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…
Publication | 2004
Linkages in practice : a review of their conservation value
Publication | 2004
Enhancing social sustainability in activities to combat desertification : a manual for reflection
In West Africa, desertification threatens the living conditions of over 250 million people. The results of projects to combat desertification undertaken over the last 40 years or so have been mixed. One reason for this is probably that technical or technological approaches have taken precedence…