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Medicinal plant conservation bibliography, volume 1
    Schippmann, Uwe

Books and papers on medicinal plants number tens of thousands worldwide. The bulk of them relate to pharmacology and medicinal properties or to classical ethnobotanical research. Regrettably, information on distribution, life history, biology, population status, levels of extraction and trade, or resource management of the taxa is scarce. Information urgently needed for setting plant conservation priorities is rare and scattered. The bibliography is designed to collect this information from the scattered sources. It systematically reviews about 60 journals for papers with relation to medicinal plant conservation issues. A number of members of the IUCN/SSC Medicinal Plant Specialist Group have contributed literature references to this volume. This first volume includes some 774 references mainly of the years 1990-1996 published in monographs, journals, serial publications, and grey literature. For most 1996 papers, short reviews with a summary of the contents have been drafted. The references are indexed by three types of descriptors: general keywords (e.g. trade volumes, market analysis, ethnobotany, export, population status), country references and taxa references.
Buscando respuestas : nuevos arreglos para la gestión de áreas protegidas y del corredor biológico en Centroamérica
Legislación ambiental suramericana aplicable a los humedales : analisis comparativo e inventario normativo
Sturgeon stocks and caviar trade workshop : proceedings of a workshop held on 9-10 October 1995 in Bonn, Germany
    Birstein, Vadim J. | Bauer, Andreas | Kaiser-Pohlmann, Astrid

Stocks of sturgeono used for caviar are on the decline worldwide with some species now in danger of extinction. This situation has been caused partly by excessive fishing of sturgeon, but also by the destruction of sturgeon habitats and water pollution. Today, this situation is further exacerbated by the smuggling of sturgeon and caviar, by bartering and by related illegal activities. The alarm raised by the near extinction of certain species of sturgeon coupled with the importance that caviar plays in the economies of many a European country, led the German government to organise a workshop on the subject and how to save the falling stocks of sturgeon and ensure that they are replenished. The current publication is a summary of the proceedings of that workshop.
TRAFFIC : ein Gemeinschaftsprogramm von WWF und IUCN
The "trade and environment" agenda : survey of major issues and proposals. From Marrakesh to Singapore
    Ewing, Kenneth P. | Tarasofsky, Richard G.

It is not surprising that the issues involved in what is known as the "trade and environment" debate are manifold and complex. What is involved is an intersection of objectives which address economy, development, enviornment and equity. All this in an attempt to find the appropriate balance between free and controlled markets. As the reach of both globalization and environmental policies increase, it becomes ever necessary to fulfil the aim stated in Agenda 21 of ensuring that trade and environment are mutually supportive. The first step in this will be to increase the dialogue between the trade and sustainable development communities. This book aims to facilitate this by introducing the non-specialist to this debate. The approach taken is not theoretical, but practical. It focuses on the World Trade Organization's Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) first term (1994-96). It is divided into two parts. The main part examines each item on the CTE's mandate by providing a background to the issue and a survey of the various proposals made both within the CTE and beyond. The second part is a comprehensive bibliography of literature as well as legal instruments decisions, for those who wish to do additional research.
Cumulative environmental impacts in Antarctica : minimisation and management. Proceedings of the IUCN workshop on cumulative impacts in Antarctica
Large dams : learning from the past, looking at the future. Workshop proceedings
    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.
The implementation of international environmental law in Nepal
    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
Profiles of donors supporting environment and development initiatives in Southern Africa
Biodiversity information : needs and options. Proceedings of the 1996 international workshop on biodiversity information
Environmental accounting and IUCN
Environmental accounting : what's it all about?
Conservation de la vitalité et de la diversité : compte rendu d'un atelier sur les espèces étrangères envahissantes du Congrès mondial sur la conservation
Conserving vitality and diversity : proceedings of the World conservation congress workshop on alien invasive species
    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. 
Membership directory : IUCN-The World Conservation Union
Economic valuation of wetlands : a guide for policy makers and planners
    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.
Business and biodiversity : a guide for the private sector
    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.
Résolutions et recommendations : Congrès mondial de la nature, Montréal, Canada, 13-23 octobre 1996
Resoluciones y recomendaciones : Congreso mundial de la naturaleza, Montreal, Canadá, 13-23 de octubre de 1996
Resolutions and recommendations : World conservation congress, Montreal, Canada, 13-23 October 1996
Multiple land-use : the experience of the Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
   

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.
Fishing for a living : the ecology and economics of fishponds in Central Europe
   

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.
Whale meat trade in East Asia : a review of the markets in 1997
CITES Appendix III and the trade in big-leafed mahogany
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