Biodiversity plays an important role in the day-to-day life of a hotel. From the food in the restaurant and wood in furniture and fittings, to the amenities in the spa, the products of biodiversity are everywhere inside hotels.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Accor
International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IHRA)
This Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) report is dedicated to the increasingly popular topic of 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD).
Author(s):
Peskett, Leo
Huberman, David
Bowen-Jones, Evan
Edwards, Guy
Brown, Jessica
Organization(s):
IUCN
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Institute
UNDP
Sweden, SIDA
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable et de ll'Aménagement du territoire
Nature Conservancy, US
UNEP-WCMC
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
This is the second volume in the new series on the Value of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes. Each volume in the series will explore the different values that this category provides through a set of case studies preceded by a synthesis section discussing the lessons to be learnt.
Author(s):
Mallarach, Josep-Maria
Organization(s):
IUCN
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
The CORDIO programme, which started in 1999 as a pragmatic response to the impacts of global warming on coral reefs, has over the years improved our knowledge and management of coral reefs.
Organization(s):
Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
Es un documento que contiene material técnico de índole ambiental y social y el cual tiene por propósito facilitar el proceso de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental por medio de una herramienta que menciona acciones de la actividad de desarrollo de infraestructura urbana que puede provocar efectos si
Es un análisis comparativo de la legislación de la Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental en todos los países centroamericanos. El estudio parte de la normativa existente y determina similitudes, congruencias y diferencias del instrumento en cada país.
Author(s):
Gättgens, Allan Astorga
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
Es una herramienta para las autoridades ambientales centroamericanas, que puede ser utilizada en la preparación de los nuevos instrumentos técnicos como reglamentos y manuales de procedimientos de la Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (EIA).
Author(s):
Gättgens, Allan Astorga
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
Este documento muestra el compromiso de la UICN-Mesoamérica durante cuatro años para desarrollar acciones que contribuyan a impactar el entorno convirtiéndose en el marco de referencia institucional para orientar el trabajo de sus áreas temáticas.
Esta investigación incorpora los resultados de monitoreos en agua superficial y subterránea realizados por el Proyecto UICN/BASIM y por distintas OG y ONG en la zona de influencia del proyecto de Manejo Integrado de Cuencas Asociadas al Complejo Hidrográfico El Imposible-Barra de Santiago (BASIM)
Este documento presenta los diversos usos del agua desde diferentes fuentes de extracción y analiza los costos de los sistemas de producción y de las principales tecnologías para riego, entre otros aspectos, en el área de Ahuachapán Sur, en El Salvador.
Este documento pretende recolectar información que sirva de insumo para elaborar una estrategia en el abordaje de la equidad de género, tomando en cuenta las condiciones y necesidades de las mujeres de la zona y elaborar un marco de referencia que permita el seguimiento y evaluación de las accion
Este documento describe el procedimiento para elaborar un plan anual de monitoreo para calidad de agua, según la normativa de El Salvador, considerando la experiencia del monitoreo de plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales (PTAR) que se realizó en el Puente Arce, cantón Jocotillo del municipi
Governance for sustainability is defined as the set of written and unwritten rules that link ecological citizenship with institutions and norms of governance. It is a complex topic because it addresses the three issues of globalization, democracy and sustainability.
The environmental movement has made huge progress over the last decades. Among others, it has raised awareness of challenges facing humanity, helped develop a critical mass of policies, and worked towards the implementation of many of these policies in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Spanning the vast range of Earth's marine environments, from Greenland to the Polynesian Islands, Planet Ocean reveals hidden landscapes of unsurpassed beauty and awe. More than 25 essays from leading scientists highlight topics such as aquaculture and global warming.
IUCNs Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC) project aims to promote the adoption of improved forest governance arrangements in Viet Nam and five other tropical forest countries in Asia, Africa and South America.
A partir del análisis de diversas experiencias locales en el manejo de agua y biodiversidad, este manual busca mostrar una propuesta integral para ampliar las capacidades de quienes se relacionan con la gestión de los recursos hídricos, en los distintos niveles.
Author(s):
Silva, Cynthia
Troya, Verónica
Inchausty, Víctor Hugo
Pazmiño, Aracely
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Spain, Catalunyan Agency for Cooperation and Development (ACCD)
En este documento se describe el plan de monitoreo anual de calidad de agua potable captada de nacimiento o río para abastecer a menos de 5 mil usuarios y de 5 mil a 100 mil habitantes.
En este documento se describe el plan de monitoreo anual de calidad de agua potable captada de pozos perforados para abastecer a menos de 5 mil usuarios y de 5 mil a 100 mil habitantes.
Provee información general acerca de los humedales, instrumentos legales que los rigen y sitios prioritarios del área geográfica de Río San Juan, así como de los retos que enfrentan hacia la implementación de un verdadero uso racional.
Author(s):
Montes de Oca Lugo, Julio
Organization(s):
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Alianzas, Comisión Transfronteriza del Área Geográfica de Concentración Río San Juan
Manual de técnicas participativas para actividades forestales comunitarias, que pueden aplicarse fácilmente a otras formas de manejo participativo de recursos naturales.
All people, regardless of where they live, depend upon the existence of healthy marine ecosystems. While the role that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can play in promoting the health of the oceans and seas has been widely acknowledged, progress on building a network of MPAs has been slow to date.
This special issue Global Re-introduction Perspectives provides 62 case-studies covering invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.
Organization(s):
Denver Zoological Foundation, US
Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
This book (in English, French and Spanish) provides an overview of the history of IUCN in the Mediterranean region, related mainly to the creation of the Cooperation Centre in Málaga in 2001. It also highlights the major projects of the centre and the work for the future.
An enclosed sea such as the Mediterranean is particularly susceptible to ship-associated impacts due to the high volume of shipping routes, long history of use, shallow sensitive habitats and sensitive deep-sea ecosystems.
An enclosed sea such as the Mediterranean is particularly susceptible to ship-associated impacts due to the high volume of shipping routes, long history of use, shallow sensitive habitats and sensitive deep-sea ecosystems.
This book, in English, French and Spanish, provides an overview of the Mediterranean forest conservation and management challenges posed by climate change.
This book includes a set of strategic guidelines and key conservation and development issues for the Mediterranean mountains, grouped into eight priority themes, as a starting point towards the elaboration of action plans for the Mediterranean mountain chains.The book contents are based on the ou
The main aim of this report is to assess progress towards a network of ecologically representative and effectively managed MPAs that meets international obligations for conservation of the Mediterranean Sea.
IUCN, WWF and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed this guidebook to assist marine protected area (MPA) managers in assessing the performance of their MPA. Based on this assessment, it shows how necessary changes can be made to improve management measures.
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to people's social and economic reality.
Author(s):
Dela, Jinie
Garnett, Tommy
Goldstein, Wendy
van Kempen, Peter Paul
Organization(s):
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
