Press release | 17 Sep, 2013
Action to tackle Southeast Asia’s Extinction Crisis
Southeast Asia hosts a high proportion of the world’s uniquely diverse fauna and flora, but key threats in the region such as habitat loss, hunting and trade continue to drive much of its wildlife towards extinction. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals a worrying concentration of…
Grey literature | 1988
Economics and biological diversity : executive summary and guidelines for using incentives
This important book explains in a clear, concise and very readable exposition, how economic incentives can be applied to creative approaches to conservation which complement development efforts.
Grey literature | 2012
This publication shares IUCN's experiences in developing the world's first gender-responsive national strategies and roadmaps on climate change. Different sections outline steps and elements of creating a climate change gender action plan (ccGAP) or REDD+ roadmap; present principles behind the…
Publication | 2010
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity, and the ecosystem requirements of…
Publication | 2007
Environmental justice and rural communities : studies from India and Nepal
Grey literature | 2005
Nepal's illustrated biodiversity primer
It is widely acknowledged that Nepal is one of the rich biological treasure chests of South Asia. There are several "hotspots" of biodiversity - areas of high species richness and species diversity, as well as high levels of rare, endangered and endemic species of plants and animals. Efforts…
Publication | 2004
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use : lessons learned from ecological networks
IUCN's 5th World Parks Congress (2003) concluded that parks should not exist as unique islands, but need to be planned and managed as an integral part of the broader landscape. Ecological networks provide an operational model for conserving biodiversity that is based on ecological principles and…
Grey literature | 2000
An inventory of Nepal's insects. Volume III [Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera & Diptera]
The third and final volume in this series devoted to insects in Nepal covers 3,131 species of insects in the orders Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. Another 63 species in the order Odonata have been appended as well, bringing the number of insect fauna in Nepal to 5,175 species.…
Publication | 2000
Communities and forest management in South Asia
Second in the series, this Regional Profile focuses on five South Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This Profile seeks to explain why and how some of the earths poorest people have been able to establish effective management systems over millions of…