Guidelines

Guidelines for applying the IUCN protected area management categories to marine protected areas

2012 Day, Jon | Dudley, Nigel | Hockings, Marc | Holmes, G. | Laffoley, D. | Stolton, Sue | Wells, Sue |

With the smaller number of marine protected areas (MPAs) compared with terrestrial protected areas, there is less experience and understanding of applying the categories to MPAs. Application of the categories to MPAs has often been inaccurate and inconsistent.

Lignes directrices pour la législation des aires protégées

2012 Lausche, Barbara J. |

Ces lignes directrices ont pour but de mettre à jour et d’étendre les lignes directrices publiées en 1980 et de refléter les évolutions et les nouveaux enjeux intervenus depuis.

Best practice for conservation planning in rural areas (Russian version)

1998

This report draws on lessons learned from observations made at seven case study sites, all of which permit economic activities, especially recreation, that are not harmful to the biological values and natural functions of the area. There is now a need to translate these experiences into policy instruments. The guidelines, summarised in some 20 pages, offer sound and well-documented advice on how to proceed.

Strategic adaptive management guidelines for effective conservation of freshwater ecosystems in and around protected areas of the world

2012 Kingsford, Richard | Biggs, H. C. |

This publication lays out the basic steps required by a catchment or protected area manager to begin the Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) process. We provide the series of steps to help deal with the complex task facing the freshwater manager. The guide provides a framework for managing the maintenance of flow regimes and water quality to support healthy ecosystem services desired by stakeholders.

Sites naturels sacrés : lignes directrices pour les gestionnaires d'aires protégées

2012

Ces lignes directrices sont produites d'abord pour aider les gestionnaires d'aires protégées, particulièrement ceux dont les aires protégées, légalement établies, contiennent des sites sacrés à l'intérieur de leurs limites.

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories (Japanese version)

2008

IUCN’s Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording and classifying protected areas.They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation.

Guidelines for protected areas legislation : guidelines : English version, case studies and matrices

2011 Lausche, Barbara J. |
The purpose of these guidelines is to update and expand the original guidelines on protected areas legislation published in 1980 and to reflect new developments and emerging issues. These developments include significant advances in international environmental law, and an improved scientific understanding of the role of protected areas in nature conservation, including conserving biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem functions and supporting sustainable development.

Directrices para la legislación relativa a áreas protegidas

2012 Lausche, Barbara J. |

El proposito de las presentes directrices es actualizar las directrices originales publicadas en 1980, teniendo en cuenta la evolucion que ha tenido lugar desde entonces y las problematicas emergentes.

Defining protected areas : an international conference in Almeria, Spain, May 2007

2008 Dudley, Nigel | Stolton, Sue |
The “Categories Summit” which is reported in these proceedings was a major contribution to the revision of the IUCN protected area management categories. The proceedings are published in a spirit of openness and to provide easy access to much of the background thinking that led to the revised publication. The Summit took place in 2007, these proceedings are being published in 2008 as a source document at the same time as the revised categories.

L'évolution de la CITES : ouvrage de référence sur la Convention sur le Commerce International des Espèces de Faune et de Flore sauvages menacées d'extinction

2011 Wijnstekers, Willem |

This comprehensive publication presents a history of the evolution of CITES. It begins with the basics and guides the reader through its complex structure. The provisions of the Convention are clearly highlighted in the book, and the numerous resolutions and decisions are explained.
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