Search

Searching with a thematic focus on Environment, Biodiversity and environment

Showing 711-720 of 862 results

Pages

• Document

  Conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity

  Centro Internacional de la Papa / International Potato Center (CIP), 2003

  This sourcebook is a compilation of 75 papers of international field based experiences by scientists, development specialists, academics, policy-makers and donors looking at aspects of conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity.The book encourages action aimed at managing agricultural biodiversity resources within existing landscapes and ecosystems, in support of the liveliho
• Document

  The sustainable use of vicuna in Argentina: local and international interests

  BIOECON, 2003

  This paper examines the forces that have shaped policies concerning the management of the vicuna (a wild camelid that lives in the High Andes) in Argentina.
• Document

  Ecosystems and human well-being: a framework for assessment

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2003

  This document presents the conceptual and methodological approach that the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment uses to assess options that can be used by governments, the private sector, and civil society to enhance the contribution of ecosystems to human well-being.The framework presents a multi-scale approach with four components:Ecosystems and their servicesHuman well-being and povert
• Document

  Tanguar Haor wetland biodiversity conservation project: an appraisal

  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2001

  An appraisal of the project proposal Tanguar Haor Wetland Biodiversity to confirm whether the project can successfully and practically apply and achieve its aims.Tanguar Haor Wetland, north east Bangladesh, was declared an ecologically critical area by the Bangladeshi government in 1999.
• Document

  Feeling the heat: climate change and biodiversity loss

  Nature [journal], 2004

  Many plant and animal species are unlikely to survive climate change. Using projections of species' distributions for future climate scenarios, the report assesses extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20 per cent of the Earth's terrestrial surface.
• Document

  People and wildlife interactions around Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2003

  This report reviews the results from a survey study in communities adjacent to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
• Document

  Conservation farming in Zambia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  Examines the effectiveness of the ‘conservation farming (CF) system’, a package of agronomic practices for smallholders introduced to Zambia in 1996 and advocated by a range of stakeholders from donors, government and private sector.The system involves:dry-season land preparation using minimum tillage methods retention of crop residue from the prior harvest (no burning)planting
• Document

  Transfrontier ecosystems and internationally adjoining protected areas

  UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 1999

  This paper contains an updated Global List of Adjoining Protected Areas (as of early 1999), referred to earlier as “transfrontier protected areas complexes”.
• Document

  Review and analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resource Management initiatives in the Southern African Region

  World Conservation Union Regional Office for Southern Africa, 2001

  The authors of this paper intend to help clarify understanding of trans-boundary natural resource management (TBNRM) in southern Africa.
• Document

  Beyond Boundaries: Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Biodiversity Support Programme, 2001

  This publicaiton provides an overview of the background and current status of Transboundary Natural Resource Management (TBNRM) initiatives.

Pages