PANORAMA is a partnership initiative to facilitate learning from success in conservation. It promotes examples of inspiring solutions that showcase how nature conservation can benefit society.
Author(s):
Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
Fischborn, Marie
Organization(s):
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
The value and role of mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrasses for climate change mitigation was established back in 2009 by reports by IUCN and UNEP to focus attention on addressing a critical gap in national carbon accounting and management.
The extraction of live coral to burn and produce "white lime" or "chokaa" has a long history in Tanzania, yet in many areas it is believed that this practice has reached unsustainable levels and is considered to be one of the main contributors to reef and forest degradation along the coast.
Esta publicación ha sido preparada por las Asociaciones GloBallast, la IOI, el CSIR-NIO y la UICN para que sirva de orientación a quienes tienen previsto hacer un reconocimiento biológico portuario de referencia, en especial en relación con la gestión del agua de lastre.
This publication has been prepared by GBP, IOI, CSIR-NIO and IUCN in order to serve as guidance to those who are planning to carry out a port biological baseline survey, in particular in the context of Ballast Water Management.
This guidelines outlines one management tool, strategic adaptive management, that has been developed by the staff and managers of Kruger National Park. This approach recognises and is responsive to global change factors in a realistic and practical manner.
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 chang
Cranes, a flagship species of waterbirds, have great cultural significance - especially the Siberian Crane. Yet, even after decades of conservation efforts, cranes remain threatened with 11 species at risk.
This book describes how the four-year GEF-funded project “Removing Barriers to Invasive Plant Management in Africa” was instrumental in developing ways of limiting the severe ecological, social and economic impacts in different parts of Africa of a number of particularly devastating alien plant i
Author(s):
Boy, Gordon
Witt, Arne
Organization(s):
CAB International
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), GH
Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR), ET
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
IUCN
Uganda, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
This report summarises the experiences and lessons learnt from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP), as well as providing details of 27 global indicators developed in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)'s 2010 Biodiversity Target.
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
This report is a comprehensive overview of country-led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the UNDP-GEF partnership with financing from the GEF-managed LDCF, SCCF and SPA funds.
This is the purpose of this collaborative work between the UNDP and Conabio which tells how, in a relatively short time and with varying scopes, the management of our natural capital was structured.
Organization(s):
Mexico, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Cette revue de la conservation de la nature et des aires protégées en Côte d'Ivoire, où les habitats naturels se sont trouvés bouleversés en seulement deux ou trois décennies, constitue une contribution à un état des lieux biogéographique du continent à la charnière de deux siècles.
Author(s):
Lauginie, Francis
Organization(s):
European Commission
France, Ministère des Affaires étrangères
Switzerland, Direction du Développement et de la Coopération
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
WWF International
Fondation pour les Parcs et Réserves de Côte d'Ivoire