Official IUCN publications

The Mediterranean Red List assessment is a review of the conservation status at regional level of approximately 6,000 species of animals and plants. This report summarizes the results for a key group of Mediterranean biodiversity: saproxylic beetles.

Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors’ connection with protected area values, making it a potentially positive force for  conservation. Protected area tourism’s economic benefits—which depend on beautiful natural areas, healthy wildlife and nature, and authentic cultures—can also be a powerful argument for conservation.

This report is the first comprehensive attempt to collate all the relevant information on institutional arrangements for nature conservation in the region into one coherent report. It aims to review the health of the national nature conservation systems, their suitability for purpose, the main gaps and opportunities in delivering on the many national and international policy targets, and their coherency with respect to addressing regional commonalities and priorities.

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and policy makers, who are or may be involved with PPAs. Guidance is given on all aspects of PPA establishment, management and reporting, and information is provided on principles and best practices, with examples drawn from many different parts of the world.

The Mediterranean region is one of the world’s great centres of plant diversity and its benign climates have attracted successive waves of civilisations, which have largely shaped our attitudes and ethics to the present day. Despite the effects of grazing, agriculture, deforestation, pollution, urbanisation and tourism, it has developed a wide array of plant landscapes.

Сохранение биологического разнообразия является неотъемлемой частью восстановления лесных ландшафтов. Пока Международные инициативы, такие как Bonn Challenge («Боннская перспектива») и Нью-Йоркская 

A biodiversidade é inerente à restauração da paisagem florestal. À medida que iniciativas globais como o Desafio de Bonn e a Declaração de Nova York sobre Florestas inspiram as nações a procurar paisagens sustentáveis e crescimento económico locais, a biodiversidade une as pessoas e a natureza ao seu futuro compartilhado.

La biodiversité est inhérente à la restauration des paysages forestiers. Au moment où des initiatives mondiales telles que le Défi de Bonn ou la Déclaration de New York sur les forêts incitent les nations à rechercher la croissance économique et les paysages durables, la biodiversité relie sur le terrain les humains et la nature à leur avenir commun.

La biodiversidad es inherente a la restauración de paisajes forestales. Las iniciativas mundiales, como el Desafío de Bonn o la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques, inspiran a las naciones a tratar de fomentar unos paisajes y un crecimiento económico sostenibles; sobre el terreno, la biodiversidad vincula a los pueblos y la naturaleza con su futuro compartarget_ido.

The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria were developed for classifying species at high risk of global extinction, i.e. for assessment at the global level. Guidelines on the application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at national or regional levels were also developed and this volume presents the revised guidelines, published in 2012.