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Twasalie Village, our village environment management plan : an account of how we drew it up and are implementing it
Guardians of the watershed : global status of dragonflies : critical species, threat and conservation
Chimpanzés d'Afrique de l'Ouest : état de conservation de l'espèce et plan d'action
    Bakarr, Mohamed I. | Boesch, Christophe | Butynski, Thomas M. | Kormos, Rebecca

Les chimpanzés vivent à l’état sauvage uniquement en Afrique tropicale où leur population a diminué de plus de 66% au cours des trente dernières années. Ce plan d’action concerne l’une des quatre sous-espèces de chimpanzés, le chimpanzé d’Afrique occidentale, qui est l’une des deux sous-espèces les plus menacées d’extinction. Le but de cette publication est de mettre fin ou d’inverser le déclin du nombre de chimpanzés en Afrique occidentale en attirant toujours plus l’attention sur leur sort et en présentant un plan d’action qui représente un consensus parmi toutes les parties qui sont impliquées dans la conservation des chimpanzés.
Urban air quality changes and policy measures : a review of recent conditions in Nepal
A biodiversity status profile of sub-target_idal and inter-target_idal habitats of the Rekawa, Ussangoda and Kalametiya area
    Perera, E. N. R. | Weerakkody, P.

Being an island, Sri Lanka is rich in coastal and marine habitats. Sub-target_idal habitats such as coral and rocky reefs are abundant, along with large soft bottom habitats. In addition, inter-target_idal and coastal habitats are an important part of the marine ecosystem and provide shelter for a large number of plant and animal species. The coastline along the Rekewa, Ussangoda and Kalametiyah area is particularly rich in both animal and plant diversity, of both national and international importance. However, increasing population, poverty, over-fishing, shell mining, coral mining and overgrazing by livestock are creating serious threats to both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. IUCN Sri Lanka conducted an assessment of the biodiversity of the inland and sub-target_idal ecosystems within the RUK area as part of a project supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the UNDP to conserve the biodiversity of this globally significant area.
Wetland conservation in Sri Lanka : proceedings of the National symposium on wetland conservation and management
   

This publication presents the proceedings of the National Symposium on Wetland Conservation and Management held in 2003 in Colombo. An Introduction to Wetland Conservation in Sri Lanka is followed by ten papers on various themes on wetlands presented by eminent scientists along with the recommendations arising from the symposium.
A review of the status and threats to wetlands in Nepal
    Karki, Sameer | Thomas, Samuel

IUCN has been working to raise awareness regarding the values of wetland ecosystems, the threats to wetlands, wetland dependent peoples and species, and to build capacity for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Nepal. This report is the result of a significant project development effort undertaken by IUCN Nepal over the last two years, which was to design a national project for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in the country. IUCN Nepal commissioned comprehensive studies of wetland flora and fauna, legal and policy framework governing the use of wetlands and wetland resources, the status of wetland ecosystems, and the values and socio-economic aspects of wetlands in Nepal. In short, drawing on these various studies, the report presents an overview and status review of wetlands in Nepal, particularly a review of the environmental and biodiversity context, especially their global significance; national policy and government institutional context for wetland management; an analysis of key threats and root causes of wetland degradation and loss; and, opportunities for wetlands conservation in Nepal.
National register of medicinal and aromatic plants
    Tiwari, Sagendra

The National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (NRMAP) was put together in the year 2000 to assist His Majesty’s Government of Nepal in building up a national register of biological diversity. It provided a format to integrate taxonomic information with details of medicinal properties and uses documented in Nepal’s Ayurvedic texts and ethnobotanical literature. The conservation status of species was indicated in terms of legal protection accorded to it by the government and the CITES appendices. National evaluation of species status was indicated using criteria set by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. However, they do not necessarily find mention in the global Red List of Threatened Species. Nepal’s wealth of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant species has been estimated at 700 to 1,600species based on various sources of information. The NRMAP included 150 species of medicinal/aromatic plants as an initial step to encourage further work in the national registration process. After some deletions and additions this revision has a total 187 species of Plants.
Policy instruments for influencing air quality : a review of recent conditions in Nepal
    Rajbhandari, Beryl

Deteriorating air quality is a growing concern in most countries, including Nepal. Many factors are responsible for changing air quality and this varies from one location to another. This monograph has attempted to undertake review of the experiences with different policies related with influencing air quality changes in Nepal and also to identify potential policy instruments for further improving air quality. The specific objectives are: to review the role of subsidy as a policy instrument in promoting alternative energy technologies such as bio-gas, improved cooking stoves and solar photo-voltaic systems that improves indoor air quality; to find out the effect of fuel price on fuel consumption; to review policies related with the control of air pollution caused by brick kilns; and to review the role of other policies that have been implemented elsewhere in the world and have high potentials for application in Nepal for arresting the air pollutants.
Water as a human right ?
    Scanlon, John | Cassar, Angela | Nemes, Noémi

Formally acknowledging water as a human right could encourage the international community and governments to enhance their efforts to satisfy basic human needs and to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But critical questions arise in relation to a right to water. What would be the benefits and content of such a right? What mechanisms would be required for its effective implementation? Should the duty be placed on governments alone, or should the responsibility also be borne by private actors? Is another 'academic debate' on this subject warranted when action is really what is necessary? Without claiming to prescribe the answers, this publication clearly and carefully sets out the competing arguments and the challenges.
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development
   

The Draft Covenant is a blueprint for an international framework (or umbrella) agreement consolidating and developing existing legal principles related to environment and development. Since the publication of the second edition in 2000, there have been important developments in the field of international environmental law. This revised edition takes account of these changes, following a review of important new treaties and soft law documents, including the Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Implementation. This publication serves as an authoritative reference and checklist for legislators, civil servants and other stakeholders worldwide when drafting new, or updating, existing policies and law.
Securing protected area integrity and rural people's livelihoods : lessons from twelve years of the Kibale and Semliki conservation and development project
    Barrow, Edmund G. C. | Chhetri, Purna B. | Muhweezi, Alex

This book describes the 12 years of Kibale and Semliki Conservation and Development Project, and how in the project’s early days conservation and development activities tended to be separate and discrete activities. With lesson learning the project gradually became more integrated in terms of linking livelihood activities such as tree planting, bee keeping, improved agricultural practice, with conservation interventions (protected area management, and problem animal management). Both Collaborative Management agreements and local level environmental management planning provided the “glue” for this approach and have resulted in improved livelihoods and livelihood security of the people who live close to the protected areas, and improved conservation security of the protected areas as communities have a more demonstrated ownership of, and commitment to the conservation of the protected area. This book has been written, in the main, by project staff and offers some very interesting insights into the linkages between conservation and livelihoods.
Methods for ecological monitoring of coral reefs, version 1 : a resource for managers
Parks in transition : biodiversity, rural development and the bottom line
   

Collection of papers drawing on insight from over 50 case studies and synthesising them into lessons to guide park management in transitional economies where the challenges of poverty and governance can be severe. The central message is that parks are common property regimes that should serve society. It analyses and sheds light on the crucial questions arising from this perspective. If parks are set aside to serve poor people, should conservation demands over-rule demands for jobs and economic growth? Or will deliberately using parks as bridgeheads for better land use and engines for rural development produce more and better conservation? The issue that arises at all levels is that of accountability, including the problematic linkages between parks authorities and political systems, and the question of how to measure park performance. This book provides vital new insights for park management, regarding the relationship between conservation and commercialization, performance management, new systems of governance and management and linkages between parks, landscape and the land-use economy.
Good governance for IUCN in the 21st century : report of the IUCN Council on governance reforms for the Union submitted by the IUCN President to the 3rd IUCN World conservation congress
World Conservation Congress : report of the IUCN Council on governance reforms and proposed amendments to the Statutes and Rules of procedures
Chitral, an integrated development vision : Chitral conservation strategy
Disenfranchisement at large : transfrontier zones, conservation and local livelihoods
Are African elephants an endangered species ?
    Hertzler, Greg | Gomera, Maxwell

In the late 1980s there were two campaigns to save African elephants. One banned international trade in ivory. The other established common property rights to elephants for local communities. Has either campaign saved the elephants? To answer this question, we constructed and solved two models, a biomass model and an age structured model. We conclude that in countries which successfully establish property rights, local communities will conserve elephants. In countries with poor property rights or open access, poachers will exterminate the elephants. The world cannot save the elephants by banning trade. Instead, African countries must save them by establishing property rights.
A new agenda for forest conservation and poverty reduction : making markets work for low-income producers
Nowhere to hide : the trade in Sumatran tiger
IOC-IUCN-NOAA consultative meeting on large marine ecosystems (LMEs), fifth session, Paris, France, 3-4 March 2003
World Conservation Congress : agenda and documentation
Guidelines for planning and managing mountain protected areas
    Hamilton, Lawrence S. | McMillan, Linda

Mountains are special places. For many they are sacred; to most they bring an uplifting of the spirit and refreshment; to all they bring water, and rich biodiversity. Many of them have received legislative recognition by designation as parks or reserves of various kinds, and it is for the planners and managers of this estate that this book has been written. Contained within are guidelines and recommendations, which hopefully will be the foundation for more specific guidelines to be developed at national and then protected area levels.
Conservation on private lands : the Australian experience
    Figgis, Penelope

Australia's rich and distinct biodiversity is under multiple threats including loss of habitat to human settlement, agriculture and grazing, introduction and spread of alien invasives, pollution, altered fire regimes and landclearing. The landclearing rate of c. 500,000 hectares p.a. is comparable to the worst African, South American and Asian de-forestation rates, much occurring on private lands. This paper gives a brief survey of the ecological and social factors driving the increasing emphasis on private lands in the national biodiversity effort. It also reviews some of the key mechanisms being explored to augment the formal parks system to stem the decline and result in long-term biodiversity gains. With a huge range of programmes and mechanisms being trialed, this paper presents a comprehensive overview
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