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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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UICN 70 anos : América do Sul Escritório Regional relatório anual 2018
UICN 70 años : América del Sur Oficina Regional reporte anual 2018
Informe de la UICN para la República del Perú 2017–2018
Informe de la UICN para la República del Ecuador 2017–2018
Water use and Nexus opportunities in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam : an overview
Turismo e gestão da visitação em áreas protegidas
    Leung, Yu-Fai | Spenceley, Anna | Hvenegaard, Glen | Buckley, Ralf

As áreas protegidas são um componente essencial de qualquer estratégia de conservação global. O turismo oferece uma maneira crucial e única de promover a conexão dos visitantes com os valores das áreas protegidas, tornando-se uma força potencialmente positiva para a conservação. Os benefícios econômicos do turismo em áreas protegidas - que dependem de belas áreas naturais, vida selvagem e natureza saudáveis e culturas autênticas - também podem ser um argumento poderoso para a conservação. O turismo em áreas protegidas é uma parte importante da indústria global de turismo - uma indústria cuja escala e impactos são enormes. Um volume tão alto de visitantes implica certas necessidades de infraestrutura fundamental e requisitos de emprego e serviços humanos, todos com ramificações para a economia, sociedade, cultura e meio ambiente. Essas diretrizes fornecem orientações sobre questões-chave para ajudar os gestores a alcançar um turismo sustentável em áreas protegidas. 
Bolivia : desafíos socioambientales en las tierras bajas
Directrices para áreas bajo protección privada
    Mitchell, Brent | Stolton, Sue | Bezaury-Creel, Juan | Bingham, Heather C. | Cumming, Tracey L. | Dudley, Nigel | Fitzsimons, James | Malleret-King, Delphine | Redford, Kent H. | Solano, Pedro

Estas directrices abordan la planificación y la gestión de áreas bajo protección privada (APP). Las orientaciones están dirigidas principalmente a responsables del diseño de políticas públicas, o bien, profesionales que están o podrían estar vinculados con APPs. Esta publicación brinda orientaciones sobre todos los aspectos relacionados con el establecimiento, la gestión y la entrega de reportes de APPs, e incluye principios y buenas prácticas con ejemplos extraídos de diversas partes del mundo. El objetivo de estas directrices es encauzar la aplicación de la política y los principios de la UICN hacia resultados de conservación más eficaces, con foco en los gestores y administradores de APPs. Es posible que no todas las orientaciones sean aplicables a todos los contextos sociales, políticos y económicos. No obstante, aprender de las mejores prácticas de otras partes del mundo y pensar en cómo aplicarlas a escala local o nacional puede, desde luego, dar luces sobre cómo mejorar las condiciones de las APPs, para capitalizar las oportunidades que ofrecen y, de este modo, aumentar las probabilidades de éxito de la conservación privada.
Nexus comprehensive methodological framework
Les oiseaux et les réseaux électriques en Afrique du Nord
    Martín Martín, Justo | Barrios, Violeta | Clavero Sousa, Helena | Garrido López, José Rafael

Les lignes électriques causent chaque année la mort de millions d’oiseaux dans le monde. Il s’agit d’un problème mondial qui, loin de s’atténuer, s’aggrave à mesure que la production et la consommation d’énergie électrique se développent dans le monde entier et atteignent des zones reculées, jusque-là dépourvues de ces infrastructures. Tel est par exemple le cas dans certaines régions d’Afrique du Nord. Le développement relativement récent de l’électrification dans une partie du continent signifie que ce problème de conservation pour l’avifaune n’a pas encore reçu l’attention qu’il mérite. Cependant, des données inquiétantes sur son incidence ont été recueillies
ces dernières années. Ce document est un recueil sur cette problématique, ses causes et ses conséquences, et sur les diverses approches pour traiter le problème, en se concentrant sur cette zone géographique, dans le but d’en promouvoir la connaissance et la prévention et, dans la mesure du possible, de rechercher des solutions.
How inter-institutional networks transform landscapes
    Imbach, Alejandro | Vidal, Adriana

For forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be sustainable and responsive to multiple developmental and environmental needs, we need dialogue and coordination among sectors, actors and institutions. FLR initiatives involve a web of multiple and diverse stakeholder groups and sectors – such as (sub) national governments, agricultural and forestry companies, research institutions, NGOs, traditional communities, landowners and companies – with diverse and often conflicting interests and priorities. This study identifies key factors related to the success and impact of ICMs for FLR and presents elements that should be considered when developing new or assessing current ICMs. It does this by using an adapted network evaluation framework, drawing on examples from five ICMs operating at different scales in Espirito Santo in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, the Yucatan Peninsula States in Mexico, and Peru. This  report presents a package of tools, principles and guiding questions that can be used to develop new or assess existing ICMs for FLR. This study also presents a package of tools, principles and guiding questions that can be used to develop new or assess existing ICMs for FLR.
Protecting the Third Pole : transplanting international law
    Marsden, Simon

This highly topical book considers the important question of how best to protect the environment of the Third Pole – the area comprising the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau – using the tool of international law. Following detailed analysis of the weaknesses in the current legal protections according to comparative legal theory, Simon Marsden recommends three potential options for implementation by policy and lawmakers.
Nature-based solutions in nationally determined contributions
    Seddon, Nathalie | Sengupta, Sandeep | Garcia Espinosa, Maria | Hauler, Irina | Herr, Dorothée | Rizvi, Ali Raza

Nature-based solutions (NbS) -- centred on the protection, restoration and sustainable management of the world's ecosystems -- have a vitally important role to play in addressing both the causes and consequences of climate change. As countries revise or prepare new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in support of the Paris Agreement in the run-up to 2020, there is a major opportunity to increase global ambition on climate change through strengthening the role of these natural solutions. To support the increased uptake of NbS in future NDCs, this report presents an overview of the current level of ambition for nature within them, and highlights what can be done further to fully harness the potential of NbS in global climate action going forward. 
A global register of competences for protected area practitioners (Nepali version)
    Appleton, Michael R.

As the global coverage of protected areas increases, it is becoming more important to ensure that today's managers have the necessary qualifications and skills to effectively manage protected areas. This publication defines all the possible skills, knowledge and personal qualities required by people working in protected areas around the world. It is an ideal reference and starting point for managers and human resource professionals to plan and manage staffing of protected areas, for educators to identify and meet capacity needs, and for individuals to assess and develop their own skills. 
A miniature world in decline
    Hodgetts, Nick

The European Red List is a review of the status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. 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. This publication is a summary of the conservation status of the European species of mosses, liverworts and hornworts, collectively known as bryophytes. It provides the first comprehensive, region-wide assessment of bryophytes and it identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at a European level, so that appropriate policy measures and conservation actions, based on the best available evidence, can be taken to improve their status. The geographical scope is continentwide, extending from Iceland in the west to the Urals in the east, and from Franz Josef Land in the north to the Canary Islands in the south. The Caucasus region is not included.
Estimating the mitigation potential of forest landscape restoration
    König, Simon | Matson, Erin D. | Krilasevic, Elmedina | Garcia Espinosa, Maria

This document aims to guide proponents and developers of forest landscape restoration (FLR) activities and programmes in the rapid estimation of FLR mitigation potential, alignment with national greenhouse gas (GHG) estimation processes and identification of opportunities to enhance the role of FLR in national mitigation efforts. 
Micropolluants organiques dans les eaux de surface du canton de Genève : point de situation 2011–2016
Reviving land and restoring landscapes
    Gichuki, Leah | Brouwer, Rens | Davies, Jonathan | Vidal, Adriana | Kuzee, Mirjam | Magero, Chris | Walter, Sven | Lara, Pedro | Oragbade, Christiana | Gilbey, Ben

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continue to influence global development policy in the coming decade. Under SDG15, Target 15.3 calls to “combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world” by 2030. As of May 2019, 122 countries committed to set national targets for a land degradation-neutral world (LDN). Preceding and parallel to the LDN process, the Bonn Challenge, the largest global initiative on restoration, was launched in 2011 to bring into restoration 150 million hectares by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. With 59 countries, subnational governments and private organizations having made pledges to restore over 168 million hectares, the support of regional initiatives such as the AFR100 and Initiative 20x20, and tremendous high-level political support across all regions, the Bonn Challenge has raised the profile on restoration across the board. This report shows through policy analysis in 13 selected countries that linkages and complementarity between the nature and objectives of Bonn Challenge pledges and the LDN targets are robust, therefore the opportunity to optimize synergies and impact needs to be realized. Pathway to this include strengthening (inter)sectoral coordination, consolidating reporting schemes for FLR and LDN, and aligning investments and actions within the national restoration agendas and LDN agendas.

 
European Red List of trees
    Rivers, Malin

The European Red List is a review of the status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. 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. This publication summarises results for all Europe’s native species of tree (454 species), of which 265 species (over 58%) are endemic to continental Europe, with 56% (252 species) endemic to the 28 EU Member States. Of these, 168 (42%) of the species are threatened with extinction at the European level, however, for 57 species (nearly 13%) there was insufficient information to assign a conservation status, and are therefore classified as Data Deficient, and in need of further research. The main threat to tree species in Europe has been identified as invasive or problematic species, impacting 38% of tree species, followed by deforestation and wood harvesting, and urban development (both affecting 20% of tree species). For threatened species, livestock farming, land abandonment, changes in forest and woodland management, and other ecosystem modifications such as fire are the major threats, impacting the survival of trees.
Review of plastic footprint methodologies
    Boucher, Julien | Dubois, Carole | Kounina, Anna | Puydarrieux, Philippe

Of the 8,300 million tonnes of plastic produced from 1950 to 2015, only 7% has been recycled while more than half has been discarded in landfill or leaked into the environment. Companies, organisations, and governments are taking measures to tackle plastic pollution. However, there is currently no standard methodology to measure the extent of the plastic problem. This report provides a review of existing and emerging methodologies to identify the abundance, distribution, types, sources, pathways and sinks of plastic pollution at different scales. It also provides an overview of the state of knowledge for impact assessment and monetary valuation methodologies, along with a glossary of key terms related to plastics, marine plastics and environmental footprints.
Heritage dammed
   

The first part of this report presents a general review and collection of case-studies on the impacts of water infrastructure on World Heritage areas world-wide. Analysing case studies from all continents, the report comes to the conclusion that the values of river ecosystems, although widely recognized by science and indigenous cultures alike, so far have not been adequately taken into account during implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The last section of this volume contains our recommendations how to protect natural and cultural values of freshwater ecosystems in the context of the World Heritage Convention and beyond.
A landscape for everyone
   

Within a landscape of overlapping ecological, social and economic priorities, there exists a fundamental need to balance the land use dynamics of natural resource management with environmental and livelihood considerations. However, in striving to reach such a balance, people and local institutions are often excluded or forgotten. Many landscapes are not governed equitably and those within the landscape may not know their rights, how to exercise them, or lack legal tenure over their land. We have found that the integration of rights-based and landscape scale approaches to conservation and sustainable natural resource management leads to better landscape governance. This publication provides the opportunity to understand landscape approaches in specific contexts, and more clearly understand rights-based approaches through a series of case studies and applications. It brings to light a number of the challenges and opportunities that people, organisations and institutions confront when integrating these approaches into more balanced landscape governance.
UICN 70 ans : Afrique Centrale et Occidentale Bureau Régional rapport annuel 2018
IUCN 70 years : West and Central Africa Regional Office annual report 2018
Resúmenes de los análisis de las propuestas de enmienda a los apéndices de CITES de UICN/TRAFFIC para la 18o reunión de la conferencia de las partes
   

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) was opened for signature in Washington DC on 3rd March 1973, and to date has 182 Parties from across the world. If CITES is to remain a credible instrument for conserving species affected by trade, the decisions of the Parties must be based on the best available scientific and technical information. Recognizing this, IUCN and TRAFFIC have undertaken technical reviews of the proposals to amend the CITES Appendices. The Analyses - as these technical reviews are known - aim to provide as objective an assessment as possible of each amendment proposal against the requirements of the Convention as laid out in the listing criteria elaborated in Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16) and other relevant Resolutions and Decisions. 
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