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Sahelian flood plains, challenges and perspectives : proceedings of the regional conference
West Indian iguanas : status survey and conservation action plan
    Alberts, Allison

The West Indian Iguanas form a unique group of species inhabiting tropical dry forests throughout the Bahanas and the Greater and Lesser Antilles. They are among the most endangered of the world's lizards, primarily because much of their fragile island habitat has been eliminated by human developemnt or severely degraded by exotic species. The Jamaican iguana, considered by some to be the rarest lizard in the world, may number no more than 100 adults. Because iguanas are likely to be important seed dispersers for many endemic plants, their loss has serious consequences for the ecosystems in which they live. This plan summarises the status of wild populations, identifies the primary threats, and recommends specific actions. A list of national agencies, research institutions in the countries of origin of taxa covered in the plan is included
Grouse : status survey and conservation action plan 2000-2004
    Storch, Ilse

Grouse have long attracted and fascinated people. Their display behaviour, and their traditional communal mating grounds or "leks", have inspired poetry and folklore as well as scientific theories on sexual selection and mating systems. Im many parts of their range, hunting plays a major role in the culture, economy, and subsistence of local communities. Although from a global perspective their status is not critical, grouse are far from being safe, and on a local scale, many local populations of grouse are declining and threatened with extinction. This plan provides a guide to the distribution, status, and threats to all grouse species; its major objective is to identify conservation priorities from a global perspective
Cours de formation régional sur la gestion des zones humides, Saint Louis (Sénégal)... : rapport général
Formation régionale sur les zones humides de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Thème : potentialités et problématiques de l'utilisation des zones humides
The 1999 list of threatened fauna and flora of Sri Lanka
    Dela, Jinie

Documents nationally threatened fauna and flora of Sri Lanka. The lists were prepared using new national criteria. According to the lists, a total of 560 species of fauna and 690 species of plants are found to be highly threatened or threatened.
Report of the first eastern and southern Africa regional biodiversity forum : using biodiversity to strengthen livelihoods
    Emerton, L. (Lucy) | Maganya, Jeff

The theme of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Session of the GBF was “Using Biodiversity to Strengthen Livelihoods”. The Forum explored ways and means of integrating poverty alleviation considerations into local, national and regional actions aimed at conserving, using sustainably and sharing equitably the benefits of biodiversity. Its principal aim was to enable broad discussion and dialogue on a range of key biodiversity issues, prior to the 5th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP5), to be held in May 2000 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Forum also sought to encourage regional collaboration and to broaden the constituency for the implementation of the CBD in the region, especially among non-governmental and community-based organizations and the private sector.
Cooperation in the European mountains, 2 : Caucasus
    Price, Martin F.

Cooperation at the scale of entire mountain ranges, whether through formal agreements or regional institutions, is widely acknowledged to be desirable. The Caucasus, generally better known for conflict than cooperation, is a major centre of biological, landscape, and cultural diversity. Appropriate mechanisms to maintain and foster these various types of diversity - which are intricately linked - are urgently needed and as first step, this report gives an overview of the region and details of existing structures for cooperation at all levels
An introduction to the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme
First annual South Asian environment assessment conference : proceedings...
Proceedings of the National forum on multi-stakeholder sustainability planning in Bangladesh
Conservation status Siwalik area of Ilam district
    Oli, Krishna Prasad

The Siwalik (Churiya) range is a fragile land system formed from sediments during the raising of the greater and lesser Himalaya. The area is considered one of the world's most important sources of the later tertiary fossils of mammals and provides a basis for much of our current knowledge about the evolution of fauna, especially primates and reptiles. The Siwaliks, ranging east to west, occupy an estimated 13; of Nepal's total land area. Recently the area has come under tremendous pressure from illegal encroachment, which has increased the degradation process, excerbated by modern infrastructure development. This document is a basline dataset for Ilam Siwalik's socio-economy, hydrology, agriculture, land use, forestry, fauna and flora and other environmental issues. It also briefly identifies specific policies to be adopted and action to be undertaken for the conservation of the entire Siwalik areas and Ilam district.
Conservation and development plan of Lekhnath Municipality
   

Urban centres in Nepal will continue to grow as the trend to migrate to urban centres from neighbouring rural areas in search for better economic opportunities continues. This trend will have a significant impact on the existing infrastructure facilities and services of the urban centres. Haphazard growth and inadequate services have not only degraded the environmental quality of the urban centres but have made some urban areas uninhabitable. This plan aims to develop Leknath Municipality as a "Garden City" and proposes policies, strategies and activities for land use accordingly. Also proposed are strategies to build appropriate infrastructure and human resource capabilities to develop the tourism industry.
Adelantando el siglo de la acción : informe 98-99
Identification guide to fishes in the live seafood trade of the Asia-Pacific region
Landscape conservation law : present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law. Proceedings of a colloquium
   

The attention given to landscape in environmental law is new and the subject raises a series of interesting problems, which were highlighted at a Colloquium. Its central theme was the draft European Landscape Convention prepared by the Council of Europe, the first of its kind. Since 1998, the draft has evolved, and has reached its almost final form; it is expected to be adopted during 2000. In addition to considering the draft Convention, the Colloquium also explored the elements of landscape conservation law in various parts of the world
Ke hoach hanh dong da dang sinh hoc cua Viet Nam hoi thao kiem diem 3 nam thuc hien : bao co tom tat = The Vietnam biodiversity action plan three year review workshop [1996-1998] : a summary report
   

The Vietnam Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) was developed by the Ministry of Forestry and the State Committee of Science, in collaboration with WWF and UNDP. I was published in 1994 and approved by the government in 1995. This workshop was a critical assessment of the BAP's three years of implementation. Following an overview of measures taken to date, working groups identified the main gaps in the Plan and put forward key recommendations, and the meeting agreed a number of tasks to be carried out in the nex period.
Forest cover and forest reserves in Kenya : policy and practice
Review of collaborative management arrangements for Mt. Elgon National Park
Engaging local users in the management of wetland resources : the case of the National Wetlands Programme, Uganda
Summary and key lessons from a comparative review and analysis of community conservation in East Africa
Defining institutions for collaborative mangrove management : a case study from Tanga, Tanzania
A strategic framework for IUCN Pakistan
Annual report 1997-98 IUCN Pakistan
Biology and conservation of freshwater cetaceans in Asia
    Reeves, Randall R. | Smith, Brian D. | Kasuya, Toshio

This compilation brings together current information on the status of Asian freshwater cetacean populations, the factors that have caused their recent declines, and what can be done to improve their chances for survival. All of the species or populations in quesion are classified as endangered or critically endangered in the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Includes papers on water development issues, the Yangtze River Dolphin, or Baiji, the Ganges River Dolphin, or Susu, and the Yantgze River population of finless porpoisese. In the final section , five papers address methods for studying freswater cetaceans
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