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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 ...
A global overview of forest protected areas on the World Heritage List.
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1997)
This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of forest protected areas on the World Heritage List and suggests potential forest areas which may merit future nomination to this prestigious List. ...
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 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 ...
Conservation evaluation of some natural forests in Sri Lanka
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1993)
The recently created Environmental Management Division within the Forest Department is currently undertaking a National Conservation Review (NCR) of all remaining natural forest and related grasslands within Sri Lanka, as ...
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 ...