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Tropical lowland peatlands of Southeast Asia : proceedings of a workshop on integrated planning and management of tropical lowland peatlands held at Cisarua, Indonesia, 3-8 July 1992
    Maltby, Edward | Immirzi, C. P. | Safford, R. J.

This work forms part of a preparatory phase leading to a handbook providing guidelines for the sustainable utlization and integrated management of tropical peatlands. The papers cover the resource and its conservation; social cultural and economic factors affecting utlization; forestry management approaches; case studies; and concludes with a summary of the workshop sessions focusing on future directions.
Assessing biodiversity status and sustainability
    Groombridge, Brian | Jenkins, Martin

Outlines approaches to assessment of the status and sustainability of national biodiversity. Methods are introduced for biodiversity survey, assessment of the status of species and habitats, and identification of local users of biological resources and the importance and impacts of such use.
Non-timber forest products : ecological and economic aspects of exploitation in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
    Broekhoven, Guido

Based on information derived from literature, statistics, interviews and a field survey in Bolivia, this report explores the value of non-timber forest products not only in economic terms but also as an important element in the lives of people who live in or near the forest. Covers values at local, national and international level; intellectual property rights; ecotourism; and sustainability of exploitation with detailed examples.
Wild cats : status survey and conservation action plan
    Jackson, Peter | Nowell, Kristin

Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the 36 wild cats of the world. It includes the first published collection of detailed range maps and some of the first photographs of rare species in the wild. It provides a thorough review of major issues in cat conservation such as habitat loss and management of big cats in livestock areas; field and laboratory research; international trade; the role of zoos; and reintroduction. High priority are identified to further the cause of cat conservation
The conservation atlas of tropical forests : the Americas
   

The threats to the forests of tropical America have been the centre of international environmental concern for some time, yet the material in this atlas highlights the continuing extent of scientific uncertainty over the critical issues that will determine the future use and conservation of these forests. Preceded by Asia and the Pacific, 1991; Africa, 1992 (both now out of print), this atlas completes the series. Part I examines the obstacles to protection of tropical forests and outlines a plan to counter problems such as colonization, exploitation of natural resources, and illegal trade in forest species. Part II presents an in-depth study of the forests in each country of the Caribbean, Central and South America.This research is gathered together in detailed colour maps, photos, and concise tables illustrating the development of each area. For students, researchers, and activists, the atlas will prove an invaluable guide through this still largely uncharted territory
Letters to Nani G. Oruga
Forests for life : the WWF/IUCN forest policy book
Opportunities for Antarctic environmental education and training : proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN workshop on environmental education and training
    Dingwall, P. R. (Paul Richard) | Walton, D. W. H.

Examines the educational and training needs arising from relevant legal instruments; covers education and training currently undertaken by national programmes; and, by considering the range of tools available, identifies initiatives for improving the environmental education of scientists, support staff and tourists to the Antarctic.
Historias no contadas de mujeres, hombres y vacas
From care to action : making a sustainable world
    Holdgate, Martin W.

Sir Martin Holdgate, former IUCN Director General, was a principal author of both the "World conservation strategy" and "Caring for the earth". In this book, he brings his unrivalled experience to the task of reviewing progress to date and examining what now needs to be done. He argues that we must work for change at every level, from our understanding of our place in relation to nature and the values we put on it, up to a reformed economic structure and new social institutions. When individuals have the relevant information and the power to act on it within their own communities, our prospects for the future may be transformed. This powerfully written and thought provoking book, by one of the worlds leading environmentalists, will be useful for students and researchers in the field, as well as of value to all those interested in the environment and conservation.
Conservation thesaurus, version 1.0
    Moritz, Tom

This structured list of "keywords" has been compiled to aid indexing of conservation and biological diversity information. Terms were selected from lists already in use within IUCN and from such internationally accepted sources as the OECD Macro-thesaurus. This publication is the product of a joint project between the libraries of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, and IUCN.
Ethnobotany
What about the wild animals?
    Redford, Kent H. | Godshalk, Robert | Asher, Kiran

Community forestry aims to assist local people to improve their livelihoods by successfully managing their natural resources, particularly trees and forests, through forestry-related projects. Wildlife plays an important role in the lives of many of the people targeted by these projects. This document does not seek to make foresters or extensionists experts on wildlife. Rather, it seeks to raise issues and expand professional thinking on benefits from learning more about wildlife from local people. The study therefore tries to: (1) provide a framework for community forestry professionals to consider ways to integrate wild animal species into projects they manage or are proposing; (2) document ways in which humans interact with wild animal species in tropical settings; (3) provide a review of ways in which humans have managed animal species; and (4) propose ways that wild animal species could be successfully integrated into community forestry projects in the tropics.
Hydropolitics
    Ohlsson, Leif

Some two dozen countries are already classified as water-scarce, and this-as areas as diverse as Israel, southern California and even the Netherlands know - is not a problem confined to the South. Already, as this book shows, fresh-water shortages are becoming a major cause of conflict both domestically and between states. In the future, the growing world population, further spread of irrigated agriculture and industrialization will all make increasing demands on scarce water resources. Conflict resolution capabilities in many parts of the world will be sorely stretched. Written by scholars from a wide range of disciplines - hydrology, international relations, development studies, conflict resolution and anthropology, this book addresses two major themes: water availability as a constraint on development and water scarcity as a source of international conflict. As well as a major overview of the global situation and problems involved, there are authoritative case studies of particular river systems in three continents, including the Nile valley the Tigris and Euphrates, the River Jordan, the Mekong and several cases from South Asia. In a concluding chapter, the internationally renowned water experts Malin Falkenmark and Jan Lundqvist argue for the development of wholly new ways of conceptualizing the problems of fresh water scarcity, as well as for new ethical assumptions and innovative strategies relating to water management in the future.
Ecologie des peuplements
    Barbault, Robert

Intégrant la compréhension de la dynamique des écosystèmes et la recherche en écologie des populations, l'étude des peuplements est devenue une approche fondamentale de l'écologie. R. Barbault en propose ici une synthèse, véritable introduction écologique à la dynamique de la biodiversité. 
Green planet blues : environmental politics from Stockholm to Rio
    Conca, Ken | Alberty, Michael | Dabelko, Geoffrey D.

Annotated with introductions and explanations of key environmental concepts, problems and prospects, this is a collection of pieces on the theme of global environmental politics from a diversity of viewpoints. The contributors highlight important political developments as well as environmental challenges within a rapidly changing international system. The paradigms of sustainable development, environmental security and ecological justice are used to explain topics ranging from climate change, population growth, deforestation, the ozone layer, acid rain and toxic dumping, to trans-boundary pollution and the global commons.
International covenant on environment and development [draft]
Parks in Peril source book
    Mansour, Jane A.

The Parks in Peril program begin in 1990 to secure the survival of some of the most endangered and biologically important areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. This publication documents progress of the Parks in Peril program and provides detailed information about this group of protected areas. But the purpose of this book goes beyond enumerating the program's achievements; it also details the extraordinary complexity of the social, economic, and political forces affecting these protected areas. The book is arranged by geographic regions and provides information on each site's size, partner organizations, physical setting, climate, biological diversity, land tenure and use, threats, management activities, and community involvement. There is also a map of each area, and a locator inset, placing each site in country. 
The large macaws
Nepal's flora and fauna in the current CITES lists : 1995
Séminaire Régional sur la formation des gestionnaires des sites du patrimoine mondial et Réserves de la Biosphère
Endangered wildlife : Nepal's threatened animals in the IUCN Red List 1994
   

This is an attempt to compile a list of threatened species in Nepal included in the 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Of the total 5,629 species in the world included on the list, 61 species belong to Nepal.
The Commission on Environmental Law of IUCN - the World Conservation Union
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana
Property rights in a social and ecological context : case studies and design applications
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