Intercoopération, CH

Mitigating the impact of climate change presents governments and communities throughout the world with one of the main environmental challenges of our times. This publication provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges for carbon sequestration activities in the forestry and agricultural sectors of both industrialized and developing countries.

A collection of papers, many translated from Russian, originally presented at a seminar held in 1995 to increase international awareness about Kyrgyzstan's unique walnut-fruit forests. Subject matter includes the historical and present-day utilization and management of these forests, their ecological diversity and importance for biodiversity conservation, and measures adopted for the genetic improvement of walnut, Juglans regia, and other commercially important species.

Understanding and managing the concerns of local people is essential for the success of most, if not all, conservation initiatives. These two volumes are a resource set designed to help professionals employed in conservation initiatives to identify the social concerns that are relevant for their work, assess options for action and implement them. The first volume is a companion to a process and may be used to assist in planning, evaluating or redesigning a conservation initiative.

Este libro sistematiza importantes experiencias de educación ambiental en el Ecuador y analiza las tendencias y perspectivas del pais en esta area. Se enfatiza en la comparación de los contenidos de las iniciativas educativas que consideran la percepción de la gente en relación al medio ambiente, subrayando la necesidad de mayores esfuerzos en la planificación que incorpora los conocimientos locales. Tambien esta presente una guia metodologica para la documentación de estudios de caso