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Writing in the environmental sciences
    Baker, L. Michelle

This refreshingly clear guide provides environmental scientists and conservation professionals with an effective writing process that can be applied in a range of financial, political, or organizational contexts. Baker outlines a replicable seven-step writing formula based on practical experience that acknowledges the complexities inherent in the worlds of endangered species, habitat conservation, and recovery planning. Using the formula, scientists will be able to communicate confidently and successfully with a multitude of audiences. Baker's guide is written for scientists, not professional writers. In it, best practices abound. Practical examples, strategies, and diagrams guide the reader at every step, and selected resources are provided for further reference.
Marine protected areas : economics, management and effective policy mixes
   

Intense exploitation of our oceans and seas is degrading marine biodiversity and ecosystems at an alarming rate. This report presents good practice insights for effectively managing marine protected areas (MPAs), one of the policy instruments available for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity and ecosystems. While global coverage of MPAs has been increasing over the past two decades, further efforts are required to meet the target under the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure they are effective. Drawing on the literature and numerous examples from developed and developing countries, this book highlights how the environmental and cost effectiveness of MPAs can be enhanced. It covers issues including the benefits and costs of MPAs, the need for more strategic siting of MPAs, monitoring and compliance, sustainable finance for MPAs, and the need to embed these in a wider policy mix so as to address the multiple pressures on marine ecosystems.

 
Guidelines for reintroductions and other conservation translocations (Chinese version)
   

These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the justification, design and implementation of any conservation translocation.
Southern ground hornbill
   

Only one of the nine African savanna hornbill species, the Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri: hereafter SGH) is listed as being of conservation concern. The species is an apex predator and thus ecologically important, as well as holding immense cultural value to the majority of language groups across its range. The objective of the Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) workshop was to review the knowledge-base for the species to ensure that conservation planning is sound and evidence-based, so as to maximise conservation resources in terms of strategic capacity, funding and effort. This PHVA report and the recommendations it contains are considered as advisory to provincial and national conservation-management authorities, and their collaborators, to help guide strategic actions thought to be beneficial to the long-term survival of the SGH, both within South Africa and beyond its borders.
Back from the brink = Desde el umbral de la extinción
    Mittermeier, Russell A. | Rylands, Anthony B. | Sechrest, Wes

Back from the Brink celebrates the remarkable resolve of innumerable people and institutions to save the ever-rising numbers of threatened species. This volume highlights twenty-five species through spectacular photographs accompanied by descriptive profiles that mention species' threats, causes for their decline and the remarkable efforts that have saved them from extinction. Back from the Brink's twenty-five illuminating portrait-essays are complemented by an additional gallery of sixty-five endangered species, with captions indicating their location, reasons for decline and measures that saved them from extinction.
УСТАВ принятый 5 октября 1948 года...И ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ..(...включая последние изменения, внесенные 9 февраля 2017 года)
Stratégie de conservation des anges de mer dans l'Atlantique Est et en Méditerranée
   

La présente stratégie de conservation offre un résumé des informations disponibles pour les trois espèces d’ange de mer présentes dans l’Atlantique Est et en Méditerranée. Les menaces, buts et objectifs y sont présentés. Toutefois, ce document se veut également une invitation à toute personne intéressée souhaitant transmettre des recherches pertinentes pour les régions mises en avant. L’objectif est que cette stratégie serve à déclencher la prise de mesures par le rassemblement d’experts régionaux et de ressources, et en renforçant les capacités de la communauté à offrir une protection efficace à ces espèces En danger critique.
Estrategia de conservación para los angelotes en el Atlántico Oriental y el Mar Mediterráneo
   

Esta estrategia de conservación proporciona un resumen de la información disponible para las tres especies de angelotes en el Atlántico Oriental y el Mediterráneo. Se describen las amenazas, las metas y los objetivos, no obstante este documento sirve también como una invitación a las personas interesadas para contribuir a las actividades de investigación pertinentes en las regiones señaladas. La intención de esta estrategia es servir de catalizador para la acción, aunando expertos regionales y recursos, y aumentando la capacidad de la comunidad para lograr una conservación efectiva de estas especies en Peligro Crítico.
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean angel shark conservation strategy
   

This conservation strategy provides a summary of available information for the three species of angel shark in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Threats, goals and objectives are outlined, however this document acts as an invitation for interested individuals to contribute relevant research for the highlighted regions. It is the intention that this strategy serves as a catalyst for action, bringing together regional experts and resources, and increasing the community’s capacity to deliver effective conservation for these Critically Endangered species.
Scaly nexus
    Gomez, Lalita | Leupen, Boyd T.C. | Krishnasamy, Kanitha | Heinrich, Sarah

Indonesia is home to one species of pangolin, the Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica, which can be found from Sumatra, Java and adjacent islands to Kalimantan. While little is known about the population of pangolins in Indonesia, it is likely that current trade and hunting levels are unsustainable. There is evidence of professional and industrial-scale hunting for the purposes of commercial international trade. This report provides an insight into the illegal trade of pangolins involving Indonesia by analysing seizure data between 2010 and 2015. The report discusses the country’s role in the illicit trade of pangolins in the region and the impact it is likely to have on the conservation of the Sunda Pangolin.
The global trafficking of pangolins
    Heinrich, Sarah | Wittmann, Talia | Ross, Joshua V. | Shepherd, Chris R. | Challender, Daniel W.S. | Cassey, Phillip

Pangolins are currently the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. In this report, the illegal pangolin trade from 2010–2015 was investigated, focusing on the global trade routes used to traffic pangolins and their derivatives.
Stratégie et plan d'action pour la conservation du mouflon à manchettes (Ammotragus lervia) en Tunisie
The forests of the strict reserve of Białowieża National Park
Green salvation herald for the sixth meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention
Introduction à l'acidification de l'océan
Introducción a la acidificación oceánica
An introduction to ocean acidification
Irrigation, sécurité alimentaire et pauvreté : leçons tirées de trois grands barrages en Afrique de l’Ouest
    Bazin, Frédéric | Hathie, Ibrahima | Skinner, Jamie | Koundouno, Jérôme

Ce rapport synthétise les résultats de ces quatre années de recherche et dresse, entre trois sites (barrages et périmètres rizicoles) -- Sélingué au Mali, Bagré au Burkina Faso et Anambé au Sénégal --  des parallèles porteurs d’enseignements pour la région ouest africaine. À partir de données de terrain, de concertations et d’un apprentissage collectif, il présente des conclusions sur la rentabilité des aménagements, la qualité de leur gestion et la persistance de la pauvreté et de l’insécurité alimentaire. Il formule également des propositions pour passer à l’action et mieux faire coïncider les intérêts des exploitants familiaux, dans leur diversité, avec les objectifs des politiques publiques, que cela soit pour mieux exploiter les systèmes en place ou améliorer la conception des projets à venir.
Irrigation, food security and poverty : lessons from three large dams in West Africa
    Bazin, Frédéric | Hathie, Ibrahima | Skinner, Jamie | Koundouno, Jérôme

In recent years, the governments of the Sahel have committed to combat poverty and food insecurity through a significant increase in the development of irrigable areas. From 2013 onwards, GWI has carried out retrospective studies on three existing dam and rice field sites: Sélingué in Mali, Bagré in Burkina Faso and Anambé in Senegal. This report summarises the results of four years of research and identifies parallels between the different sites that provide wider lessons for the West Africa region. Based on field data, policy dialogue and collective learning, the report concludes on the cost-effectiveness of the schemes, the quality of their management and the persistence of poverty and food insecurity. It also makes recommendations for action and for the better alignment of public policy objectives with the interests of a diverse set of smallholder farmers, from making better use of existing systems to improving the design of future projects.
Estrategia local de desarrollo sostenible bajo cambio climático en el ejido La Azteca, Municipio de Cacahoatán, Chiapas, México
    Paniagua, Alexandra | Moreno, Rufino

Entre los años 2004 a 2007, la UICN desarrolló el proyecto “Manejo Integrado de las Cuencas Asociadas al Volcán Tacaná”, período en el que el paso del huracán Stan dejó consecuencias devastadoras. Así también, las poblaciones de la zona se han visto afectadas por otros eventos climáticos. En este sentarget_ido la UICN solicitó realizar una estrategia de desarrollo sostenible bajo cambio climático en el Ejido La Azteca, ubicado en el Municipio de Cacahoatán, en las laderas del Volcán Tacaná, la cual cuenta con una población total de 325 habitantes distribuido en 44 familias aproximadamente, que se dedican, principalmente, al cultivo de maíz y café bajo sombra, como principal actividad económica del Ejido. Por lo tanto, en el presente trabajo se realizó un plan estratégico bajo la metodología denominada Estrategia Local de Desarrollo Sostenible bajo Cambio Climático (ELDCC), el cual permitió conocer las características del territorio, la vulnerabilidad, exposición, sensibilidad y la capacidad adaptativa de la comunidad frente a los efectos del cambio climático. Este trabajo se construyó de manera participativa con los actores locales, así como diferentes instituciones de gobierno que trabajan en el territorio, esta participación inclusiva permitió orientar la toma de decisiones basados en las necesidades y gestión del territorio, generando compromiso de los actores, para la planificación y posterior ejecución de la estrategia.
Forests and beyond. Proceedings of the South Asia Regional Consultation on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR)
White paper : options and financial mechanisms for the financing of biodiversity offsets
Природные морские объекты всемирного наследия в Северном Ледовитом океане
   

Конвенция об охране всемирного культурного и природного наследия, принятая ЮНЕСКО в 1972 г., объединяет страны в их общем стремлении защитить объекты культурного и природного наследия, имеющие выдающееся значение для блага настоящих и будущих поколений. В докладе представлены результаты научной оценки глобально значимых экосистем Северного Ледовитого океана, которые могут стать Выдающейся универсальной ценностью (ВУЦ) на основании природных критериев, позволяющих получить статус Объекта всемирного наследия. Целью настоящего документа является оказание поддержки процессу признания и охраны арктических природных морских объектов, имеющих глобальное значение. Арктика все еще остается регионом, недостаточно представленным в Списке всемирного наследия. В докладе не рассматриваются объекты потенциальной ВУЦ, относящиеся к культурному наследию, так как этот вопрос выходит за рамки данного проекта.
Handbook of the mammals of the world : vol. 7 : rodents II
   

Volume 7 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) covers 9 families of Rodents. 
Manejo ex situ para Agalychnis annae
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