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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… 3. SSC Goal The extinction crisis and massive loss of biodiversity are universally adopted as a shared … 67% were found to be threatened, especially by ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation as the nickel mining industry … engage the Membership with the Secretariat and each other. Habitat loss & fragmentation; human-elephant conflict; …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… by identifying ecosystems most at risk of biodiversity loss. By targeting a level of biological organisation above … of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s … Union Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (European Commission) Habitat type. 'Plant and animal communities as the …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… audits or river basin planning. Functional analysis and habitat modelling are the most widely applied approaches in … to deal with the destruction of our rivers and thereby the loss of their biodiversity and societal benefits. I hope this … rates in between.9 For each scenario, the impact on habitat for target fish species and the implications for …
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State of Biodiversity in Africa

… of Biodiversity and the global deadline for halting the loss of biodiversity. At the sixth meeting of the Conference … some tropical relicts. These mountains also provide prime habitat for migratory birds and a key refuge for threatened … as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, due to habitat loss and limited range in some areas (IUCN Red List, …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove IV Habitat/species management area: Areas to protect particular … in protected areas of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil 86 6.8 Habitat 141°: Restoring habitats and linking protected areas … conservation challenges of the 21st century. Habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation of resources, climate …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… the theory that if countries are doing effective DRR, the loss and damage from each disaster reduces every time, which … 2008). Additional benefits are natural restoration and habitat rebuilding, together with ecotourism attractions. In … the largest mangrove forest in Cambodia and provide habitat to a variety of fish, crustacean and shellfish …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type legislation 101 3.1.9 Hydrologic connectivity – … of soils 100 Box II(3)-5: General protection of special habitat types or zones in Denmark 102 Box II(3)-6: … ‘ecological islands’, less able to stem the accelerating loss of terrestrial and marine biodiversity and less able to …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… forces underlie and explain biodiversity degradation and loss, and economic measures provide a useful set of tools for … (1996), Enviro-Capitalists: Why and How to Preserve Their Habitat. Paper presented at IUCN Workshop on Economics of … K., & Simpson, D. R., (1999), The Law and Economics of Habitat Conservation: Lessons from an Analysis of Easement …
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Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The conservation case

… biodiversity: • Compelling evidence on biodiversity loss, its impacts and human causes Reports on the loss of … is behind nearly all the major threats to biodiversity. Habitat destruction and degradation is the biggest threat … on the y-axis can be measured through currencies such as Habitat Hectares or species population sizes. N et Im p ac t …
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The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A Global Species Assessment

… OF A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A CHANGING … Pacific. Although forests are the most important habitat type for both threatened birds and amphibians, … and on the Caribbean islands. What are the main pressures? Habitat destruction and degradation are by far the most …
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