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 | 1995
IUCN Sahel studies : Sahel-Sahel a controversial vision
This report analyses the factors which motivate land use by rural populations and provides a context for any policy or strategy which addresses natural resource conservation in the Sahel. The author suggests that production systems in the Sahel have reached or even exceeded their capacity to…
Publication | 1995
This report signals a new approach to ocean monitoring and management that lays a solid base using the principles of ecology and sustainable development while transcending traditional geopolitical and disciplinary divisions. LMEs are relatively large regions, often including the territorial…
Publication | 1994
The 1991 Gulf War : environmental assessments of IUCN and collaborators
This book summarizes the results of survey under-taken by IUCN and collaborators of the immediate and mid-term environmental damage arising from the Gulf War, in particular the massive oil spillage.
Publication | 1993
Sharing the land : wildlife, people and development in Africa
This book aims to provide an African perspective to the global debate on the sustainable use of wild species. Examples and contributions from across the continent illustrate the conservation dilemma - pressure on Africa's ecosystems and the reality of wildlife use by numerous communities. A look…
Publication | 1994
Publication | 1993
A straight forward presentation of the keynote papers and case studies prepared for the workshop on coastal marine biosphere serves held in 1989. The keynote papers together provide an excellent digest of the different factors to be considered in biosphere reserve planning, examining constraints…
Publication | 1993
Marine protected area needs in the South Asian seas region. Volume 1: Bangladesh
This series provides extensive details on the various issues that need to be considered in the planning of a system of marine and coastal protected areas, from legislation and administrative frameworks to key habitats and species, resource use and environmental problems. Each report concludes…