Publications advanced search

Displaying 9101 - 9125 of 26421 items
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
Conference
Publication Year
    Dorcey, Tony | Steiner, Achim | Acreman, Michael C. | Orlando, Brett

These proceedings document the initial results of a joint initiative by IUCN and the World Bank to address, with key stakeholders, one of the most controversial issues in environment and development today. In April 1997, IUCN and the World Bank Group jointly hosted a two-day workshop in Gland, Switzerland to discuss the findings of an internal World Bank review of 50 large dams financed by the Bank. The workshop, which included representatives from governements, the private sector, international financial institutions and civil society organizations, broke new ground by setting in motion a process to establish a world commission on dams by November 1997 with a two year mandate to: review the development effectiveness of large dams, develop standards, criteria and guidelines to advise future decision making. The proceedings summarize the workshop discussion and contain a series of overview papers commissioned for the workshop on four key topics : engineering and economics, social and stakeholder issues, environmental sustainability, and future challenges facing the hydro industry.

    Belbase, Narayan

One of a series of reports which have been produced by IUCN Nepal as part of its work in the legal implementation of the Nepal's National Conservation Startegy (NCS). It gives an account of the status of international environmental law in Nepal

    Rubec, C. D. A. | Lee, Gerry O.

This report summarizes the discussions of the Workshop on Alien Invasive Species held in Montreal (CA) during the WCC October 13-23, 1996. This report is produced to foster implementation of multi-party objectives concerning management of alien invasive species globally. 

    Acreman, Michael C. | Barbier, Edward B. | Knowler, Duncan

Outlines the needs for, and benefits of, economic valuation techniques as applied to wetlands and development projects intended to alter them, and describes some of these techniques in detail. A number of case studies, a glossary and a 10-pages bibliography increase the importance of this book for theoreticians and practical managers alike.

    Stone, David | Ringwood, Kristina | Vorhies, Frank

The Convention on biological diversity was drafted with in mind the conservation of the world's natural resources, their sustainable use and the equal sharing of their benefits. Among the primary utilisers of these natural resources is industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the food industry and many more. This short guide addresses the business community by describing which sections of the Convention appeal directly to the private sector and how the private sector can involve itself to ensure that the natural resources on which it too depends for its livelihood will be available for generations to come.

   

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is widely recognised as one of Africa's longest-standing experiments in multiple land-use promoting both natural resource conservation and pastoral development in northern Tanzania. This book provides a case study of management in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and details the background studies and planning processes used to develop a conservation and development strategy as well as a general management plan for the area. With the help of black and white photographs and numerous maps and graphic presentations, this work summarises some of the applied research studies available to managers and planners in the area and describes how this body of information has been used to establish a "designed future" for natural resources and economic and social conditions in the Nogorongoro Conservation Area.

   

Fishponds represent a rich natural and cultural heritage of tremendous importance and are of great economic value to the regions in which they are found. This is particularly true of the fishponds found in Central and Eastern Europe, some of which were established 5 and 600 years ago. However, the social, cultural, economic and political upheaval that has characterised the recent history of the region has brought in its wake serious implications for their survival. This report, the results of a project entitled "Environmental/economic appraisal of commercial fish pond operations in four Central European countries" draws on the experiences of four participating countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to assess the natural and economic values of their fishponds and proposes a series of recommendations for their future conservation.

    Mills, Judy A.

In China, domestic trade in both tiger and rhinoceros products has been banned since 1993 and the maximum penalty for illicit trade is death. This report documents the progress made in implementing the ban but also the continuing availability of rhinoceros horn, tiger bone and their medicinal derivatives in the country.