The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction.
International Treaties in Nature Conservation provides a unique insight into the inner mechanisms of international treaties – their history, development, successes and failures – from those who have spent their lives working with them.
Der Alpenreport schaut genauer hin. Wie steht es in diesem vielfältigen Natur- und Kulturraum um den Landschafts- und Naturschutz? Welche Bedeutung und Auswirkungen hat der Tourismus? Wie ist das Verkehrsaufkommen auf den Transitachsen? Auf diese und viele weitere Fragen antwortet diese erste gesamtalpine Übersicht mit konkreten Daten und Interpretationen.
Nature-based solutions (NbS) -- centred on the protection, restoration and sustainable management of the world's ecosystems -- have a vitally important role to play in addressing both the causes and consequences of climate change.
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) was opened for signature in Washington DC on 3rd March 1973, and to date has 182 Parties from across the world. If CITES is to remain a credible instrument for conserving species affected by trade, the decisions of the Parties must be based on the best available scientific and technical information.
