Other brief | 2024
Climate Change Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems
Brief for the UNFCCC SB60 Expert Dialogue on Mountains and Climate Change. This brief aims to contribute to the Expert Dialogue on Mountains and Climate Change Dialogue during SB60 and advocates for using Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in global adaptation efforts aligned with the goals and…
Publication | 2020
IUCN EICAT categories and criteria : first edition
A unified classification of alien taxa based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts has been developed in response to these issues. EICAT (Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa) is a simple, objective and transparent method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the …
Publication | 2010
Best practice guidelines for great ape tourism
Great ape tourism, if well implemented, can serve to conserve the species but it can also have considerable negative impacts if it is not based on sound conservation principles. These guidelines have been developed for both existing and potential great apes tourism sites that wish to improve the…
Publication | 2005
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in eastern Africa
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in Eastern Africa is highly diverse and of great importance to livelihoods and economies, however, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity and it is poorly represented in the development planning process…
Publication | 1996
Tourist hunting in Tanzania : proceedings of a workshop held in July 1993
This volume presents 21 papers given at a workshop held to demonstrate future policy towards hunting by tourists in Tanzania. It brings together contributions from experts from eastern and southern African countries. Papers cover a range of topics from administration of hunting, setting quotas,…
Publication | 1993
The IUCN review of the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project
Publication | 1993
This report reviews the most recent research findings and management issues on the utilization of coastal resources in Senegal, with the view to providing baseline guidelines for future coastal planning initiatives.
Publication | 1993