Temperate grasslands are one of the world’s great biomes. However, after cradling human needs for centuries, indigenous temperate grasslands are now the most altered and endangered ecosystem on the planet. Indigenous temperate grasslands occur on every continent (except Antarctica) and occupy…
Copenhagen, Denmark, 19 December 2009, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ - World leaders in Copenhagen have taken a first and useful step to slow the course of climate change – a threat that is already affecting people, ecosystems and biodiversity in many parts of the world. A global, legally-binding climate change treaty…
This document is a summary of the key issues for policymakers derived from a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia’s biodiversity to the impacts of climate change.
Ocean Acidification: The Facts (English version)
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Nigel Dudley, Sue Stolton, Alexander Belokurov, Linda Krueger, Nik Lopoukhine, Kathy MacKinnon, Trevor Sandwith and Nik Sekhran.
A report funded and commissioned by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-WCPA, TNC, UNDP, WCS, The World Bank and WWF
A report on the  Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-led workshop on the future of the CBD Programme of work on Protected Areas, Jeju Island, South Korea. The workshop focused on ways to address the new challenges to protected areas, including climate change.
Ernesto Enkerlin 2009
A Review of Current Research on their Total Economic Value
Land areas around the world, bigger than Canada, have been identified as having potential to be restored to good quality, healthy forests, a new study has found.