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Tejer la red para la prevención de la violencia de género

Las brechas a las que se enfrentan las mujeres para ejercer plenamente sus derechos y vivir una vida libre de violencia son obstáculos para alcanzar la dignidad, la seguridad y el bienestar en las comunidades. Cerrar estas brechas es una condición necesaria para lograr el desarrollo y el uso sostenible de los recursos.

Author(s)
Zaldaña, Claudia Patricia
Rodríguez, Guiselle
De Paz, Celina

Navegando en nuestra masculinidad

Este Manual busca contribuir a la construcción de masculinidades no violentas en proyectos relacionados con la conservación y uso sostenible de los recursos costeros en Centroamérica. Se divide en 3 partes: 1. Manual del facilitador - Guía que utilizará el facilitador para ubicarse durante el desarrollo del proceso de capacitación; 2. Detalle de actividades - Herramienta que incluye los cuadros didácticos, objetivos y el desarrollo de las actividades detalladas, así como las reflexiones necesarias para generar conocimiento en los participantes; y 3.

Author(s)
Blanco Fuentes, A.
Omar Alas, C.

Advancing gender in the environment

This guide provides an overview of the unique roles and contributions women make in the wild-caught fisheries sector.

Author(s)
Siles Calvo, Jackeline
Prebble, Maria
Wen, Jamie
Hart, Corinne
Schuttenberg, Heidi

The global trafficking of pangolins

Pangolins are currently the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. In this report, the illegal pangolin trade from 2010–2015 was investigated, focusing on the global trade routes used to traffic pangolins and their derivatives.

Author(s)
Heinrich, Sarah
Wittmann, Talia
Ross, Joshua V.
Shepherd, Chris R.
Challender, Daniel W.S.
Cassey, Phillip

Marine turtles of the Maldives

This field guide provides information on marine turtles in the Maldives. Marine turtles live permanently in a saltwater environment. Unlike tortoises, marine turtles have a streamlined shell and flippers that allow them to swim quickly, but this is not enough to survive in saltwater. Their breathing and circulatory systems have, therefore, adapted to marine life. 

 

Author(s)
Ali, Khadeeja
Hudgins, Jillian
Mancini, Agnese

Resource dependence and social resilience in North Ari Atoll, Maldives

This report aimed at understanding resource use and dependence, perception of marine conservation policies, and adaptive capacities of communities of North Ari atoll, Maldives. It provides information on the social resilience of 8 local community islands in North Ari atoll, and identifies differences in gender role, in resource use and perception of enironmental issues. This study is key in understanding the value of ecosystem services in one atoll in the Maldives.

 

Author(s)
Abdulla, Ameer
Abdulla, Fisam
Afau, Aminath
Ibrahim, Munshidha
Mancini, Agnese
Nistharan, Fathimath
Rasheed, Rifaee

Parks in Peril source book

The Parks in Peril program begin in 1990 to secure the survival of some of the most endangered and biologically important areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. This publication documents progress of the Parks in Peril program and provides detailed information about this group of protected areas. But the purpose of this book goes beyond enumerating the program's achievements; it also details the extraordinary complexity of the social, economic, and political forces affecting these protected areas.

Author(s)
Mansour, Jane A.

Status of coral bleaching in the Maldives 2016

This report represents the most comprehensive effort to monitor coral bleaching in the Maldives to date, using a combination of citizen science and expert scientist (governmental, academic and non-governmental) data sets.

Author(s)
Ibrahim, Nizam
Mohamed, Maeesha

Baseline assessment of coral reefs of North Ari : 2015 Expedition

Baseline assessment of coral reefs of North Ari is the first study to investigate spatial variation in reef condition within the context of different human pressures in one atoll in the Maldives. Specifically, this study aimed to investigate whether and how coral reef condition (fish biomass, structural complexity, coral composition and live cover, and foraminiferal assemblages) vary spatially among reefs with different population levels and/or under different management regimes within North Ari atoll. 

Author(s)
Abdul Rahman, Mahid
Abdulla, Ameer
Pisapia, Chiara

Timber island : the rosewood and ebony trade of Madagascar

Author(s)
Newton, David J.
Ratsimbazafy, Cynthia
Ringuet, Stéphane
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