Biodiversiteit nieuws
Op deze pagina presenteerd NLBIF een selectie van nationaal en internationaal biodiversiteitnieuws afkomstig van verschillende nieuws-sites, de berichten worden gefilterd op basis van relevantie voor biodiversiteit en wetenschap.
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The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity. An interim report
20 / 10 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThis document aims to promote a better understanding of the true economic value of ecosystem services and to offer economic tools that take proper account of this value. The Economics of...
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OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030: a summary
08 / 08 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThe OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges. This publication highlights...
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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas. Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
05 / 08 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityKey Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) represent discrete sites that are globally vulnerable, irreplaceable, and commonly, the last remaining strongholds for many threatened and geographically concentrated...
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Depopulating the Tibetan grasslands: national policies and perspectives for the future of Tibetan herders in Qinghai Province, China
22 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityTibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world and encompass the source areas of many major Asian rivers. While a variety of government policies have been...
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People, protected areas and global change: participatory conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe
11 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThis document compares findings from in-depth research on protected area (PA) management in Latin America Africa, Asia and Europe. It describes how PAs have been managed over the last 50-100 years...
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Food security and climate change: the answer is biodiversity
08 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityClimate change will profoundly affect agriculture and food security worldwide and will particularly impact smallholder farmers in poor countries. Based on a short review of recent scientific...
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Environment and development decision making in Africa 2006-2008
04 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThe African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is the primary ministerial level forum for environment and development issues in Africa. It has helped launch various environmental...
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Protection, politics and protest: understanding resistance to conservation
04 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThis paper presents a framework to understand how conservation is resisted, particularly in protected areas and national parks. Informed largely by James Scott’s concept of ‘everyday resistance’,...
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Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines.
04 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThis paper assesses the tools and guidelines that have been developed to promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and the progress that has been made in Southeast Asia toward better logging...
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Local governance institutions for sustainable natural resource management in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
04 / 07 / 2008, Eldis BiodiversityThis paper reflects on experiences from research and interventions in the Sahel on management of renewable natural resources - soils, water, forests, and biodiversity - for the purpose of food and...