Story | 03 Nov, 2008
Tourism and Protected Areas : Benefits Beyond Boundaries
Edited by R Bushell, University of Western Sydney, Australia; P F J Eagles, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Story | 03 Nov, 2008
The International Legal Regime of the High Seas, CBD Technical Series No 19
The International Legal Regime of the High Seas -CBD Technical Series No 19
Story | 03 Nov, 2008
Report for WWF prepared by Xavier Font, Janet Cochrane & Richard Tapper
Story | 02 Nov, 2008
The Hawaiian longline tuna fishery has managed to reduce seabird bycatch by 67% since 2001 by making alterations to their fishing gear and methods, a new scientific study shows. A combination of new bait technologies and fishing techniques have dramatically reduced seabird bycatch. More…
Story | 31 Oct, 2008
Marine Series No. 1
Story | 28 Oct, 2008
Guidelines for tourism in Parks and Protected Areas
Publication designed to help them think about the influx of tourism to natural protected areas, and to urge them to consciously plan for management of the interactions of tourists and the natural and cultural environment.
Story | 28 Oct, 2008
Challenge for visitor centres : linking local people, visitors and protected areas
Story | 23 Oct, 2008
High Seas Gems: Hidden Treasures of Our Blue Earth
The largest, least-protected places on our blue planet are found in the high seas - the open ocean and deep seabed that lie seaward of individual nations’ jurisdictions. Extending from the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica to most of the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans…
Story | 23 Oct, 2008
New Impetus for the High Seas following IUCN World Conservation Congress
IUCN members at the World Conservation Congress have called for strong action to protect high seas biodiversity and to regulate the human activities impacting it. This signals a growing awareness of the vital role oceans play in sustaining life on our planet and alarm at the multiplying threats…