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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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Proceedings... : World Conservation Congress, Amman, Jordan, 4-11 October 2000
The red book : the extinction crisis face to face
    Robles Gil, Patricio | Pérez Gil, Ramón | Bolívar, Antonio | Bräutigam, Amie | Jenkins, Martin | Rabb, George | Ceballos, Gerardo | Ehrlich, Paul R. | Bogan, Arthur E. | Dublin, Holly T.

Drawing on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, this publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with solid science and factual accounts. The result of a collaboration between industry and science, this dramatic new work conveys to the general public the urgency and scale of the current extinction crisis. It describes the extinction process, its causes, and the measures needed to reverse it in terms accessible to everyone. More than simply raising awareness, this book is a call for action to all sectors of society from industry to governments to educators, to work together to save biological diversity. Conserving this diversity is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today and we hope this book will help inspire more people to take up that challenge.
The development and application of ecological networks : a review of proposals, plans and programmes
    Bennett, Graham | Wit, Piet de

This report comprises a worldwide review of 38 ecological network initiatives that are currently being developed or implemented. It includes an inventory of a wide range of proposals, plans and ongoing programmes to establish ecological networks at scales varying from the regional to intercontinental, and summary findings on the main features of the initiatives. The report is intended as a contribution to IUCN's review of experience in developing and applying ecological networks which was initiated through a resolution adopted at the 1996 World Conservation Congress. Executive summaries in English, French and Spanish precede the report findings.
Implementation of an exchange programme for protected areas in East Asia
    Hayes, Shelley | Shultis, John

The East Asia Action Plan (IUCN, 1996) recommended exchange programmes as a means of improving protected area management capacity in the East Asia region. The experience of exchange programmmes from around the world shows that they can bring great benefits when executed and managed effectively. This report reviews and summarizes past experience world-wide in protected area-related exchange programmes, and analyzes its relevance to East Asia. A ten-stage planning process that can be adapted for use at the local, national and regional scale and a strategy for introducing protected area exchange programmes into East Asia are recommended
Guidelines for financing protected areas in East Asia
    Athanas, Andrea | Ghersi, Fernando | Phillips, Adrian | Shadie, Peter | Shultis, John | Vorhies, Frank

These guidelines address one of the most critical issues which protected area planners and managers face in the East Asia region: obtaining the funds needed to ensure the survival and success of protected areas. The publication explains how protected areas can generate more finance to help meet their needs, and contains brief case studies. It also includes a list of potential funding sources in the region. It is hoped that the advice available in these guidelines will provide protected areas managers in East Asia with some of the tools and knowledge that they require to improve the financial ‘bottom line’ of their protected areas and protected area systems.
Comunicación efectiva para involucrar actores clave en las estrategias de biodiversidad
    Cuvi Sánchez, María | Puyol, Ana

El Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) representa un hito histórico. Es el primer acuerdo global que aborda integralmente los aspectos biológicos, económicos, sociales y culturales de la biodiversidad. Todos los países de América del Sur han ratificado el Convenio y sus respectivos gobiernos se han comprometarget_ido a desarrollar esfuerzos de planificación nacional a los que se ha denominado Estrategias Nacionales de Biodiversidad - ENB. Esta publicación resulta de un taller realizado en Galápagos, Ecuador, del 8 al 12 de febrero de 1999, sobre la comunicación efectiva. Uno de los aportes más importantes fue la reflexión que allí se desencadenó sobre el papel crucial que juega la comunicación tanto en la elaboración interactiva de políticas de biodiversidad, como en el desarrollo de procesos de comunicación pertinentes para el logro de consensos sectoriales e intersectoriales.
Proceedings of the technical information sharing workshop for the ZIMOZA transborder natural resources management (TBNRM) initiative
Invasive alien species : a toolkit of best prevention and management practices
Regional strategic action plan for the environmental and biodiversity resources of the Congo Basin ecosystems
Nouvelles orientations pour le XXIe siècle : résultats des séances interactives du Congrès mondial pour la nature
    McNeely, Jeffrey A.

World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement. In order to help IUCN keep up with changing conditions and important developments in the global conservation agenda, twelve Interaction Sessions were scheduled at the 2nd World Conservation Congress to discuss topics as varied as Environment and Security, Forests for life, and the Ecological limits of climate change. Both the preparations for the sessions and the sessions themselves were designed to ensure broad input and fruitful dialogue from all participants. This publication summarizes each Interactive Session and highlights both the new ideas identified and specific recommendations on how IUCN can successfully address them.
Nuevos derroteros para el siglo XXI : resultados de las sesiones interactivas del Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza
    McNeely, Jeffrey A.

World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement. In order to help IUCN keep up with changing conditions and important developments in the global conservation agenda, twelve Interaction Sessions were scheduled at the 2nd World Conservation Congress to discuss topics as varied as Environment and Security, Forests for life, and the Ecological limits of climate change. Both the preparations for the sessions and the sessions themselves were designed to ensure broad input and fruitful dialogue from all participants. This publication summarizes each Interactive Session and highlights both the new ideas identified and specific recommendations on how IUCN can successfully address them.
New directions for the 21st century : results of the World Conservation Congress interactive sessions
    McNeely, Jeffrey A.

World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement. In order to help IUCN keep up with changing conditions and important developments in the global conservation agenda, twelve Interaction Sessions were scheduled at the 2nd World Conservation Congress to discuss topics as varied as Environment and Security, Forests for life, and the Ecological limits of climate change. Both the preparations for the sessions and the sessions themselves were designed to ensure broad input and fruitful dialogue from all participants. This publication summarizes each Interactive Session and highlights both the new ideas identified and specific recommendations on how IUCN can successfully address them.
2000 annual report : IUCN Regional Office for Southern Africa
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation : based on the proceedings of workshops held in Bormio (1998) and Gland (2000)
    Hamilton, Lawrence S. | Sandwith, Trevor | Sheppard, David | Shine, Clare

Protected areas are vital for life on earth. They safeguard biological and cultural diversity, help to improve the livelihoods of local communities, provide the homelands for many indigenous peoples and bring countless benefits to society at large. It is now generally understood that conservation planning cannot just be site-specific; plants and animals do not recognize national boundaries, nor do many of the forces that threaten them. Strategies to conserve biodiversity in the 21st century must therefore emphasize transboundary co-operation , and may at the same time foster better co-operation and understanding between countries. This publication reports on the work undertaken by IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas to focus attention on the conservation and security benefits of transboundary protected areas.
CITES : a conservation tool : a guide to amending the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, prepared for the twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, November 2002, Chile
Política de humedales de Costa Rica
The wellbeing of nations : a country-by-country index of quality of life and the environment
    Prescott-Allen, Robert

This exceptional publication provides a new analysis of the state of the world and the first global assessment of sustainability. It surveys 180 countries using the Wellbeing Assessment, a unique way of measuring human and ecosystem wellbeing. Developed with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and IUCN, the new method gives equal weight to people and the environment, and its Human Wellbeing Index and Ecosystem Wellbeing Index cover a wider range of concerns than other yardsticks such as the Gross Domestic Product, the Human Development Index, or the Environmental Sustainability Index. The indexes help societies to identify the main obstacles to sustainability and devise strategies to overcome them. Only 37 countries, led by Sweden, are more than half way to the goal of sustainability.
Biodiversidad en breve
   

This set of 20 4-page briefs aims to raise awareness about biodiversity issues within EC development cooperation. The briefs are broken down into three types, including policy, sector and background biodiversity briefs. The first two indicate important issues to be considered by policy makers and technical advisers at policy, programme and project levels, and the third category summarizes topics and legal responsibilities for a general audience.
Guiding principles for biodiversity in development : lessons from field projects
   

A companion document to the Strategic Approach document, this guide reviews the lessons learned from the various agency initiatives to integrate biodiversity issues into development cooperation programmes. The lessons learned have been condensed into a set of Guiding Principles which aim to ensure that development cooperation projects and programmes are effective and sustainable, and take full account of environmental security and biodiversity issues. Social, economic and institutional issues are an integral part of the Principles, since these are often the main underlying causes of biodiversity loss.
Strategic approach for integrating biodiversity in development cooperation
   

This document is the product of extensive consultation between EC policy advisers and task managers dealing with biodiversity and the environment, and those working on natural resource and non-natural resource issues. The important issue of integrating biodiversity into development cooperation policy and practice is addressed. It highlights the need to realise biodiversity's full potential to support development while addressing the direct and underlying causes of its loss.
Landscape conservation : an international working session on the stewardship of protected landscapes
Technical workshop : World Heritage and mining
Trawling in the mist : industrial fisheries in the Russian part of the Bering Sea
Agriculture and biodiversity
    Balakrishna, P.

Over 800 million human beings suffer from hunger and malnutrition. The future of global food security depends on the success of our efforts in the conservation and enhancement of agrobiodiversity, the biodiversity occurring in plants and animals. It is important that both intensification and diversification of agriculture, particularly in the developing countries, is based on sound ecological foundations essential for sustainable advances in crop and animal productivity.
Guidelines for tourism in parks and protected areas of East Asia
    Bowman, Margaret E. | Eagles, Paul F. J. | Tao, Teresa Chang-Hung

This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia. It has been designed to help them think about the influx of tourism to natural protected areas, and to urge them to consciously plan for management of the interactions of tourists and the natural and cultural environment. General suggestions have been made that each jurisdiction and park can use when developing their own approaches to policy development, funding, implementation and management. Local communities, private tourism operators and land-use planners will also be able to use various sections of this document to assist their practices in being more sustainable
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