Publication | 2001
Guidelines for tourism in parks and protected areas of East Asia
This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia. It has been designed to help them think about the influx of tourism to natural protected areas, and to urge them to consciously plan for management of the interactions of…
Publication | 1998
Planning environmental communication and education : lessons from Asia
The text provides an overview of environmental communication and education practice and lessons from Asian governments, NGOs and the media. Drawing from papers presented at the IUCN, Unesco, UNEP organised workshop for Asian environment ministries and partners held in 1996, the text provides…
Legacy Article | 12 Sep, 2013
The Duke of Cambridge and IUCN unite for wildlife
As part of his latest conservation initiative, The Duke of Cambridge brings together an unprecedented collaboration between the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, and seven of the world’s most influential conservation organizations, including IUCN.
Story | 22 Jul, 2013
Improving access to forest resources
It is commonly claimed that forest tenure reform that provides rural people with rights to access and use of forest resources can contribute to improved forest management and poverty alleviation. But, at least with respect to poverty alleviation, there are few experiences with formal forest…
Story | 21 Jul, 2013
Rethinking economics, markets and incentives
Based on a review of the experiences gained during the course of LLS, this paper documents insights and lessons about using markets and incentives to strengthen forest landscapes and livelihoods. It aims to interrogate just what a ‘landscape approach’ means in economic terms, to identify how…
Story | 20 Jul, 2013
Improving ecosystem functionality and livelihood
This paper examines how interventions intended to improve functionality and productivity of forested landscapes to improve livelihoods of the poorest populations, might actually yield co-benefits in terms of biodiversity conservation. It argues in favour of a ‘landscape’ approach to achieve…
Story | 16 Jul, 2013
Moving Closer to Nature - Miyun Landscape, China
Substantial efforts have been made over the last 30 or 40 years to reforest the Miyun landscape. These efforts were a response to the very urgent need to protect the Miyun reservoir and its watershed, which supplies up to 80% of the water used in Bejing, China’s capital city. Over the last…
Press release | 15 Feb, 2013
Almost one in five reptiles struggling to survive
Nineteen percent of the world’s reptiles are estimated to be threatened with extinction, states a paper published today by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in conjunction with experts from the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).
Comunicado de prensa | 15 Feb, 2013
Casi un reptil de cada cinco lucha por la supervivencia
El 19% de los reptiles del mundo están amenazados de extinción, según un estudio publicado hoy por la Sociedad Zoológica de Londres (ZSL) conjuntamente con expertos de la Comisión de Supervivencia de Especies de la UICN (CSE).
Communiqué de presse | 15 Feb, 2013
Près d’un reptile sur cinq lutte pour la survie
On estime que 19% des reptiles de la planète sont menacés d’extinction, d’après un document publié aujourd’hui par la Société zoologique de Londres (ZSL) en collaboration avec des experts de la Commission de la sauvegarde des espèces (CSE) de l’UICN.