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The IUCN Red List Index for monitoring extinction risk
… The IUCN Red List Index for monitoring extinction risk CELEBRATING the adoption of the Convention on Biological … now widely used to monitor trends in species' extinction risk, based only on genuine changes in status; FURTHER NOTING … The IUCN Red List Index for monitoring extinction risk …
Water Management and Stewardship
… InternatIonal UnIon for ConservatIon of natUre Water Management and Stewardship Taking stock of corporate water … of corporate ‘water behaviours’ Figure 5: The ‘Water Risk and Action Framework’ of the International Water … from the status of water, currently, as a medium risk, but low priority, to (increasingly) a medium (or high) …
Aquaculture - site selection and site management
… Aquaculture Site Selection and Aquaculture Site Management II The designation of geographical entities in … the most applicable technology in order to manage the high risk of aquaculture. • Research into the practical … instead. • Anticipated and unanticipated change involving risk should be addressed at the legal, ecological, …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… new processes and products. The challenges of sustainable management of the natural or agricultural resource remain … debt. Science 319, 5867, pp. 1235-1238. The International Risk Governance Council is also drafting a set of Risk Governance Guidelines for the Production and Trade of …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches … a repeatable and consistent method for assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse worldwide. RLE uses five criteria … dynamics to produce quantitative estimates of the risk of collapse (IUCN, 2015). 4 Halting and reversing Land …
The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine
… ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A CHANGING WORLD' SUB THEME: CONSERVING MEDICINAL … ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A CHANGING WORLD' SUB THEME: CONSERVING MEDICINAL … sustainable extraction may best be achieved by utilizing management strategies that are more suited to the data-poor …
Global Land Outlook
… that presents a clear and pragmatic approach to land use, management, and planning for sustainable development and … and natural ecosystems are degrading and at further risk from climate change and biodiversity loss. From 1998 to … and, in certain circumstances, may trigger or increase the risk of conflict. The scale of rural transformation in recent …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… organization promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its … compared to smaller populations and therefore a lower risk of extinction. The inflow of individuals and genes from … same total area. Small, isolated populations are at a high risk of local extinction. Forest fragments are also …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… from it, particularly through community-based wildlife management schemes; recognizing and supporting sustainable … specifically affect biological diversity. If there is a risk of significant harm to biodiversity, they should apply … List is to highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction (i.e. those listed as "critically …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… on “The relevance of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) to the conservation and sustainable use of … (eds.), Biodiversity and the precautionary principle: risk and uncertainty in conservation and sustainable use, pp. … therefore be seen and termed in a number of cases as a “risk analysis”, in which Scientific Authorities have to …