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Ivory traffickers held in Central African Republic
Police detained two major ivory traffickers in the Central African Republic as a part of a joint operation with two conservation groups
Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool
Protected area managers and protected area agencies are increasingly being asked to provide details of the wider social and environmental benefits of the lands and waters under their management. This tool provides a methodology for collating such information for individual protected areas.
Available in English and Russian
Banking on Cod
Demand for wild (non-farmed) seafood is increasingly reliant upon dwindling fish stocks. Much of the fishing industry is now struggling to make ends meet, yet despite this, studies show that changes in management could increase fisheries' profitability whilst also protecting fish stocks. Find out how we can once again Bank on Cod, only this time sustainably!
Defining and estimating global marine fisheries bycatch
Unselective fishing catches non-target organisms as ‘bycatch’—an issue of critical ocean conservation and resource management concern. However, the situation is confused because perceptions of target and non target catch vary widely, impeding efforts to estimate bycatch globally.
Lifting the lid on Italy’s bluefin tuna fishery
Assessment of compliance of Italy’s fishing fleets and farms with management rules during the 2008 bluefin tuna fishing season in the Mediterranean.
Exploratory co-management interventions in Kuiburi National Park, Central Thailand, including human-elephant conflict mitigation
This paper reports on promoting co-management involving participatory management planning at Kuiburi National Park, Central Thailand, through the establishment of two working groups, namely a core management planning team comprising park personnel (charged with plan implementation), operating in parallel with a park management board working group (local people and other stakeholders).
Common Ground - Reducing human wildlife conflict
The WWF report ‘Common Ground’ assesses cases of Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC), focusing on elephants as a flagship of these conflicts. Often the scale of the damage that can be caused by them, and the fact that they can injure or even kill humans, makes them the species that communities most fear.
Livestock Insurance Scheme
The latest document on the theme sustainable livelihoods, focuses on the compensation mechanism for wildlife induced vulnerability. It is based on the study carried out in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, one of the project sites of Sacred Himalaya Landscape in eastern Nepal (publication in nepali).