Publication | 2003
Pangani basin : a situation analysis
Publication | 2004
The return of the water : restoring the Waza Logone floodplain in Cameroon
Publication | 2003
West African chimpanzees : status survey and conservation action plan
Wild chimpanzees are only found in tropical Africa, where their populations have declined by more than 66% in the last 30 years. This action plan focuses on one of the four chimpanzee subspecies, the western chimpanzee, which is one of the two subspecies most threatened with extinction. The aim…
Publication | 2003
Flow : the essentials of environmental flows
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process…
Publication | 2003
Cycads : status survey and conservation action plan
Cycads were a dominant part of the earths flora during the age of the dinosaurs and many species were common even in more recent times. However, many of the 297 species and sub-species dealt with in this Action Plan are threatened by habitat destruction and plant collecting, and more than half…
Publication | 2003
Dolphins, whales and porpoises : 2002-2010 conservation action plan for the world's cetaceans
Consistent evaluation and new recommendations for action are required of protective measures to address threats that were unrecognised or non-existent until recently. Global warming, noise pollution and reduced availability of prey are now of great concern. The all too familiar threats of…
Publication | 2003
Achieving sustainable fisheries : implementing the new international legal regime
Publication | 2002
Equids : zebras, asses and horses : status survey and conservation action plan
Once one of the most abundant grazing animals, now only seven species remain. Equids persist in some of the harshest climates and terrains in the world, habitats which are also home to many human populations. Conservation will depend on local nomadic pastoralists participating in, and benefiting…
Publication | 2001
Economic forces underlie and explain much biodiversity degradation and loss, and economic instruments provide a useful set of tools for strengthening biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing. If National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans are to be effective…