Environment

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Eco-Sensitive Zones, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Eco-Sensitive Zones, 29/11/2016.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Eco-Sensitive Zone, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Protected Area Conservation, India, Parliament
Wildlife

Analysis of international funding to tackle illegal wildlife trade

The Global Wildlife Program has released the first-ever review of international donor funding for combatting illegal wildlife trade in Africa and Asia, which shows that over $1.3 billion was committed by 24 international donors since 2010, or approximately $190 million per year.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2016
The World Bank
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Wildlife, India, Global, NGOs, International Organisation, Research Agencies, Protected Area Conservation
Wildlife

Analysis of international funding to tackle illegal wildlife trade

The Global Wildlife Program has released the first-ever review of international donor funding for combatting illegal wildlife trade in Africa and Asia, which shows that over $1.3 billion was committed by 24 international donors since 2010, or approximately $190 million per year.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2016
The World Bank
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Wildlife, India, Global, NGOs, International Organisation, Research Agencies, Protected Area Conservation
Climate Change

Marine protected areas and climate change: adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

With the welcome and increasing attention on ocean issues by the international climate change community, there is an opportunity to draw together knowledge, science and experiences to explain the role that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation actions.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2016
IUCN
Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Marine Ecosystems
Environment

Regional assessment on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and biodiversity in Asia

This regional assessment documents experiences on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and its linkages with biodiversity in Asia. It highlights opportunities to catalyse actions for Eco-DRR that embraces the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2016
IUCN
Tags:
Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, Disaster Management, Biodiversity, Asia, India, Biodiversity Conservation, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Protected Area Conservation, Mangroves
Biodiversity

The State of Biodiversity in Africa: a mid-term review of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The second edition of the ‘State of Biodiversity in Africa’ provides a mid-term review of progress on implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets on the continent.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2016
UNEP
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Africa, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Protected Area Conservation, Ecosystem Services
Wildlife

Market-based incentives and private ownership of wildlife to remedy shortfalls in government funding for conservation

In some parts of the world, proprietorship, price incentives, and devolved responsibility for management, accompanied by effective regulation, have increased wildlife and protected habitats, particularly for iconic and valuable species. Elsewhere, market incentives are constrained by policies and laws, and in some places virtually prohibited. In Australia and New Zealand, micro economic reform has enhanced innovation and improved outcomes in many areas of the economy, but economic liberalism and competition are rarely applied to the management of wildlife.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2016
George R. Wilson, Matt W. Hayward, Charlie Wilson
Conservation Letters
1-8
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, Endangered Species, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Wildlife Trade, Wildlife Tourism
Environment

Timescales and the management of ecological systems

Human management of ecological systems, including issues like fisheries, invasive species, and restoration, as well as others, often must be undertaken with limited information. This means that developing general principles and heuristic approaches is important. Here, I focus on one aspect, the importance of an explicit consideration of time, which arises because of the inherent limitations in the response of ecological systems. I focus mainly on simple systems and models, beginning with systems without density dependence, which are therefore linear.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2016
Alan Hastings
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1-6
Tags:
Ecology, Protected Area Conservation, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Fisheries
Biodiversity

Innovating for biodiversity conservation in African protected areas: a study

Protected areas in general, African ones in particular, are currently underfunded, while they are threatened by encroachment and pollution and under continuous pressure.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2016
Renaud Lapeyre, Yann Laurans
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Protected Area Conservation, Africa, South Africa, Cote D' Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Forests
Wildlife

Draft Wildlife Action Plan

This analysis of the draft wildlife action plan says that it takes note of the injustices historically carried out upon the local communities and addresses such injustice to be able to create local support for conservation. It also examines the extent to which the draft has explored complementarities between national laws and international obligations.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2016
Neema Pathak Broome
Economic and Political Weekly
51
40
5
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife And People, Benefit Sharing, Forest Policy, Forest Rights Act 2006, Minor Forest Produce, Protected Area Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), People - Animal Conflicts

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