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Cold-water Coral Reefs

Out of Sight - No Longer Out of Mind

Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: December 2004 )

This document presents a comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of information and data on marine cold-water coral reefs from around the world. It describes the various cold-water coral reef...

This document presents a comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of information and data on marine cold-water coral reefs from around the world. It describes the various cold-water coral reef...


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Cloud Forest Agenda

Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: February 2007 )

The Cloud Forest Agenda report is designed to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships for the conservation and restoration of tropical cloud forests around the world. It provides global maps of...

The Cloud Forest Agenda report is designed to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships for the conservation and restoration of tropical cloud forests around the world. It provides global maps of...


Alternative Development in the Andean Area

The UNDCP Experience

Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: October 2000 )

This publication recounts the experience accumulated by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) during alternative development (AD) activities, applied, since 1985, to illicit production of...

This publication recounts the experience accumulated by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) during alternative development (AD) activities, applied, since 1985, to illicit production of...


Demand Reduction

A Glossary of Terms - Guidelines

Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: December 2000 )

This Glossary is intended to provide brief definitions of the most relevant scientific terms in the field of drug demand reduction, including key terms employed in international treaties concerned...

This Glossary is intended to provide brief definitions of the most relevant scientific terms in the field of drug demand reduction, including key terms employed in international treaties concerned...


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In the Front Line

Shoreline Protection and Other Ecosystem Services from Mangroves and Coral Reefs

Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: May 2006 )

The tragic and devastating consequences of the Asian tsunami, December 2004, and the hurricanes and cyclones of 2005 were a wake up call for the global community, dramatically drawing attention to the...

The tragic and devastating consequences of the Asian tsunami, December 2004, and the hurricanes and cyclones of 2005 were a wake up call for the global community, dramatically drawing attention to the...


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Protected Areas and Biodiversity

An Overview of Key Issues

Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: August 2004 )

This publication synthesizes key aspects in the development of protected areas, the level of international commitment and the relationship of protected areas to sustainable development, and reviews...

This publication synthesizes key aspects in the development of protected areas, the level of international commitment and the relationship of protected areas to sustainable development, and reviews...


Alternative Development in the Andean Area

The UNDCP Experience - Revised Edition

Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: December 2001 )

This guide is based on the experience accumulated by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme during alternative development activities in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. These three...

This guide is based on the experience accumulated by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme during alternative development activities in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. These three...