Biodiversity
- Focus must be on results delivery, not procedural compliance
- Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006
- This report is a special evaluation study (SES) of the Asia Development Bank’s (ADB) environment policy with respect to environmental safeguards. It finds that ADB’s environmental policy is relevant to ADB’s activities,...
- Environment and society cannot be treated as separate entities
- L. Scott / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
- The relationships between poverty and the environment are highly contested. This paper highlights some of the key thinking on poverty-environment relationships, and introduces a framework focusing on the importance of environmental vu...
- A practical guide for mining professionals
- International Council on Mining and Metals [ICMM], 2006
- This good practice guide was produced to support member companies of the International Council on Mining and Metals to implement and measure performance against their commitment to ‘contribute to conservation of biodiversity and ...
- Increasing funding of PAs is not just a demand, but an obligation
- L. Emerton; J. Bishop; L. Thomas / World Conservation Union, 2006
- Targeted primarily at government and non-government agencies responsible for funding and managing Protected Areas (PAs), this report: assesses the recent status of and trends in PA financing examines the concep...
- Online guide and software for the analysis of biodiversity
- R. Kindt; R. Coe / World Agroforestry Centre, 2006
- This guide provides a solid practical foundation for training in statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies. It is aimed at scientists and students analysing tree diversity data, but can be used for a wider range of o...
- Exploring the challenges of sustainable livelihoods in desert environments
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2006
- This report presents a panorama of the environmental status of the world’s deserts: their location and extent, uniqueness and vulnerability, biodiversity and natural resources. The report provides a balanced picture of deserts as...
- Recommendations for environmental sustainability in Asia
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2005
- This white paper consolidates the primary outcomes of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) policy research for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific region since its establishment in 1998. The pape...
- Securing the South Pacific's mangroves against climate change
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2006
- Mangrove ecosystems provide important and valuable services and products to Pacific Island communities, but are under threat from changing environmental conditions. This publication highlights results and recommendations from a study ...
- MDGs and the biodiversity convention
- B. Pisupati; R. Rubian / Agorra Foundation, 2006
- This paper looks at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in relations to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The report asserts that while the initial response to the MDGs by UN member nations was overwhelming, concerns a...
- Assessing Agriculture-Environmental Hotspots
- M. H. Glantz / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
- This report outlines guidelines for assessing Agriculture-Environmental Hotspots. Agriculture-Environment (Ag-En) Hotspots are areas where ecological processes or agricultural production are disrupted due to conflicts between environm...
- What are the priorities for action on biodversity at the WSSD?
- B. Taneja; I. Koziell / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2001
- Short briefing paper providing a summary of the various issues arising around the implementation (or lack of it) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The paper outlines the various policy instruments arising from the CBD and wha...
- How and why is wildife important to the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable?
- J. Elliott / Department for International Development, UK, 2001
- Report aimed at producucing recommendations to DFID on an appropriate strategy for interventions which link rural livelihoods to wildlife and common natural resources. The report assesses the key linkages and underlying policy and ins...
- Collection of adopted and draft legislation covering biodiversity, genetic resources and traditional knowledge
- GRAIN, 2002
- Biodiversity Rights Legislation (BRL) is a collection of emerging laws that directly affect people's control over agricultural biodiversity in developing countries. It compiles those legislative texts that define rights in relation to...
- Linking diversity and food security in Indian dryland agriculture.
- C. Pionetti; S. Reddy / GRAIN, 2002
- Case study examining the relationship between traditional rain fed agricultural methods, food security and agricultural biodiversity in the poor growing conditions on the Deccan plateau in Southern India. The article describes the imp...
- Case studies from projects combining livlihoods and ecosystem approaches to conservation
- United Nations Development Programme, 2002
- This report outlines the work of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Programme at the UNDP through a series of case studies from GEF / UNDP funded projects. Case studies are organised to highlight innovative approaches to balancing ...
- Can ecological concerns be accomodated in rural development policies where conservation is not the primary aim?
- R. Grimble; M. Laidlaw / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- ODI briefing paper looking at biological resources and their management, for both conservation and people's livlihoods with a view to outlining a framework for best practice. The paper focusses on developments since the Rio Earth Summ...
- Forest biodiversity and the CBD work programme
- World Conservation Union, 2002
- IUCN document which calls on the Conference of Parties (COP) to move from a research orientated work programme on forest biological diversity towards a more action orientated programme. It identifies conservation, sustainable use, sus...
- Survey of one of the worlds most species rich forests may be too late to save it from destruction.
- A Gillison / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001
- The current rate of land conversion suggests that virtually all remaining lowland forests in Sumatra will disappear by the year 2004. WWF's Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy (AREAS) project is currently exploring ways of achiev...
- The current role of social science in guiding and shaping the conservation work
- E. Chornesky / Conserve Online, 2001
- This report looks at specific techniques to the enable the rapid understanding of human systems and dynamics in an ecoregion or conservation site. It examines current use across The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of tools from the social sc...
- Spacial modelling to determine the optimum size and location of national forests in the Brazilian Amazon
- A. VerÃssimo; M. A. Cochrane; Carlos Souza; R. Salomão / Conservation Ecology [journal], 2002
- Article which presents a method for optimally locating national forest areas that incorporates information on existing protected areas, current vegetation cover, areas of human occupation, and timber stocks. The method combines these ...
- Trisanita
- Platform for international peer-reviewed journals focusing on sanitation published in Indonesia.
- ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
- The ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins is devoted entirely to research on the tropical forest margins. ASB, which was founded as Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn in 1994, is currently focussed on reducing deforestation and emissions from land use change, including forestry and agriculture, while ensuring viable livelihoods and enhancing social and environmental co-benefits.The partnersh...
- Current Conservation
- Current Conservation is published by an informal alliance of natural and social scientists to promote interdisciplinary research in conservation and to foster communication among scientists, resource managers, educators and policy makers. Current Conservation is an open access journal, published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
- Eldis Environment Resource Guide
- An Eldis resource guide on environmental issues
- Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB)
- Biodiversity in South Asia
- Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon
- SPNL aims at ensuring that the natural resources are used in a sustainable manner, by protecting nature, birds and the biodiversity of Lebanon and highlighting their values and linkages to human livelihoods. SPNL works in a cooperative manner to fulfill its mission statement, i.e., in partnership with government institutions, municipalities, local community, other NGOs, associates a...
- The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace
- Information on markets and payment schemes for ecosystem services
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
- Global Environmental Facility Evaluation Office (GEF Evaluation Office)
- The GEF's independent evaluation office
- Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD)
- Nepalese NGO working on sustainable development
