Mediterranean Reflections 2012-2013 is a report summarizing the main activities of the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-Med) developed by the various programmes that are operating from Malaga in 2012, 2013 and part of the work…
With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers in the region, according to this latest report, Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012. This is the most detailed and…
The year 2013 set a pace and raised the bar on what Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ can achieve in a short time. The Union helped nations use natural defences to boost resilience against disasters, showed companies how to value natural capital, mobilized governments to curb the recent spike in illegal wildlife trade, and…
Management of transboundary waters in increasingly becoming more challenging, and climate change is likely to exacerbate these pressures. Not least because climate change is a global issue, adaptation will require an international response. This book aims to identify issues, both theoretical and…
As the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere rises, an increasing amount of the gas is absorbed by the ocean, making it more acidic. Both the academic challenge as well as the practical urgency to find solutions to ocean acidification within the broader field of environmental law and governance…
The Species Survival Commission (SSC), a science-based network comprising over 9,000 volunteer experts deployed across more than 130 Specialist Groups, Red List Authorities and Task Forces, all working together towards achieving the vision of “A world that values and conserves present levels of…
As our cities continue to grow, we should defend the protection of natural areas and even try to create new space for nature within this urban fabric. This volume explains the context and concept of urban protected areas, profiles urban protected areas in 15 metropolitan areas around the world,…