Publication | 2011
This study examines the costs of conservation and the value of benefits associated with biodiversity around the QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) project area, with a focus on the Tsitongambarika (TGK) forest complex. The aim is to quantify and value changes in ecosystem services resulting from…
Publication | 2009
Sustaining the world's large marine ecosystems
Publication | 2011
Module 2 : integrated water resources management (IWRM)
One of the pre-requisites in the process of putting in place the Kikuletwa Catchment Forum is development of training materials to be used for Training of Trainers (TOT) programme covering topics in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), entrepreneurships; community participation; gender…
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 | 2011
Pangani River system : future of the basin report
In 2002, a detailed situation analysis of water and environmental issues was done for the Pangani Basin. Following that, a series of pilot projects funded by the Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) of IUCN and by DFID led to the development of a Pangani River Basin Management Project (PRBMP) that…
Publication | 2011
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in central Africa
One of the main reasons cited for inadequate representation of biodiversity in the development processes is a lack of readily available information on inland water taxa. In response to this need for basic for information on species, the IUCN Species Programme conducted a regional assessment of…
Publication | 2011
Overview of the conservation status of the marine fishes of the Mediterranean Sea
This report reviews the conservation status of all native marine fishes occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the assessments for 513 species and 6 subspecies using the IUCNs Red List methodology. It identifies those marine fish species that are threatened with extinction at the regional…
Publication | 2010