IUCN

In 1994, IUCN launched Parks for life: Action for Protected Areas in Europe - a plan devised by IUCN with 200 partners to ensure an adequate, effective and well-managed network of protected areas in Europe. In November 1997, some 150 protected area experts from 34 countries met to review progress and chart a course for future work.

WWF and IUCN have joined forces to outline a policy that will address the complexity of the oceans and coasts as well as our dependency on them. The challenge of protecting and sustainably managing marine natural resources, the last great source of wild-caught food on this planet, is a daunting one. The document sets out the goals to be attained and the guiding principles by which these objectives can be achieved

A comprehensive bibliographic catalogue of over 1,600 IUCN publications. Includes not only the titles published by IUCN but also those produced in collaboration with others, as well as the publications of the Ramsar Convention Bureau, the CITES Secretariat, TRAFFIC and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC). Also available in this catalogue, an expanded list of Red Data Books and Lists, including those published nationally. Author, title, series and subject indexes provided

Describes a field-level assessment of how people living near the Mount Elgon National Park in Uganda use the park's forest resources. It argues that extractive use of a range of timber and non-timber forest products, if properly monitored and controlled, is not necessarily a threat to biodiversity. The book explains clearly which data gathering methods were chosen and why, and how the results of this assessment can be used to develop collaborative management agreements with local people.