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Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity: A review of the recent scientific literature
(2008)
The IPCC 4 Assessment Report (AR4) concluded that climate change will have significant impacts on many aspects of biological diversity. These impacts will include effects on ecosystems, on their component species and genetic ...
A global overview of tropical marine, coastal and small island ecosystems and the World Heritage List
(, 2001)
A Global Strategy for a balanced and representative World Heritage List was adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 1994. Its aim is to ensure that the List reflects the world's cultural and natural diversity of outstanding ...
Biodiversity Indicators Capacity Strengthening: Experiences from Africa: Progress, Lessons Learnt and Needs for Future Indicator Development
(, 2005)
In the past few decades there has been growing understanding that human well-being' is fundamentally linked to the state of the environment. One manifestation of this is the increasing acceptance of biological diversity ...
Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction; The Importance of Biodiversity for Ecosystem Services
(, 2007)
This report reviews existing scientific knowledge regarding the links between biodiversity and the sustainable provision of ecosystem services, and considers the implications of these links for development policy. It does ...