Publication | 2004
Publication | 2004
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development
The Draft Covenant is a blueprint for an international framework (or umbrella) agreement consolidating and developing existing legal principles related to environment and development. Since the publication of the second edition in 2000, there have been important developments in the field of…
Publication | 2004
This book describes the 12 years of Kibale and Semliki Conservation and Development Project, and how in the projects early days conservation and development activities tended to be separate and discrete activities. With lesson learning the project gradually became more integrated in terms of…
Grey literature | 2004
Are African elephants an endangered species ?
In the late 1980s there were two campaigns to save African elephants. One banned international trade in ivory. The other established common property rights to elephants for local communities. Has either campaign saved the elephants? To answer this question, we constructed and solved two models,…
Publication | 2004
Guidelines for planning and managing mountain protected areas
Mountains are special places. For many they are sacred; to most they bring an uplifting of the spirit and refreshment; to all they bring water, and rich biodiversity. Many of them have received legislative recognition by designation as parks or reserves of various kinds, and it is for the…
Publication | 2004
Conservation on private lands : the Australian experience
Publication | 2004
IUCN, WWF and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed this guidebook to assist marine protected area (MPA) managers in assessing the performance of their MPA. Based on this assessment, it shows how necessary changes can be made to improve management measures…
Publication | 2003
Guidelines for the in situ translocation of the African elephant for conservation purposes
African elephants are confronted with habitat loss and degradation and increasing levels of human elephant conflict. Management authorities in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly turning to translocation as a means to meet such challenges. This trend has to take into account changing political…