Author: Adrian Phillips
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Keywords: protected, guidelines, areas, practice, area, seascapes, landscapes, management, iucn, category
Number of Pages: 122
Published: 2002-01-01
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 2831706858
ISBN-13: 9782831706856
Author: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Keywords: protected, guidelines, area, series, number, practice, managers, financing, areas
Number of Pages: 66
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 2831705444
ISBN-13: 9782831705446
These guidelines explore financing options for protected areas and provide advice and information on sustainable financing. A step-by-step process is given which protected area managers can use to create business and financial plans tailored to the needs and strengths of their protected area. Mechanisms are discussed for generating revenue flows from both public and private sources and an overview of potential grant-based sources of financing is given. The book concludes with case studies demonstrating how protected area mangers worldwide have developed cohesive funding strategies.
Author: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Keywords: protected, guidelines, area, practice, managers, areas, values, economic
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 2831704618
ISBN-13: 9782831704616
This work illustrates the potential for using valuation as a tool for diversifying the funding structure for protected areas and for providing information about stakeholders which is crucial for effective management.
Author: Marc Hockings
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Keywords: protected, effectiveness, practice, guidelines, areas, area, management, framework, assessing, evaluating
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 2831709393
ISBN-13: 9782831709390
The Framework for management effectiveness developed by the IUCN World Commission for Protected Areas was published in the first version of this Best Practice Guideline. It is further explained and interpreted, although not substantially altered, in this version. A number of key guidelines for good practice in evaluation are presented from many practitioners around the world, and important needs and directions for the future are identified.
Authors:Penny F. Langhammer, Mohamed I. Bakarr, Leon Bennun,
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Keywords: area, protected, systems, practice, guidelines, comprehensive, targets, analysis, gap, key, biodiversity, areas, identification
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 283170992X
ISBN-13: 9782831709925
Important Bird Areas and Important Plant Areas have already been identified in more than 170 countries. The Key Biodiversity Areas approach builds on the work done to date, in order to provide practical guidance to governments in identifying those sites which must be protected to ensure the future of both biodiversity and humanity.
Author: IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Ar
Publisher: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Keywords: working, 25th, proceedings, session, national, february, india, park, realm, indomalayan, heritage, natural, asia, planning, management, areas, protected, conserving
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 1985
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 2880328063
ISBN-13: 9782880328061
Author: Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected P
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: science, regulation, plants, protected, modified, pest, genetically
Number of Pages: 315
Published: 2000-07-01
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0309069300
ISBN-13: 9780309069304
This book explores the risks and benefits of crops that are genetically modified for pest resistance, the urgency of establishing an appropriate regulatory framework for these products, and the importance of public understanding of the issues. The committee critically reviews federal policies toward transgenic products, the 1986 coordinated framework among the key federal agencies in the field, and rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency for regulation of plant pesticides. This book provides detailed analyses of: * Mechanisms and results of genetic engineering compared to convent
