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Manual for mangrove monitoring in the Pacific Islands region
The corporate ecosystem services review
   

This publication provides corporate managers with a proactive approach to making the connection between ecosystem change and their business goals. It introduces the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review -- a structured methodology to help businesses develop strategies for managing risks and opportunities arising from their dependence and impact on ecosystems. It is a tool for corporate strategy development and can augmentexisting environmental management systems. 
Situation analysis on climate change
The South Africa - Viet Nam rhino horn nexus
    Milliken, Tom | Shaw, Jo

This document summarizes TRAFFIC’s comprehensive overview of events and dynamics currently driving an escalating illicit trade in rhino horns from South Africa to Viet Nam. Whilst it is recognized that there are other dimensions to the rhino horn trade within Africa and in Asia, this examination of the two principal countries serves to bring into focus many prominent characteristics of a still unfolding wildlife trade crisis of global importance.
North Korea reforestation
    Kim, Seong-Il | Tepliakov, V. K. (Viktor Konstantinovich)

This book is concentrated on forest environmental issues from the perspective of reforestation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea using international and national experience and opportunities. The major idea of this book is to share some relevant information and available knowledge on the issue.
Putting nature on the map : identifying protected areas in the UK
La France des grands lacs
   

Cet ouvrage invite à découvrir les 20 plus grands lacs de France, et fait la part belle à la photographie, présentant l'histoire de ces lacs, leur faune et leur flore au fil des saisons, mettant en valeur les lieux remarquables comme les endroits plus cachés, pour mieux en capter l'atmosphère et le charme. Pour chaque lac, un acteur de la vie locale (pêcheur, gardien, ornithologue, ingénieur hydraulique...) évoque l'histoire de ce lieu et la relation particulière qu'il entretient avec lui. Un livre de référence sur un patrimoine naturel méconnu, réalisé en collaboration avec le Conservatoire du littoral et des rivages lacustres.
Ecotourism in Korea : 25 wonders of nature
Managing outdoor recreation
    Anderson, Laura E. | Manning, Robert E.

The popularity of outdoor recreation and ecotourism continues to grow worldwide. However, there is little systematic information on how to manage outdoor recreation in ways that protect park resources and the quality of the visitor experience. This book develops classification systems of outdoor recreation-related problems and management strategies and practices and combines them into a series of matrices that can help guide park and outdoor recreation management. The book then uses a series of case studies drawn from the U.S. National Park System that illustrate a range of successful management approaches that can be applied globally. The book concludes with a series of principles for managing parks and outdoor recreation.
Situation analysis on inland navigation
Conservación de la biodiversidad de las tierras áridas
An ecology of happiness
Putting natural solutions to work : mainstreaming protected areas in climate change responses
The re-emergence of customary authority and its relation with local democratic government
    Nuesiri, Emmanuel O.

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
Studying local representation : a critical review (Arabic version)
    Kashwan, Prakash

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
Choix, reconnaissance et effets de la décentralisation sur la démocratie
    Ribot, Jesse C.

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
Studying local representation : a critical review
    Kashwan, Prakash

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
Social protection in REDD+ initiatives
    Rutt, Rebecca L.

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
Review of REDD+ and carbon-forestry projects in RFGI countries
    Mutasa, Mukundi

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
The effects of REDD+ on forest people in Africa
    Anderson, Emily | Zerriffi, Hisham

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making. This Working Paper series will publish the RFGI case studies as well as other comparative studies of decentralized natural resources governance in Africa and elsewhere that focus on the intersection between local democracy and natural resource management schemes.
Destination wetlands
   

This publication contains references to existing guidelines on sustainable tourism as well as many other useful materials on developing and managing sustainable tourism.  It is relevant to wetland site managers, tourism and wetland policy-makers and planners, and the private sector (including those investing in, operating or developing tourism in wetlands).
Protocolo bio-cultural del Pueblo Indígena Miskitu : el derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado en nuestro territorio de La Muskitia Hondureña
   

La población indígena de la Muskitia carece de instrumentos que le permita negociar y defender sus derechos reconocidos en los marcos legales nacionales e internacionales, principalmente cuando se trata de acciones de conservación de los recursos naturales desde la cosmovisión indígena. En este sentarget_ido, por medio de un proceso participativo e inclusivo, MASTA (Mosquitia Asla Takanka-Unidad de la Mosquitia) se dio a la tarea de elaborar el Protocolo Bio-Cultural del Pueblo Indígena Miskitu. Se trata de una herramienta metodológica que permita facilitar las negociaciones en la Msukitia con respecto a proyectos y decisiones que afectan a las comunidades indígenas y a sus riquezas naturales. 
Conservation in a crowded world : case studies from the Asia-Pacific
    Brown, Paul | Cooney, Rosie | Merson, John

In an increasingly crowded world reconciling environmental ‘conservation’ with the ‘sustainable use’ of natural resources is now our greatest challenge. Nature conservation has traditionally focused on protecting iconic and important areas of biodiversity from human exploitation through the establishment of National Parks and World Heritage Areas. While this is essential, a narrow focus on protected area conservation risks overlooking local needs in areas where people and natural systems must co-exist. This book addresses some key questions for the sustainable use of natural environments: What should be conserved and who decides? Is ‘use’ compatible with conservation, and under what circumstances? Are trade-offs between conservation and development necessary? How do we find those elusive ‘win-win’ solutions?
Handling land : innovative tools for land governance and secure tenure
   

Everyone has a relationship to land, but not everyone's right to land is secure. The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) recognizes that conventional ways of managing land are not realistically going to meet the needs of millions of people. This book features the “land tools” that GLTN  has developed – practical ways to solve problems in land administration and management. The emphasis is on practicality; users should be able to take a land tool and apply it (or adapt it) to their own situation. The book also emphasizes a number of values such as gender-responsiveness, affordability, grassroots and youth engagement, that are needed to ensure a land tool benefits the poor and disadvantaged and is available to use at large-scale.
Tibet wild : a naturalist's journeys on the roof of the world
    Schaller, George B.

As one of the world’s leading field biologists, author George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species. Tibet Wild is Schaller’s account of three decades of exploration in the most remote stretches of Tibet. As changes in the region accelerated over the years, with more roads, homes, and grazing livestock, Schaller watched the clash between wildlife and people become more common—and more destructive. Thus what began as a purely scientific endeavor became a mission: to work with local communities, regional leaders, and national governments to protect the unique ecological richness and culture of the Tibetan Plateau.
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