CEM publishes a wide array of publications on various topics in Ecosystem Management. Please find a selection of our most recent publications below, or go directly to the Ecosystem Management Series or Publications on Nature-based Solutions.
Technical guidelines for the design and management of participatory connectivity conservation and restoration projects at the landscape scale in Latin America
This document recounts the authors’ experience in participatory conservation processes that seek terrestrial biodiversity connectivity. It synthesizes at least a decade of research and practice. Its documentation of this experience hopefully can contribute to the conservation and restoration of ecological connectivity in other parts of Latin America and the world.
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
Cohen-Shacham, E. Janzen, C. Maginnis, Stewart Walters, Gretchen
This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges. The report proposes a definitional framework for NbS, including a set of general principles for any NbS intervention. The report also defines the scope of NbS as an umbrella concept embracing a number of different ecosystem-based approaches. English version
Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
Christoffersen, Nils Jones, Mike
Restoration of Forest Systems and Rural Livelihoods: A Partial Resilience Assessment of a Work in Progress. English version
Water in drylands
Barchiesi, Stefano Dalton, James Davies, Jonathan Laban, Peter Ogali, Claire J. Welling, Rebecca
This study presents some lessons from a selection of IUCN interventions in dryland areas that have adapted to a greater or lesser extent to the conditions of drylands, notably focusing on water management to deal with scarcity and variability. The study is intended as a means of capturing lessons learned from these interventions on the challenges and opportunities for improving water development in drylands. It is primarily a learning document compiled by the IUCN Secretariat, with technical advice from the Dryland Ecosystems Thematic Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. The document will also be shared with IUCN members and partners to catalyse deeper thinking and more effective action on water interventions in drylands as a first step in establishing improved systematic approaches and tools for influencing policy and investment regarding water management in drylands. English version
Principles and Guidelines for Integrating Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation in Project and Policy Design
Andrade Pérez, Angela Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío Dave, Radhika Girot, Pascal Herrera Fernández, Bernal Munrol, Robert Oglethorpe, J. (Judy) Paaby, Pía Pramova, Emilia Watson, James Vergara, Walter
Ecosystem-based approaches to reduce social vulnerability are a promising option for sustainable and e cient adaptation to climate change. Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) is part of overall adaptation, and takes into account multiple social, economic and cultural co-bene ts for local communities. EbA encompasses adaptation policies and measures that take into account the role of ecosystem services in reducing societal vulnerability, through multi-sectoral and multi-level approaches.
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