Publications and Resources

Regional Assessments

Pro-Poor Integrated Wetland Assessment


Other Resources and Publications

 

Regional Assessments

Africa

 

The Diversity of Life in African Freshwaters: Under Water, Under Threat.

The Diversity of Life in African Freshwaters: Under Water, Under Threat

Cover - Assessment of the socio-economic value of freswater species for the northern Africa region

Assessment of the socio-economic value of biodiversity in northern African region

Assessment of the socio-economic value of biodiversity in northern African region

IUCN - Freshwater Biodiversity Unit

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Central Africa

IUCN - Freshwater Biodiversity Unit

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Northern Africa

IUCN - Freshwater Biodiversity Unit

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa cover

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa

Eastern Africa freshwater biodiversity assessment report

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Eastern Africa

Madagascar Endemic Freshwater Fish Assessment report

Madagascar Endemic Freshwater Fish Assessment report

Asia

IUCN - Freshwater Biodiversity Unit

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya

Western Ghats Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment report

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Western Ghats

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in indo-burma (report cover)

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Indo-Burma 

Europe

The status and distribution of freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean basin

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Fish Endemic to the Mediterranean Basin

European Freshwater Fish Red List

European Red List of Threatened Fishes

The full report can be downloaded by clicking on the image to the left, or a 'turn-page' PDF version can be viewed online here.

Handbook of European Fishes

Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes

Maurice Kottelat and Jörg Freyhof, 2007; Publisher: Publications Kottelat.

ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4

Produced with assistance from Kevin Smith, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, in undertaking conservation assessments and the production of maps.

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Pro-Poor Integrated Wetland Assessment

 

New version

An Integrated Wetland Assessment Toolkit: a guide to good practice(16MB PDF)

(If you have difficulty downloading this large file, the individual chapters are available for download here)

A case study in integrated assessment: Wetlands biodiversity, livelihoods and economic value in Mtanza-Msona Village

Policy Brief #1: Mtanza-Msona Integrated wetland assessment case study

Darwin IWA Mtanza-Msona technical report

Case study reports: Mtanza-Msona, Rufiji Floodplain, Tanzania.

An integrated assessment of the biodiversity, livelihood and economic value of wetlands in Mtanza-Msona Village, Tanzania

Stung Treng Policy Brief 1: Integrating biodiversity and livelihoods into protected areas planning

Stung Treng Policy Brief 1: Integrating biodiversity and livelihoods into protected areas planning

Integrating people in conservation planning: An integrated assessment of the biodiversity, livelihood and economic implications of the proposed special management zones in the Stung Treng Ramsar Site, Cambodia

Case study reports: Stung Treng Ramsar Site, Mekong River, Cambodia

Integrating people in conservation planning: An integrated assessment of the biodiversity, livelihood and economic implications of the proposed special management zones in the Stung Treng Ramsar Site, Cambodia

Integrated Assessment of Wetlands in Cambodia: Experience from Stung Treng Ramsar Site, Cambodia

Stung Treng Policy Brief 2: Integrated Assessment of Wetlands in Cambodia (English)

 

Other resources and publications

 

Important freshwater sites workshop report

Workshop Report: Developing a Method for Prioritizing Sites for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

WCC Freshwater Factsheet

WCC Freshwater Factsheet: Freshwater Biodiversity - A hidden resource under threat

Identifying important sites for conservation of freshwater biodiversity paper

Identifying important sites for conservation of freshwater biodiversity: extending the species-based approach

Holland et al. 2012 Biological Conservation

Conservation priorities for freshwater biodiversity: The Key Biodiversity Area approach refined and tested for continental Africa

Freshwater