Aquaculture currently faces a significant challenge: how to fulfill the expectation of alleviating the pressure that fishing fleets exercise on fish populations without leading to environmental problems. It is particularly expected to develop widely in the near future in the Mediterranean聮s...
There is today a growing awareness that many wetlands are more valuable in their natural, or only slightly modified state, than if drained, dyked or built upon. Past neglect of wetlands has meant that there is insufficient material available on policy guidance, planning techniques, or management...
Este libro analiza el marco jur铆dico e institucional de los recursos h铆dricos en determinados pa铆ses de Am茅rica del Sur. El tratamiento de temas cl谩sicos como la asignaci贸n de agua para diferentes usos y la prevenci贸n y control de la contaminaci贸n es complementado por la consideraci贸n de...
Value is a practical guide that explains the most important steps and techniques for the valuation of ecosystem services, and the incorporation of its results in decision making. It explains, step by step, how to generate persuasive arguments for more sustainable and equitable development...
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process...
There is international consensus that many of the world's commercial fisheries are in distress. Eco-labelling schemes are increasingly perceived as a way to simultaneously maintain productivity and economic value of fisheries while providing incentives for improved fisheries management and the...
Seg煤n las 煤ltimas noticias de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas de la UICN鈩 se observan disminuciones preocupantes de con铆feras 鈥攍os organismos m谩s antiguos y m谩s grandes del mundo鈥 los camarones de agua dulce, los caracoles c贸nicos y la marsopa sin aleta del Yangts茅. El esliz贸n gigante de...