Management Resources
- NCC – Riding Mountain Aspen Parkland Conservation Plan: Status of Conservation Targets, Summary of Threat Assessment, Identification of Knowledge Gaps (PDF)
- The Seville Strategy for Biosphere Reserves (PDF)
- Review of the Seville Strategy on Biosphere Reserves (PDF)
Dennis Moss Partnership Inc. - A Proposed Framework for the Development of Joint Cooperation on Nature Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Natural Sites between the Tourism Industry and the UNESCO, World Heritage Centre (PDF)
- Guidelines on Biodiversity and Tourism Development, CBD Guidelines (PDF)
- Managing Tourism at World Heritage Sites: a Practical Manual for World Heritage Site Managers (PDF)
Arthur Pederson
United Nations
UNESCO – ‘A World of Science’ Natural Sciences Quarterly Newsletter
- Latest Issue
- A World of Science, Vol. 9 No. 4, October-December 2011 (PDF)
- A World of Science, Vol. 7 No. 2, April-June 2009 (PDF)
- A World of Science, Vol. 7 No. 1, January-March 2009 (PDF)
- A World of Science, Special Issue Retrospective on Climate Change, Fifth anniversary issue, October 2007 (PDF)
- A World of Science, Vol. 5 No. 1, January-March 2007 (PDF)
The UNESCO Courier
UNESCO Documents
- Biosphere Reserves – Benefits and Opportunities (PDF)
- Biodiversity in UNESCO
This booklet provides a brief overview of UNESCO’s activities in support of global efforts to ensure environmental and socio-economic sustainability through conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. - Human Alteration of the Nitrogen Cycle – Threats, Benefits, and Opportunities (PDF)
UNESCO SCOPE – Policy Brief, April 2007 – No.4 - How to improve the dialogue between science and society – The case of global environmental change (PDF)
UNESCO SCOPE – Policy Brief, December 2006 – No.3 - The global carbon cycle (PDF)
UNESCO SCOPE – Policy Brief, October 2006 – No.2 - Indicators of sustainability – Reliable tools for decision making (PDF)
UNESCO SCOPE – Policy Brief, May 2006 – No.1 - Information Brief on Agriculture – Education for Sustainable Development (PDF)
United Nations Decade 2005-2014. This document discusses issues pertaining to agriculture’s role in sustainable development and hunger & poverty reduction.
Biodiversity: Journal of Life on Earth. Knowledge – Conservation – Sustainability
- Vol. 3 No. 3 2002 – Indigenous Peoples’ Perspectives on Biodiversity, Environment & Sustainable Development (PDF)
This special issue of Biodiversity journal discusses how Indigenous Peoples’ perspectives on biodiversity and development can offer guidance for the billions of humans in the crowded regions of the Earth, who are disconnected from Nature but who want to adopt more sustainable ways of living. - Vol. 2 No. 3 2002 Tropical Conservancy – Extinction and the importance of history and dependence in conservation (PDF)
Paul M. Catling
Posters
- Map of Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve – indicating the core area and zone of cooperation (PDF)
- Challenging the Assumptions of Western Science (PDF)
UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS) - Gender & Knowledge – Complementary Ways of Knowing (PDF)
UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS) - Protecting Indigenous Knowledge from Inappropriate Use (PDF)
UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS) - Revitalising Knowledge Transmission within Indigenous Communities (PDF)
UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS) - Strong Roots for Sustainable Development (PDF)
UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS) - Synergies between Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge (PDF)
UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS)
Conserving Cultural Diversity
- Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity: The Role of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes (PDF)
International Symposium Proceedings. Tokyo, Japan, 30 May to 2 June 2005. UNESCO-MAB - Declaration on ‘Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity: The Role of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes’ (PDF)
by the participants of the international symposium - Indigenous Knowledge, Peoples and Sustainable Practice (PDF)
Douglas Nakashima and Marie Rou´e - Science, Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Development (PDF)
ICSU Series on Science for Sustainable Development No. 4
Press Releases – Global ecosystem change and the impacts on human well-being.
- Experts say that attention to ecosystem services is needed to achieve global development goals (PDF)
from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment website - New report highlights crucial role of water in development (PDF)
from UNESCOPRESS 12-03-2009
Green Facts: Facts on Health and the Environment
- Scientific Facts on Ecosystem Change (PDF)
A summary of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment General Synthesis Report: “Ecosystems and Human Well-being” www.greenfacts.org