Story | 19 May, 2014
Innovation for 21st Century Conservation
This publication is based principally on the presentations made to the Innovation for 21st Century Conservation Symposium held on 20–21 March 2012 in Adelaide, South Australia. The publication and the symposium are a joint collaboration between the Australian Committee for IUCN, the South…
Story | 19 Feb, 2014
Keeping the Outstanding Exceptional: The Future of World Heritage in Australia
This publication was generated following a 2012 symposium in Cairns, Australia.
The publication is the primary output from Australia marking the 40th anniversary 'Year of the World Heritage Convention' celebrated by UNESCO in 2012.
Story | 19 Feb, 2014
Conserving Australia’s Marine Environment: Key Directions Statement
"Australia is an island continent, our land is ‘girt by sea’ and the health and productivity of those seas are critical to our nation’s future.
The next decade should be one of continuing progress in all aspects of marine conservation at local, state, territory and national level and…
Publication | 2002
The Darwin Elasmobranch Biodiversity Conservation and Management project in Sabah held a three-day international seminar that included a one-day workshop in order to highlight freshwater and coastal elasmobranch conservation issues in the region and worldwide, to disseminate the result of the…
Publication | 1999
African elephant database 1998
The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. It once inhabited most of the continent, from the Mediterranean coast down to its south tip. This picture of elephant range today is one of scattered, fragmented populations south of the Sahara Desert. Estimates suggested that elephant…
Publication | 1996
Community-based conservation in Tanzania : proceedings of a workshop held in February 1994
The volume brings together contributions from experts from eastern and southern African countries. Papers cover a range of topics including the relevance of traditional practices, and of land, village and widlife laws and policies; case studies of different projects in Tanzania; and an overview…
Publication | 1995
Kenya's indigenous forests : status, management and conservation
The result of the work of the Kenya Indigenous Forest Conservation programme, this report provides a summary of the existing information about Kenya's indigenous forests. Covers geographical background; assessment of the biodiversity, environmental services, and wood products functions and…
Publication | 1993
Publication | 1992
A source book for future research and management activities, these 20 papers cover wetland issues in Kenya and underline the need for a national wetland programme.
Publication | 1992
Australasian marsupials and monotremes : an action plan for their conservation
This Action Plan lists 39 endangered and Vulnerable species and 55 Potentially Vulnerable species; in all 94 marsupials and 2 monotreme species that need some form of conservation action. It first describes the zoo-geography of Australasian marsupials and monotremes and the taxonomy used, and…