CITIES BIODIVERSITY CENTER

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS



Factsheets on Local Authorities and Biodiversity

With the support of Countdown 2010, the European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC) and Local Action for Biodiversity, ICLEI has compiled six fact sheets on urban biodiversity for local and regional governments. They aim to familiarise local governments with essential facts on urban biodiversity and their opportunities for more effectively managing biodiversity in cities and towns.

 

CBD / UN-HABITAT Guidebook

 

Supporting Local Action for Biodiversity: the Role of National Governments presents biodiversity decision-makers at the national level with practical information and advice on how to support and encourage biodiversity action at the local level.

 

UNU-IAS

United Nations University Policy Report: Cities, Biodiversity and Governance: Perspectives and Challenges of the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the City Level

 

Effective Implementation of NBSAPs: Using a decentralised approach

 

Global Biodiversity Outlook 2

 

Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 (GBO - 2) assesses the current status and trends of biodiversity and the key drivers of biodiversity loss, and much more...

 

Global Biodiversity Outlook 3

Global Biodiversity Outlooks 3 (GBO - 3) summarises the latest data on status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions for the future strategy of the Convention.


Biodiversity, Poverty and Development

 

CBD Technical Series No. 55: Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: A State of Knowledge Review

CBD Technical Series No. 54: Interdependence of biodiversity and Development Under Global Change

UNEP POLICY SERIES, United Nations Environment Programme POLICY BRIEF 1. 2010. ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT. Integrated Solutions for Biodiversity, Climate Change and Poverty



Biodiversity, Water and Wetlands

 

CBD Technical Series No. 47: Water, Wetlands and Forests A Review of Ecological, Economic and Policy Linkages

 

CBD Technical Series No. 40: Transboundary water resources management: The role of international watercourse agreements in implementation of the CBD



Biodiversity and Forests

 

CBD Technical Series No. 47: Water, Wetlands and Forests A Review of Ecological, Economic and Policy Linkages

 

CBD Technical Series No. 43: Forest Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Change - A Synthesis of the Biodiversity/Resilience/Stability Relationship in Forest Ecosystems

 

CBD Technical Series No. 39: Cross-sectoral toolkit for the conservation and sustainable management of forest biodiversity


 

Publications from ICLEI and ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center:

 

Viumbe Hai brochure

Viumbe Hai: African Cities, Ecosystems and Biodiversity (2007) is a collection of case studies created by UNEP, UN-HABITAT and ICLEI. The case study examples aim to encourage other African (and non-African) cities to become leaders in biodiversity protection, and management and to inform global policy development on urban biodiversity.