The Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme is an international collaboration that measures the levels, trends and causes of elephant mortality, thereby providing an information ...

Being defined as the “combined works of nature and of man”, cultural landscapes focus on sustainable land-use techniques, where the local population take into consideration the limits of the natural ...

It is dedicated to the understanding and conservation of the family Hyaenidae: spotted hyenas, striped hyenas, aardwolves, and brown hyenas. I am a wildlife biologist and science writer. As Chair of ...

Bats are among the most endangered of the world's creatures, primarily because much of their habitat has been eliminated by human development or because they are persecuted. The IUCN SSC Bat ... Dr.

The IUCN CEESP Gender Specialist Group (GSG) aims to strengthen the understanding of and promote the full achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in all areas of conservation and ...

Boas and pythons are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. However, clearcutting of forests, substitution of natural habitats by crops and infrastructure, introduced ...

Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to people's social ...

Without active intervention and management, Marine turtle populations are expected to continue their decline to extinction. This strategy covering nine individual strategies ranging from research and ...

Arraigada en normas y leyes discriminatorias y envuelta en la impunidad, la violencia de género se produce en todas las sociedades, como un medio de control, subyugación y explotación que refuerza aún ...

Watersheds are areas delimited by a main river and its tributaries that flow into the same watercourse. They are important units to consider when integrating water resources management and ...

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 ...

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