Publication | 2012
The Doi Mae Salong watershed in the north-west of Thailand is the headwater of the Mae Chan River, a tributary of the Mekong River. As such, it is an extremely important landscape for the economy of the region. The landscape has the particularity of being designated a Military Reserved Area and…
Publication | 2012
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Indo-Burma
Our knowledge of species diversity within the inland waters of Indo-Burma is poorly documented and the region remains relatively under-surveyed. In this volume we aim to address this knowledge gap and present the most up-to-date information on the distribution and extinction risk of freshwater…
Publication | 2011
Publication | 2011
Evolution du secteur minier en Afrique de l'Ouest : quel impact sur le secteur de la conservation?
Publication | 2010
Building resilience to climate change : ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
With climate change now a certainty, the question is now how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adaptation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field. This publication contains eleven case…
Publication | 2008
Evaluation de l'efficacité des aires protégées : parcs et réserves du Mali
Le Mali possède un réseau composé de onze aires protégées et de six zones dintérêt cynégétique qui couvrent ensemble 4,6% du territoire national. Lévaluaion a porté sur dix aires protégées: la réserve de Biosphère de Baoulé, la future réserve de Biosphère du Baffing Famélé, la réserve spéciale…
Publicación | 1995
At the meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organization held in Bali in 1990, ITTO adopted the target of ensuring that all tropical timber marketed internationally should, by the year 2000, come from forests that are managed sustainably. This is an attempt to determine whether ITTO…
Publication | 1995
At the meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organization held in Bali in 1990, ITTO adopted the target of ensuring that all tropical timber marketed internationally should, by the year 2000, come from forests that are managed sustainably. This is an attempt to determine whether ITTO…
Publication | 2006
How are decisions about water resources development made? This question is prompted by the continuing global interest in the final report from the World Commission on Dams (WCD), released in 2000, which offered seven strategic priorities as a framework to aid decision-making about large dams and…