IUCN continues to digitise rich archive

Created in 1948, IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. As the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, it harnesses the knowledge and expertise of its 1,300 Member organisations and the input of some 16,000 experts to provide data, assessments and analysis of environmental and development challenges. In 2018, IUCN will celebrate its 70th anniversary.

“We have a treasure trove of titles that are often requested by researchers from around the world, who are eager to understand IUCN’s role in defining the conservation and sustainable development agenda,” says Daisy Larios, IUCN Library and Publications Manager. “Many of these titles may be difficult to find online or in local libraries, and having them digitised makes it possible for more people to access our collection.”

The selected titles go back to 1961, and include annual reports, documentation from the 2000 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan and reports from IUCN’s Commissions and Secretariat.

For access to all of IUCN’s digitised publications, as well as the complete catalogue of IUCN’s publications and other holdings of the IUCN HQ Library, visit https://portals.iucn.org/library.

Researchers hoping to access portions of the collection which have not been digitised should make an appointment with the IUCN Library and Publications Manager to visit IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland.

For more information please contact:

Daisy Larios, IUCN Library and Publications Manager, library@iucn.org, +41 22 999 0136

Digitised titles

Pre-1980 titles:

• The ecological effects of biological and chemical control of undesirable plants and animals : symposium (1961)
• A review of recent knowledge on the relationship between the tsetse fly and its vertebrate hosts (1965)
• Classification et utilisation des espaces naturels protégés et des aires culturelles (1973)
• Multilingual dictionary of conservation terms (1976)
• Handbook of environmental education (1976)
• Conservation in the South Pacific island region (1979)
• The African elephant action plan (1979)

1980s titles:

• The Amur tiger in the USSR (1980)
• How to save the world : strategy for world conservation (1980)
• Proceedings of the World Lagomorph Conference (1981)
• Ecological structures and problems of Amazonia (1983)
• Traditional life-styles, conservation and rural development (1984)
• The International Tropical Timber Agreement : its prospects for tropical timber trade, development and forest management (1986)
• Sahel : rapport de l'UICN (1986)
• Protected landscapes : experience around the world (1987)
• Bioenergy tree plantations in the tropics : ecological implications and impacts (1987)
• The Gola Forest Reserves, Sierra Leone : wildlife conservation and forest management (1987)
• Buffer zone management in tropical moist forests (1988)
• Indigenous peoples, environmental protection and sustainable development (1988)
• From strategy to action : the IUCN response to the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (1989)

1990s titles:

• Africa’s elephants (1990)
• Aménagement et gestion des aires protégées tropicales (1990)
• Environmental status reports : 1988/1989. Vol. 1 : Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland (1990)
• Preliminary environmental impact assessment of Lake Katwe salt plant, Western Uganda (1990)
• La conservation des zones humides : problèmes actuels et mesures à prendre (1992)
• Indigenous peoples and strategies for sustainability (1993)
• Indigenous peoples and strategies for sustainability. Workshop summary report. (1993)
• GEF programme preparation : Zambia. A review of global environmental conventions and the National Environment Action Plan (1995)
• The Law of the Sea : priorities and responsibilities in implementing the convention (1995)
• The new international scene and IUCN's place within it (1996)
• Traditional resource rights : international instruments for protection and compensation for indigenous peoples and local communities (1996)
• Population et stratégies pour un développement national durable (1997)
• Report of the fourth Global biodiversity forum (1997)
• Report of the seventh Global biodiversity forum (1997)
• World Heritage natural sites : some suggestions for conduct for field inspections and preparation of technical evaluation reports (1999)

Documentation from IUCN World Conservation Congress:

• World Conservation Congress : motions (from the 2000 World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan)
• Congrès mondial de la nature : ordre du jour et documentation (from the 2000 World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan)
• World Conservation Congress agenda and documentation (from the 2000 World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan)

Documentation from World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas (later World Parks Congress):

• Who’s who at the Congress (from the 1992 World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas)
• Absolutely latest workshop abstracts (from the 1992 World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas)
• Regional reviews (from the 1992 World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas)
• TILCEPA : IUCN CEESP/WCPA Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas. Schedule of inputs into World Parks Congress, Durban, September 2003 (2003)

IUCN annual reports:

• Annual report 1985 (1986)
• Annual report 1992 : IUCN - The World Conservation Union (1993)