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Serial Natural World Heritage Properties

Serial Natural World Heritage Properties

An initial analysis of the present situation of serial natural World Heritage properties.  IUCN World Heritage Studies No 6 …  

30 Apr 2009 | Downloads - publication

World's Protected Areas

The World's Protected Areas: Status Value and Prospects in the 21st Century

Stuart Chape is Program Manager—Island Ecosystems Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), and formerly Head—World Heritage and Protected Areas Program, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Mark D. Spalding, lead author of the popular World Atlas of Coral Reefs (UC Press) and author of A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean (UC Press), has worked extensively with the United Nations Environment Program and is now Senior Marine Scientist in the The Nature Conservancy's Global Conservation Approach Team. Martin D. Jenkins is Senior Advisor, Species Conservation at UNEP's World Conservation Monitoring Centre. …  

14 Jan 2009 | Downloads - publication

Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas - The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas - The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas - The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas …  

04 Nov 2008 | Downloads - publication

Full Technical Version, including Ecological, Social and Governance Considerations, as well as Case Studies

Establishing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks - Making it Happen

Establishing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks - Making it Happen …  

04 Nov 2008 | Downloads - publication

High Seas Gems - Hidden Treasures
of Our Blue Earth

High Seas Gems: Hidden Treasures of Our Blue Earth

The largest, least-protected places on our blue planet are found in the high seas - the open ocean and deep seabed that lie seaward of individual nations’ jurisdictions. Extending from the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica to most of the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, these areas cover 45% of the Earth’s surface. Hidden beneath the surface of the high seas are extraordinary places that are in urgent need of our protection. Belonging to no single nation,
they have been, for too long, neglected by all.
…  

24 Oct 2008 | Downloads - publication

Status of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea

Status of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea

Ameer Abdulla, Marina Gomei, Elodie Maison, and Catherine Piante …   | French

16 Oct 2008 | Downloads - publication

Protected Areas for Life's Sake

Protected Areas for Life's Sake

How protected areas enrich our lives and secure the web of life …  

15 Oct 2008 | Downloads - publication
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Value of Parks

The Value of Parks : Inspire, refresh, conserve, protect, play

The human species has evolved from, and been nurtured by, the natural environment – we are a biological product of the earth itself. This deep connection is one that we must all remember. Our parks are the storehouse of our past and, more importantly, of our future. …  

02 Oct 2008 | Downloads - publication

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

Dudley, Nigel, ed.
ISBN 978-2-8317-1086-0 …   | French | Spanish | Japanese

02 Oct 2008 | Downloads - publication

Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values

Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values

Amend, Thora, ed.; Brown, Jessica, ed.; Kothari, Ashish, ed.; Phillips, Adrian, ed.; Stolton, Sue, ed.

IUCN; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas; Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development; Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

Series: Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes; 1 …  

22 Jul 2008 | Downloads - publication

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