Grey literature | 2011
Komadugu Yobe Basin, upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria
Inappropriate water management practices in the Komadugu Yobe Basin, upstream of Lake Chad in northern Nigeria, changed the seasonal river flow and caused widespread environmental degradation. Coupled with this was fragmented regulation and conflicting responsibilities among institutions, a lack…
Grey literature | 2012
A review of the impact of IUCN resolutions on international conservation efforts
This paper briefly highlights some of the major impacts and influences that these resolutions have had on conservation. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to focus attention on some of the most significant issues that the IUCN Membership has addressed, working together with IUCN's…
Publication | 2011
Global re-introduction perspectives : 2011 : more case studies from around the globe
This third edition of the Global Re-introduction Perspectives provides 50 case-studies covering invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants. The case-studies are presented in the same format as the previous two volumes and the case-studies are vividly illustrated with…
Publication | 2011
Andros iguana : conservation action plan, 2005-2011
The endangered Andros iguana, Cyclura cychlura cychlura, is the largest native terrestrial vertebrate, and the only iguana (of 3 species) in the Bahamas that is not confined presently to small cays. The Andros iguana is unique to Andros Island and despite the recent formation of a national park…
Publication | 2011
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India
The Western Ghats is one of the worlds most heavily populated biodiversity hotspots providing for and supporting 400 million people through water for drinking, transport, irrigation, and hydroelectric power, together with food and resources to sustain livelihoods. However, the pace of growth of…
Publication | 1998
IUCN guidelines for re-introductions (Russian version)
These guidelines were drafted by the Re-introduction Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission, and approved by the 41st Meeting of IUCN Council in May 1995. The definition of "re-introduction" is "an attempt to establish a species in an area which was once part of its historical range…
Publication | 2011
Important plant areas of the south and east Mediterranean region : priority sites for conservation
This report describes a rapid assessment of Important Plant Areas in the south and east Mediterranean; a project designed to provide the wild plant perspective for the regional investment strategy of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. The project partnership of IUCN, Plantlife…
Publication | 2011
An independent scientific review panel was formed under the auspices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) to review the results of research on belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), or white whales, in the SakhalinAmur region of eastern Russia…