Biodiversity
- 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 ...
- Invasive species: economic solutions to an economic problem?
- C. Perrings; M. Williamson; E. B. Barbier; D. Delfino1; S. Dalmazzone; J. Shogren; P. Simmons; A. Watkinson / Conservation Ecology [journal], 2002
- Argues that the causes of the problem of invasive alien species are primarily economic and, as such, require economic solutions. Invasive alien species are of increasing concern for four reasons. First, introduct...
- Do protected areas really protect biodiversity?
- A. G. Bruner; R. E. Gullison; R. E. Rice; G. A. B. da Fonseca / Komodo National Park, Indonesia, 2001
- This report assesses the impacts of anthropogenic threats on 93 protected areas in 22 tropical countries to test the hypothesis that parks are an effective means to protect tropical biodiversity. Each park tested was over 5 years old ...
- Species protection, trade issues and development
- B. Dickson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- Looks at how CITES measures have evolved over time and the growing interest in the use of restricted trade measures as a conservation tool. The report critically examines the effectiveness of CITES measures and looks at the extent to ...
- Scientific literature review on the roles of forests and trees in social vulnerability to climate change
- E. Pramova; B. Locatelli; H. Djoudi; O. A. Somorin / Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
- Ecosystems provide crucial services to help people adapt to climate change. In conducting a review of the scientific literature, this paper shows how ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate ...
- Understanding relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people: the key to achieving REDD+ objectives. A global assessment report
- J. A. Parrotta (ed); C. Wildburger (ed); S. Mansourian (ed) / International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 2012
- This report seeks to better understand the relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people, so as to support the achievement of REDD+ objectives. It summarises the latest scientific literature to make sense of the compl...
- World Bank report on the likely consequences of a four degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures
- World Bank, 2012
- This report, produced for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, attempts to describe what climate change impacts are likely to be felt in a ‘4°C world', i.e. a world where...
- Paper drawing recommendations for transboundary conservation from the Kangchenjunga region
- K. Phuntsho; N. Chettri; K. P. Oli / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2012
- This paper draws recommendations for transboundary and participatory biodiversity conservation from the Kangchenjunga Conservation Landscape Initiative. This 'biodiversity hotspot' - shared by Bhutan, India and Nepal - is one of seven...
- Prospects and Constraints of Madhupur National Park Management
- M Mia / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012
- The study was conducted in Madhupur National Park (MNP), which is very well known for its characteristics as deciduous forest. This study examined the constraints of park management, causes of deforestation and prospects of Madhupur S...
- South Asian countries need to activate the Convention on Biological Diversity in their naturally-rich region
- P. Ranjan / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2009
- The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was instituted as the international regime that would serve as the basis to negotiate issues of access and benefit sharing (ABS) related to genetic resources. In this context, the current p...
- Assessment of the most important environmental goals and objectives
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
- The fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) analyses the state, trends, outlook and responses to environmental change. It assesses progress towards meeting internationally agreed goals and identifies gaps in their achievement. ...
- Reefs at Risk Revisted
- L. Burke / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2011
- Like the original Reefs at Risk, this study evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities. It also includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. In addition, Reefs at Risk Revisited includes a gl...
- Resuscitating the Sundarbans: customary use of biodiversity & traditional culture practices in Bangladesh
- D.M.H. Kabir / Unnayan Onneshan, 2008
- The study is participatory work of different research wings, local communities of Sundarban. It explores the crisis already has created in mantaining biodiversity in sundarban due mismanagement and over exploitation of the resources t...
- Maximising climate change resilience, adaptation and mitigation through locating new protected areas
- J. Ervin (ed) / Taylor and Francis Group, 2011
- Though protected areas have increased considerably over the last 130 years, there are several troubling trends, including national and regional disparities, ecological gaps, a decline in the growth of new protected areas, and problems...
- 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
