Conservation strategies

Biodiversity captured worldwide attention at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro when 150 nations signed the Convention on Biological Diversity. Although most countries by now have had some experience planning and implementing biodiversity-related measures, few have approached them in the comprehensive, integrated manner required by the Convention.

Rising poverty in Abbottabad along with rapid resource depletion, dwindling opportunities and over-grown population are compelling realities which demand a serious look at our approach to development. Abbottabad Integrated Development Vision (IDV) is an effort to focus on these issues. The Overview presents summary of the Abbottabad IDV

How are decisions about water resources development made? This question is prompted by the continuing global interest in the final report from the World Commission on Dams (WCD), released in 2000, which offered seven strategic priorities as a framework to aid decision-making about large dams and other types of water resources development.

L'UICN a favorisé la mise en place au Sénégal et dans d'autres pays d'un réseau sur les zones humides. Le but du réseau est de développer, à long terme, une stratégie nationale de planification et de gestion des zones humides. En 1995, le fleuve Sénégal a été identifié comme site devant faire l'objet d'une attention particulière.