Publication | 1999
Wetlands, water and the law : using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
Publication | 1999
Assessing the international forest regime
Publication | 1998
A guide to undertaking biodiversity legal and institutional profiles
Biodiversity-related laws and institutions will be key mechanisms for attaining the objectives of the Convention on biological diversity. As part of the national biodiversty planning process, legal and institutional profiles should be undertaken to ascertain which laws apply to and affect…
Publication | 1998
From conflict to collaboration : people and forests at Mount Elgon, Uganda
Describes a field-level assessment of how people living near the Mount Elgon National Park in Uganda use the park's forest resources. It argues that extractive use of a range of timber and non-timber forest products, if properly monitored and controlled, is not necessarily a threat to…
Publication | 1998
Participatory techniques for community forestry : a field manual
Provides a wealth of practical tools and methods for our field workers who work with local communities in developing collaborative management of forests. While the manual focuses on participatory techniques for community forests in Nepal, many of the techniques can be readily applied to other…
Publication | 1998
Major conservation issues of the 1990s : results of the World Conservation Congress workshops
One of the innovative features of the first World Conservation Congress was the organisation of some 57 workshops divided into ten major streams. These ranged from topics as diverse as sustainability in artisanal fisheries to managing mountain protected areas to business and the environment.…
Publication | 1998
A guide to designing legal frameworks to determine access to genetic resources