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Forest Biodiversity Indicators. Tools for Policy-making and Management
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)
This is a brief introduction to biodiversity indicators in a forest environment - their definition, source, presentation and uses.
The World List of Threatened Trees
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1998)
The conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable management are internationally recognised as vital global concerns. Identification of the components of biodiversity and the threats they face are important steps in ...
The costs and benefits of forest protected areas for local livelihoods: a review of the current literature
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008)
Protected areas could play a significant role in the implementation of schemes to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries, through either the strengthening of the existing protected ...
The Great Apes-the road ahead. A GLOBIO perspective on the impacts of infrastructural development on The Great Apes
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2002)
This report assesses the impact of infrastructural development on great ape populations, using the GLOBIO modelling approach. GLOBIO is a multivariate spatial model, which estimates the extent of land area with reduced ...
Designing an optimum protected areas system for Sri Lanka's natural forests. Volume 1
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1997)
Sri Lanka is a small but biologically diverse country that is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot of global importance for plants. Many plants and animals are endemic to the island, 26% in the case of flowering plants and ...