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Guía sobre género y energía para capacitadoras(es) y gestoras(es) de políticas públicas y proyectos
    Rojas, Ana Victoria | Siles Calvo, Jackeline

Esta guía es un esfuerzo conjunto de apoyo a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, grupos de mujeres e instituciones estatales y no estatales involucradas en el sector energético de América Latina, para incorporar la perspectiva de género en sus políticas y proyectos. Nuestro deseo es que esta guía de capacitación ofrezca información útil para capacitadoras(es), grupos de mujeres, gobiernos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y empresas privadas, que les ayude en la integración de la perspectiva de género en las iniciativas energéticas, ya sean políticas, programas y/o procesos institucionales, con el objetivo de que la inclusión de los aspectos de género sea una realidad. 
Informe país : consideraciones para la distribución de beneficios REDD+ en Perú
    Che-Piu, Hugo | Cordero, Doris | Schneider, Claudio | Suárez de Freitas, Gustavo

El documento ofrece un resumen sobre el marco legal e institucional para el desarrollo de mecanismos de distribución de beneficios REDD+. Asimismo presenta lecciones aprendidas, retos y recomendaciones para el diseño de estos mecanismos en el contexto peruano. Las lecciones, retos y recomendaciones fueron recopilados durante el diálogo multi-actores sobre Distribución de Beneficios REDD+ que realizó El Diálogo Forestal (TFD por sus siglas en inglés) y la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) en Perú en marzo de 2014.
Country report : considerations for REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru
    Che-Piu, Hugo | Cordero, Doris | Schneider, Claudio | Suárez de Freitas, Gustavo

The document presents a summary of the legal and institutional framework necessary for the development of REDD+ benefit-sharing mechanisms. Furthermore, it introduces lessons learned, challenges, and recommendations for the design of such mechanisms in a Peruvian context. These lessons, challenges and recommendations were compiled during the multi-stakeholder REDD+ Benefit Sharing Dialogue, coordinated by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in Peru in March 2014.
Approche et actions pour la résilience au changement climatique : projet SEARCH au Maroc (Arabic version)
    Jabrane, Mohamed | Taiqui, Lahcen

Produit dans le cadre du Projet Résilience Agricole, Ecologique et Sociale face au Changement Climatique (SEARCH) au Maroc, ce document est destiné au partage des approches, méthodologies et expériences pilotes réalisées, au Rif occidental ou ailleurs, face au changement climatique. L'objectif est de promouvoir l'approche du projet à la résilience face au changement en intégrant en plus des technologies adaptives, la diversification, l'auto-organisation et l'apprentissage. Ce document présente, en plus du processus participatif conduisant à l'élaboration des stratégies adaptives par l'approche SEARCH, des actions résilientes réalisées face au changement climatique. 
Approche et actions pour la résilience au changement climatique : projet SEARCH au Maroc
    Jabrane, Mohamed | Taiqui, Lahcen

Produit dans le cadre du Projet Résilience Agricole, Ecologique et Sociale face au Changement Climatique (SEARCH) au Maroc, ce document est destiné au partage des approches, méthodologies et expériences pilotes réalisées, au Rif occidental ou ailleurs, face au changement climatique. L'objectif est de promouvoir l'approche du projet à la résilience face au changement en intégrant en plus des technologies adaptives, la diversification, l'auto-organisation et l'apprentissage. Ce document présente, en plus du processus participatif conduisant à l'élaboration des stratégies adaptives par l'approche SEARCH, des actions résilientes réalisées face au changement climatique. 
Bio-protocolo de consulta y consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI) del Pueblo Mayangna Sauni Arungka, Territorio Matumbak Región Autónoma de la Costa Carbie Norte (RACCN), Nicaragua
   

El bio-protocolo es una herramienta que forma parte de la gobernanza interna que se ejerce en el territorio Matumbak, en donde también se perfilan derechos consuetudinarios de autonomía y autodeterminación sobre el teritorio y sus recursos. El Gobierno Territorial de Mayangna Satuni Arungka-Matumbak, con su propia autonomía, gestionó ante UICN la construcción de un instrumento que sirviera de guía para la administración de los diferentes capitales de desarrollo con identarget_idad de los pueblos originarios de la comunidad y del Gobierno Territorial. La UICN aprobó bajo un convenio para el acompañamiento técnico, jurídico y metodológico, la construcción de la Consulta y Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado (CLPI) en la Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte de Nicaragua. El presente documento aspira de manera propositiva a facilitar el entendimiento sobre cómo llevar al cabo un proceso de consulta y de CLPI desde la perspectiva del pueblo indígena Mayangna Sauni Arungka. Este documento debe ser considerado como una propuesta ciudadana del pueblo indígena Mayangna Sauni Arungka para hacer efectivos sus derechos a través de sus estructuras, cosmovisión y espacios propios de participación  que faciliten un ejercicio social y político más pleno de los mismos. 
Lesser Antillean iguana : iguana delicatissima : conservation action plan, 2014-2016
    Breuil, Michel | Iverson, John B. | Knapp, Charles | Rodrigues, Chloé

The Lesser Antillean iguana represents a unique component of the overall biodiversity of the Caribbean region. In October 2009, members of the IUCN SSC Iguana Specialist Group met on Dominica with regional experts and stakeholders to draft this comprehensive conservation action plan for the Lesser Antillean iguana. The overall goal of the plan is to prioritize the conservation actions necessary to ensure the long-term survival of the Lesser Antillean iguana throughout its natural range. The work presented here details managing the wild population, conducting ecological and genetic studies, implementing education awareness programs, establishing and managing a national park, and mobilizing financial, technical and human resources to preserve an important and unique component of Lesser Antillean natural heritage for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. The plan is also intended to guide decision makers in government, and inspire funding agencies and the international conservation community to provide the attention this unique iguana species deserves. 
Costa Rica parques nacionales : frontera naturales | Costa Rica national parks : nature unbound
    Capelli, Luciano | Ross Lemus, Yazmin

This book offers a collection of photographs of landscapes, natural scenery, animals and plants, taken by nine photographers who bring an intense and thorough exploration of sky, sea and land, from a myriad of different angles and perspectives. Each chapter suggests geographical routes for exploring Costa Rica's wild lands. Nature unbound invites us to delight in these images, but also to emphasize with and protect the world they depict, so that photographs are not all that is left for future generations to appreciate. 
Assessment of the message from Reunion Island
   

In preparation for the International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change in Guadeloupe in October 2014, IUCN has commissioned this assessment of the implementation of the Message from Reunion Island of 2008, which resulted from the historic first conference on biodivesrity and climate change in the European Union (EU) overseas entitties that was convened by IUCN together with the Government of France and the Regional Council of Reunion Island in July 2008. This will provide one of the main background documents for the Conference and will inform the preparation of policy briefs. 
Mangroves for coastal defence : guidelines for coastal managers & policy makers
   

Mangroves are an incredibly important habitat, providing essential services for both people and nature. This guidebook provides an in-depth analysis  on the role that mangroves play in defense against waves, storms, tsunamis, erosion and sea level rise. Working with the University of Cambridge to review hundreds of scientific papers, the guide book outlines a practical approach for coastal decision makers. 
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector : Biodiversity Indicator and Reporting System (BIRS)
   

Businesses are increasingly mindful of their impacts on biodiversity and how they can address these impacts through proactive biodiversity management. Monitoring can provide companies with a better understanding whether they are achieving their intended results, and also aid in decision-making. IUCN created the Biodiversity Indicator and Reporting System (BIRS) to guide companies in the cement and aggregates sector in adopting a standardized system for monitoring biodiversity at their extractive operations, and to encourage regular reporting on biodiversity attributes at the company level. This guide to BIRS describes the key elements of the methodology and provides an overview of how it can be adapted to address company needs. 
Forests and climate change after Warsaw : an Asia-Pacific perspective
   

In February 2014, RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together 11 climate change and forestry experts in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The panel of experts discussed the key outcomes of negotions for the 19th Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Warsaw, Poland, 11-22 November 2013. They identified the potential implications for forestry and climate change sectors in the Asia-Pacific region. 
Keep it fresh or salty : an introductory guide to financing wetland carbon programs and projects
    Herr, Dorothée | Howard, Jennifer | Pidgeon, Emily | Silvius, Marcel J.

Wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century, and governments, international actors (NGOs and academia) and local communities around the world are now increasingly engaging in wetland restoration or avoiding wetland degration activities for climate change mitigation. Yet despite the rapidly growing attention on wetland activities for climate mitigation, finding the appropriate funding sources to set up a wetland carbon project or develop a national wetland carbon program is often a challenge. This report provides guidance for program and project developers from, or working in, developing countries on the numerous funds and finance mechanisms that can provide carbon finance for wetland carbon conservation and restoration. It also highlights ways to access and link carbon activities with non-carbon based sources of financing. 
The First Asia Parks Congress : report on the proceedings
   

Between the 13th and 17th of November 2013, some 800 participants from 40 countries gathered at the Sendai International Center, Sendai city, Japan, to attend the first ever Asia Parks Congress (APC). This landmark event was organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and IUCN, with the aim of bringing together representatives of governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, and students to share knowledge and experiences relating to protected areas in Asia. 
Applications of key biodiversity areas : end-user consultations
    Boucher, Jessica | Brooks, Thomas M. | Cuttelod, Annabelle | Dudley, Nigel | Langhammer, Penny F.

A large number of approaches have been developed over the last four decades for identifying places of significance for biodiversity, but unfortunately this requires looking at multiple, disconnected databases and other information sources to understand the sites of importance in a particular area. To address this issue and provide a coherent, global approach, IUCN was asked to convene a worldwide consultative process to agree on an overarching methodology to identify Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) -- sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. A Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and Protected Areas was established to finalise a standard methodology for KBA identification. This report summarises findings from a two-year survey of existing and potential end-users of the KBA standard and, in particular, of the resulting KBA data generated under it. Implications for the development of the KBA standard are then outlined. 
Las montañas como torres de agua del mundo : protegiendo el agua y los servicios ecosistémicos de montaña ante el cambio climático : informe de política
Our global water towers : ensuring ecosystem services from mountains under climate change : policy brief
Keeping the wild : against the domestication of Earth
    Butler, Tom | Crist, Eileen | Wuerthner, George

Is it time to embrace the so-called “Anthropocene”—the age of human dominion—and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderness areas? Is the future of Earth to be fully domesticated? The schism between advocates of rewilding and those who accept and even celebrate a “post-wild” world is arguably the hottest intellectual battle in contemporary conservation. In Keeping the Wild, a group of prominent scientists, writers, and conservation activists responds to the Anthropocene-boosters who claim that wild nature is no more, that human-caused extinction is acceptable, and that “novel ecosystems” are an adequate replacement for natural landscapes. The book’s contributors argue that these “new environmentalists” embody the hubris of the managerial mindset and offer a conservation strategy that will fail to protect life in all its buzzing, blossoming diversity. Keeping the Wild provides an introduction to this important debate, a critique of the Anthropocene boosters’ attack on traditional conservation, and unapologetic advocacy for wild nature.
The significance and management of natural carbon stores in the open ocean : a summary
    Baxter, J. M. | Laffoley, D. | Oliver, James | Thevenon, F.

This report sets out the importance of carbon in the open ocean and, through examples, illustrates the significance and values of some of its major carbon pools and sinks. It has been produced to promote better understanding of how atmospheric carbon is captured, stored and mobilized in the ocean, and how this has a significant bearing on sustainability, the welfare of people, and the future scale and intensity of climate change and ocean acidification. The core message is that the significance of carbon processes, pools and sinks in teh open ocean now need to be centrally focused into decision making at all scales. This report demonstrates from multiple angles that continuing with excessive carbon emissions from human activities, whilst ignoring carbon management through the various ways we use and interact with the ocean, is imperiling the ocean system that shields us from more rapid dangerous climate change impacts. 
The significance and management of natural carbon stores in the open ocean
    Baxter, J. M. | Laffoley, D. | Oliver, James | Thevenon, F.

This report sets out the importance of carbon in the open ocean and, through examples, illustrates the significance and values of some of its major carbon pools and sinks. It has been produced to promote better understanding of how atmospheric carbon is captured, stored and mobilized in the ocean, and how this has a significant bearing on sustainability, the welfare of people, and the future scale and intensity of climate change and ocean acidification. The core message is that the significance of carbon processes, pools and sinks in teh open ocean now need to be centrally focused into decision making at all scales. This report demonstrates from multiple angles that continuing with excessive carbon emissions from human activities, whilst ignoring carbon management through the various ways we use and interact with the ocean, is imperiling the ocean system that shields us from more rapid dangerous climate change impacts. 
The governance of rangelands : collective action for sustainable pastoralism
    Davies, Jonathan | Herrera, Pedro M. | Manzano Baena, Pablo

Rangelands are large natural landscapes that can include grasslands, shrublands, savannahs and woodlands. They are greatly influenced by, and often dependent on, the action of herbivores. In the majority of rangelands the dominant herbivores are found in domestic herds that are managed by mobile pastoralists. Most pastoralists manage their rangelands communally, benefitting from the greater flexibility and seasonal resource access that common property regimes can offer. As this book shows, this creates a major challenge for governance and institutions. This work improves our understanding of the importance of governance, how it can be strengthened and the principles that underpin good governance, in order to prevent degradation of rangelands and ensure their sustainability. It describes the nature of governance at different levels: community governance, state governance, international governance, and the unique features of rangelands that demand collective action (issues of scale, ecological disequilibrium and seasonality). A series of country case studies is presented, drawn from a wide spectrum of examples from Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and North America. These provide contrasting lessons which are summarised to promote improved governance of rangelands and pastoralist livelihoods.
The green quarter : a decade of progress across the world in sustainable pastoralism
    de Jode, Helen

The World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP) has now been in existence for a decade, a period during which considerable progress has been made globally towards sustainable pastoral development. Many challenges remain for pastoralists, but in the areas where gains have been made it is vital these are built upon and achievements are not squandered. This book follows WISP’s global approach and highlights key examples from its work with partners around the world. It identifies the impact of WISP’s work in empowering pastoralists through improved advocacy skills and better knowledge, and in helping to change policy and practice. Through case studies, testimonies and photos, this book aims to bring WISP’s global stories of pastoralism to a wider audience and identify opportunities for future success.
Asia protected planet report 2014
   

Asia has a rich cultural and natural heritage, but rapid development, population growth and an erosion of traditional practices are resulting in habitat loss and degradation, which is putting protected areas in Asia at risk and leading to serious decline in the biodiversity they harbour. This report assesses progress towards the achievement of elements of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, part of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity's Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, in 24 selected countries in East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. 
The benefits of natural World Heritage : identifying and assessing ecosystem services and benefits provided by the world's most iconic natural places
   

This study identifies and assesses the diversity of ecosystem services, and in turn the benefits that World Heritage sites can deliver to society and the economy through direct and indirect use or through inherent 'non-use' values. It also aims to increase awareness and understanding of the multiple services and benefits that ecosystems can provide as well  as their contribution to the well-being of local, national and global communities. This report targets a wide range of audiences, including WH site managers, decision makers and civil society; in particular, it can help inform management decisions which result in strategies to conserve healthy, functioning ecosystems within WH sites that support the delivery of multiple benefits to our societies and economies. 
Biodiversity offsets technical study paper
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