Story | 30 Apr, 2009
Marine Protected Areas: Legislative and Policy Gap Analysis for Fiji Islands
IUCN is pleased to announce the release of a policy and legislation gap analysis for marine protected areas in the Fiji Islands. The paper was prepared on behalf of the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania, at the request of the WWF South Pacific Programme, and was co-authored by IUCN Commission on…
Story | 30 Apr, 2009
Defining Protected Areas : An international conference in Almeria, Spain 2007
The “Categories Summit” which is reported in these proceedings was a major contribution to the revision of the IUCN protected area management categories.
Story | 30 Apr, 2009
Azores Scientific Criteria and Guidance
Azores Scientific Criteria and Guidance for identifying ecologically or biologically significant marine areas and designing representative networks of marine protected areas in open ocean waters and deep sea habitats
Story | 29 Apr, 2009
Serial Natural World Heritage Properties
An initial analysis of the present situation of serial natural World Heritage properties.
IUCN World Heritage Studies No 6
Story | 28 Apr, 2009
Supporting Protected Area Management in Fiji
The IUCN Regional Office for Oceania is pleased to announce the release of a legal briefing paper on existing legal mechanisms for establishment and management of terrestrial protected areas in Fiji. The paper was prepared by IUCN on behalf of Birdlife International. The paper is intended to…
Story | 28 Apr, 2009
Capacity Building for Environmental Law in the South Pacific
Capacity Building for Environmental Law in the South Pacific South Pacific Regional Environmental Law Capacity Building Project: Scoping Report
Clarke, Pepe; Millar, Ilona; Sollberger, Kaspar
Story | 28 Apr, 2009
This publication draws on lessons learned in forest management, community development, indigenous knowledge and access to resources and social networks within the broad framework of the sustainable livelihoods approach. The contents reveal how building workable partnerships among the…
Story | 27 Apr, 2009
IUCN welcomes reprieve for whales
IUCN is delighted that Sakhalin Energy followed the advice of an expert panel and stopped all seismic surveys affecting the Western Gray Whale.