This assessment, conducted by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM), covers the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions arising from the operation of IUCN offices and the international business activities of IUCN employees for the calendar year 2002. The assessment methodology follows the reporting principles and guidelines provided by the WBCSD/WRI Greenhouse Gas Protocol (2004).
We live in a world of rapid global change : biophysical, socio-economic and institutional. This book examines the issues and options for protected area management to ensure that we continue to protect the Earth's most valuable ecosystems in the face of these unprecedented changes.
LAfrique de lOuest est lune des régions du monde les plus vulnérables au changement climatique. Limpact souvent désastreux de la variabilité et des extrêmes climatiques au cours des trente dernières années en est une parfaite illustration, mais aussi un des signes avant-coureurs de cette vulnérabilité.
West African is among the most vulnerable regions to climate change worldwide. The often disastrous impact variability and extreme events over the past thirty years is a striking illustration and a harbinger of this vulnerability.