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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 ...
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 ...
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Cambodia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the distribution not only of carbon, but of other ecosystem services, such as biodiversity. ...
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Ecuador
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the relationship between the distributions of carbon, biodiversity, and other factors of ...
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 ...
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: global mechanisms, conservation and livelihoods
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2004)
This review examines the impacts of reactive nitrogen on the environment, human health and economies from local to global scales. About 40% of the human population depends upon food production made possible by synthetic ...
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 ...