Official IUCN publications

Some of the most important decisions in wildlife management in Africa revolve around elephants. Where elephant densities increase the impact of elephants on their habitats and other species may also increase. Depending on local values and/or the land-use objectives, this impact is often seen as undesirable. Information about attempts to control wild populations of elephants is generally not readily accessible to the relevant managers and conservation authorities in Africa.

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable. In early 2006 IUCN launched an initiative to explore options for ecosystem management and restoration in small island developing states (SIDS).

Islands are among the richest, most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Today, in the face of growing threats such as climate change, they are also among the most vulnerable. In early 2006 IUCN launched an initiative to explore options for ecosystem management and restoration in small island developing states (SIDS).

Le Mali possède un réseau composé de onze aires protégées et de six zones d’intérêt cynégétique qui couvrent ensemble 4,6% du territoire national. L’évaluaion a porté sur dix aires protégées: la réserve de Biosphère de Baoulé, la future réserve de Biosphère du Baffing Famélé, la réserve spéciale des éléphants du Gourma, les réserves du Soudan et du Baffing Baoulé, le Niénendougou, la réserve spéciale d’Asongo Ménaka, la réserve de Tamesna en cours de création et la ZIC de Tidermène Alata.

Les aires protégées de Côte d’Ivoire sont soumises à de fortes pressions, susceptibles de remettre en cause leur avenir. Les principales pressions identifiées sont le braconnage, l’exploitation agricole, l’exploitation forestière, la pêche, le prélèvement des produits forestiers non ligneux et ligneux secondaires, les feux de brousse incontrôlés. De plus les aires protégées ne sont pas soutenues par les communautés locales.

La Mauritanie abrite un réseau d’aires protégées relativement complet et représentatif en ce qui concerne les écosystèmes marins. En revanche, il pourrait être complété par les parties terrestres. Les principales pressions identifiées dans les parcs sont la transformation du milieu, l’exploitation minière, la surexploitation des ressources terrestres et des ressources marines, la pollution et le développement de certaines infrastructures.

An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process to establish them poses great challenges.

This publication draws on lessons learned from Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea in forest management, community development, indigenous knowledge and access to resources and social networks within the broad framework of the sustainable livelihoods approach. The contents reveal how building workable partnerships among a diversity of stakeholders is fundamental to sustainable development.

It is today widely acknowledged both by the development and conservation communities that a vital relationship exists between the sound management of ecosystems, the determinants of poverty and the effectiveness of poverty alleviation efforts. Although levels of vulnerability remain high in urban areas, the relationship is closer still in rural settings where the majority of poor remain largely dependent upon the productivity and sustainability of natural ecosystems.

The 35 independent countries and territories which make up the Caribbean region are home to a great diversity of ecological, cultural and historical features. They share a number of remarkable characteristics including high levels of biodiversity with a huge variety of endemic and unique species.