. Wilson proposes an historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth's rapidly vanishing biodiversity. Our Earth, Creation itself, is in desperate need, Wilson writes. And it is only by working together that we can hope to salvage and protect the vast multitude of life forms that continue to flourish on our planet despite the wanton destruction wrought by human hands.
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