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How to help your hotel help Nature
From cotton towels and sheets in guest rooms, to food in the restaurant and wood used for furniture and fittings – the products of biodiversity are everywhere inside hotels. Outside, plants and animals make a hotel’s public spaces and gardens attractive for guests, while beyond the hotel gates, parks, green spaces, coasts and natural habitats provide guests with opportunities for recreation and enjoyment. …
02 Oct 2008 | Downloads - publication
IUCN Private Sector Relations 2009 - 2012
The present document brings together all the private sector related activities proposed by the different component programmes for the 2009 - 2012 quadrennial. …
08 Aug 2008 | Downloads - document
Agricultural Ecosystems - Facts and Trends
Understanding agriculture’s dilemma between food security and conservation – new publication
Agriculture is suffering from a growing dilemma: it needs to feed a fast growing world population, and conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources of an increasingly depleted planet. …
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25 Jul 2008 | Downloads - publication
Private Sector, Experiences
IUCN and the private sector: Experience and lessons learned …
26 Jun 2008 | Downloads - document
Building Biodiversity Business
The challenge of building biodiversity business is not trivial. Biodiversity is still largely neglected by private finance. There is a need to develop new business models and market mechanisms for biodiversity conservation, and to persuade the public and policy makers that biodiversity (or component ecosystem services) can be conserved on a commercial basis. Based on extensive consulatation and analysis, the authors of this new report conclude that there are numerous pro-biodiversity business opportunities that can generate positive financial returns as well as real biodiversity benefits. …
19 Mar 2008 | Downloads - publication
Extractive Industries in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones
Extractive industries in arid and semi-arid zones : environmental planning and management
Industries extractives dans les zones arides et semi-arides : planification et gestion de l'environnement
Industrias extractivas en zonas áridas y semiáridas : planificación y gestión ambientales
Gratzfeld, Joachim, ed.
IUCN ; IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa ; United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Secretariat
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06 Mar 2008 | Downloads - publication
CBD Newsletter Business.2010
Food, feed, fiber & fuel
An overview of biodiversity and agribusiness …
29 Feb 2008 | Downloads - document
IUCN Pan-European Newsletter 15: Business and Biodiversity
This newsletter issue focuses on Business and Biodiversity, with contributions from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, WWF, the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the EU. …
01 Feb 2008 | Downloads - publication
