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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 ...
Protected Areas of the World: a review of National Systems. Vol 2: Palearctic
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1991)
This book is organised into national (or occasionally sub-national) accounts, each comprising a description of the national protected areas system, accompanied by a summary list and map of protected areas. The book is ...
The conservation status of biological resources in the Philippines
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1988)
This report discusses the conservation status of the biological resources of the Philippine archipelago. These include a wide variety of tropical moist forest formations, a rich and diverse flora and fauna with a high ...
World trade in Crocodilian skins, 1999-2001. Prepared as part of the International Alligator and Crocodile Trade
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2003)
UNEP-WCMC has previously produced nine reports for the International Alligator and Crocodile Trade Study (IACTS) that have examined the international trade in crocodilian skins from 1980 to 2000. As in the previous reports, ...
World Plant Conservation Bibliography
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1990)
There is an ever increasing pressure on the natural resources of planet Earth by mankind - as the human population continues to increase, so does the need for more food, fuelwood, fodder, fibres, timber and other plant ...
The Last Rain Forests
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1990)
The Last Rain Forests guides the reader to a deeper level of understanding on which to base opinions and take action. It is both a unique atlas of the conservation status of all the world's rain forests, and a blueprint ...
Are you a green leader? Business and biodiversity making the case for a lasting solution
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
Produced jointly between UNEP-WCMC and UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, this document reviews the business case for biodiversity
State of the world's protected areas at the end of the twentieth century
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1997)
Protected areas are widely held to be among the most effective means of conserving biological diversity in situ (McNeely and Miller, 1984
Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2006)
Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and ...