Search results
23 Results
Sorted by relevance
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… e Menezes, Brett Myrdal, Adrian Phillips and other members of the IUCN WCPA Urban Specialist Group Craig Groves, Series … use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values Ib Wilderness area: … large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and …
Two dams on the Santa Cruz River in Argentina: Their impact on an irreplaceable ecosystem and on the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina
… (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina OBSERVING that in 2012 a project … concerning information vital for decision making, the lack of suitable forums for citizen participation and weaknesses … by civil society organisations before the High Court of Argentina, which urged the State in April 2016 to present …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… equitably and sustainably, and to cope with the myriad of challenges faced in practice. They also assist national … use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values Ib Wilderness area: … large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and …
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It … in plant diversity and proper mixtures of crop and tree species in ecological engineering projects could improve protection against shallow landslides and erosion, especially …
Enlarging and connecting protected areas for the Ecological Corridor of Northeast Asia
… transboundary protected areas for the Ecological Corridor of Northeast Asia RECALLING Recommendation 1.38 Ecological … the environment; RECOGNIZING the need for comprehensive protection of the precious and threatened natural and … World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), in collaboration with …
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… and protected areas INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland, … use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values. Ib. Wilderness area: … large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… Overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European … in EU Overseas MPAs & MPA networks 131 5 Marine Invasive Species 136 5 1 The threat of invasive lionfish in the … debate and pre- vious assessments of progress in the protection of marine areas have often excluded them from the …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… elcsecretariat@iucn.org www.iucn.org/law The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation A Concept Paper Barbara Lausche, … Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 Convention on Migratory Species 61 1.4 Ramsar Convention 63 1.5 World Heritage … conservation laws 93 3.1.5 Nature conservation or nature protection laws 94 3.1.6 Wildlife conservation laws 94 3.1.7 …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… Monty, Radhika Murti and Naoya Furuta The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation … 3.1.1 Importance of species diversity for ecological resilience … • Different ecosystems and associated services can provide protection and reduce damages from hazards • Protection and …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… About IUCN IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our … fuel, construction material, clean water and air, and protection from natural hazards. Ecosystems, however, are … have shown significant changes in ecosystem and species distributions, principally due to increasing …