Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 17
Checklist of CITES Species and Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2005)
This book provides a Checklist of the fauna and the flora listed in Appendices I, II and III of CITES as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, valid from 17 February 2005. It is hoped that these lists will act as an ...
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.
Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)
The impacts of "human-induced" climate change are now being observed in every aspect of life, and it is the most significant and far-reaching current environmental threat. In the last few decades, natural scientists and ...
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Tanzania
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2009)
When planning efforts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, the benefits could be increased by taking account of the distribution not only of carbon, but of other ecosystem services such as ...
A global overview of protected areas on the World Heritage list of particular importance for biodiversity
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2000)
This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of existing World Heritage Sites of particular importance for the conservation of biodiversity, and suggests existing protected areas of significant ...
Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2000)
The following pages are lists of endemic species for the five Indian Ocean countries. These lists contain some species which are not associated with coastal areas because the habitat use for species in the WCMC databases ...
GIS Assessment of the Status of Protected Areas in East Asia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2005)
East Asia is comprised of eight countries and territories: People's Republic of China (China),Hong Kong, Japan, Democratic People's Republic (DPR) of Korea, Republic of Korea,Macau, Mongolia and Taiwan, with a combined ...
Crossroads of Life on Earth - Exploring means to meet the 2010 Biodiversity Target
(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityNetherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2007)
The aim of this assessment study was to explore policy options under current discussion in the global political arena that could have major positive or negative impacts on biodiversity. The central concern of the assessment ...
Review of the status and conservation actions for CMS concerted action species
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2004)
The present report provides rapid reviews of the conservation status and conservation actions undertaken for the 43 CMS Concerted Action Species (Res. Conf 7.1). Information has been chiefly compiled from sources integrated ...
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 ...