The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
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Nature provides treasure trove of medical inspiration
A recent analysis highlights the potential of natural products as an indispensable source for drug discovery. Natural compounds can be used directly as potential medicines or can provide templates for the design of synthetic and semi-synthetic drugs. Furthermore, because of their ability to interact selectively with biological macromolecules, they also provide a tool to better understand biochemical processes and thus identify new potential targets for the treatment of human diseases.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Nature provides treasure trove of medical inspiration
The occurrence of extreme climate events in Mozambique constitutes a great barrier to swift sustainable economic development due to human and material damages. This includes the loss of crops due to extreme events, which can occur at least once a year. As a result, the population lives in a situation of threat and instability. The Government of Mozambique (GM), Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), and Humanitarian Agencies (HA) have been working to reduce the impacts of extreme events through the elaboration of various action plans and programmes.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Mozambique Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment
Byers, B. et al.
2013
Cabo Delgado
USAID
This assessment fulfills a legal requirement of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), which requires that a Tropical Forests and Biodiversity analysis be conducted in conjunction with the development of new U.S. foreign assistance strategies and programs. It is also intended to identify opportunities to better integrate the Mission’s portfolio across development sectors by suggesting linkages with agriculture, democracy and governance, economic growth, health, and education activities.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Mozambique Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment
Mortality of Vertebrates and Invertebrates on an Athens County, Ohio, Highway
Seibert, H. Et al.
1991
N/A
1990-1991
Although previous road-kill surveys have tallied the number and kinds of vertebrates that were victims of vehicular traffic (mostly birds and mammals), none has recorded invertebrate mortality. A 14-month survey on foot of each side of a 1.6 km (1 mi) stretch of dual lane highway provided 188 vertebrate and 1,162 invertebrate victims. Finding rare and unusual species of invertebrates suggests that this technique be used as a supplementary faunal survey.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Threats to Biodiversity
None
Mortality of Vertebrates and Invertebrates on an Athens County, Ohio, Highway
Monitoring, tagging and conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique: Annual report 2015/16
The ninth annual report on monitoring, tagging and conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique presents the results of the 2015/16 nesting season, ongoing and published studies, as well as priorities for future research and a list of relevant events. Monitoring took place from September 2015 to March 2016, in the southern part of the country, and from June 2015 to May 2016 in the northern part.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Monitoring, tagging and conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique: Annual report 2015/16
Monitoring Mangrove Systems
Hibbert, M.
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Monitoring Mangrove Systems
Monitoring Mangrove Restoration from Space
UNEP
2014
N/A
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Mangrove establishment and rehabilitation projects have had varying levels of success at different locations around the world. Given the money that has been invested in restoring mangrove coverage, it is useful to map, monitor and compare results and experiences in different parts of the globe to compare the success of such projects. This study conducted temporal analyses for 24 mangrove sites from 10 different projects in six different countries (Senegal, the United Arab Emirates, Madagascar, Kenya, Solomon Island and Indonesia) using satellite imagery and GIS technology to map and monitor their status.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Monitoring Mangrove Restoration from Space
Mitigation measures to reduce highway mortality of Turtles and other Herpetofauna at a north Florida Lake
Aresco, M.
2005
N/A
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Roads built through or near wetlands cause significant mortality of reptiles and amphibians and create barriers to migration and dispersal. I investigated the number of times turtles and other herpetofauna attempted to cross a 4-lane highway at Lake Jackson, Florida, USA, during a period of severe drought (Feb–Apr 2000). Levels of road mortality were so high that I designed and installed a temporary drift fence system to work with an existing drainage culvert and for the next 2.5 years I evaluated its effectiveness at reducing road mortality and facilitating migration.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Mitigation measures to reduce highway mortality of Turtles and other Herpetofauna at a north Florida Lake
Meeting the 2020 biodiversity targets: action and monitoring based on birds
BirdLife International
2010
N/A
BirdLife International
Birds provide a wonderful window on nature. Being colorful, spectacular and with beautiful songs, it is no surprise that millions of people around the world watch or feed birds. Tracking the numbers of people engaging in activities that celebrate birds or count them can be used to monitor awareness of biodiversity.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Meeting the 2020 biodiversity targets: action and monitoring based on birds
Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks: From Concept to Practice
Houerou, P. & Taliercio, R.
2002
N/A
The middle to late 1990s saw the proliferation of medium term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) throughout the developing world. By one count (World Bank, 2001: 6) as many as twenty five countries in Africa, Asia (eastern, central, and southern), Latin America, and Eastern Europe are at various stages in the process of adopting MTEFs, and another ten are seriously considering it.1 This proliferation has occurred over a relatively short time period. Of the twenty-five existing MTEFs, nearly 90% were adopted over the five-year period, 1997-2001. It is not premature to say that MTEFs are a trend in developing country public expenditure management (PEM), and the trend shows no signs of cresting.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks: From Concept to Practice
Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services ate the site scale
CCI & BirdLife International
2011
N/A
Ecosystem services underpin our very existence. Despite this, they are consistently undervalued in economic analyses and decision-making. As a result, many services are in decline, along with the biodiversity that supports them. Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services can lead to better environmental planning, enhancing sustainability and human well-being.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services ate the site scale
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.
2012
N/A
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (Shell) will conduct a Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (4MP) for exploration drilling activities in the Chukchi Sea during the 2012 drilling season. The 4MP developed for Shell’s 2012 exploration drilling program supports protection of the marine mammal resources in the area, fulfills reporting obligations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and establishes a means for gathering additional data on marine mammals for future operations planning.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in Camden Bay in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in 2012
Shell Offshore Inc.
2012
N/A
Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) submits the following Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Program (4MP) for exploration drilling activities in Camden Bay in the Beaufort Sea during the 2012 open-water season. The 4MP developed for Shell’s exploration drilling program is designed to protect the marine mammal resources in the area, fulfill reporting obligations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and establish a means for gathering additional data on marine mammals for future operations planning.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
MARINE MAMMAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLAN for Exploration Drilling of Selected Lease Areas in Camden Bay in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in 2012
Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Program
Ion Geophysical
2012
N/A
Ion Geophysical (Ion) plans to conduct a geophysical (seismic reflection/refraction) survey and related vessel operations in the Alaskan Beaufort and Chukchi seas from October–December 2012. The primary survey area extends from the U.S.–Canadian border in the east to Point Barrow in the west. Two survey lines extend west of Point Barrow into the northern Chukchi Sea and three short tie lines are proposed near the U.S.–Russian border (Fig. 1). The bathymetry of the proposed survey area ranges from shallow (~20 m) to relatively deep (>3500 m) water over the continental shelf, the continental slope, and the abyssal plain.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Program
Mapa das zonas de protecção marinha no Santuário
Zona de Protecção Total de Cabo São Sebastião
2014
Inhambane
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
PA Management Document
Protected Areas
Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone
Mapa das zonas de protecção marinha no Santuário
Manguezais: Educar Para Proteger
Alves, J.
2001
N/A
FEMAR: SEMADS
bioma Mata Atlântica inclui um complexo e rico conjunto de ecossistemas: floresta atlântica, manguezal, restinga e campos de altitude. Um dos ecossistemas associados está num estágio de grave pressão antrópica: o ecossistema manguezal. Por ser um ambiente bastante rico e diversificado, apresenta-se como um importante berço de informações históricas e socioambientais, tudo isto em função das diferentes localizações geográficas. Assim, procurando representar as diversas expressões que este ambiente demonstra a partir de sua colonização, idealizou-se uma forma didática para representar este ecossistema, explicitando seus aspectos geográficos, biológicos, históricos e socioambientais.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Manguezais: Educar Para Proteger
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
ICNB
2008
N/A
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
ICNB
2010
N/A
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade
Este documento constitui um guia metodológico para apoiar as unidades orgânicas do ICNB na apreciação das incidências destas infraestruturas sobre as aves, designadamente na elaboração de pareceres relativos a projectos de novas linhas ou à reconversão de linhas eléctricas existentes. Desta forma, para além de ter como objectivo a uniformização dos pareceres e avaliações de impacte sobre a avifauna das linhas eléctricas estabelecidas em Áreas Classificadas e outras áreas de ocorrência regular de espécies do Anexo I da Directiva Aves e espécies migradoras regulares, pretende ainda fazer o ponto da situação em termos de informação relativa aos impactos das linhas eléctricas sobre a avifauna.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Silva, J. Et al.
2007
N/A
ICN
Este documento constitui um guia metodológico para apoiar as unidades orgânicas do ICN na apreciação das incidências destas infra-estruturas sobre as aves, designadamente na elaboração de pareceres relativos a projectos de novas linhas ou à reconversão de linhas eléctricas existentes. Desta forma, para além de ter como objectivo a uniformização dos pareceres e avaliações de impacte sobre a avifauna das linhas eléctricas em Áreas Classificadas e outras áreas de ocorrência regular de espécies do Anexo I da Directiva Aves e espécies migradoras regulares, pretende-se igualmente fazer o ponto da situação em termos dos impactos das linhas eléctricas sobre avifauna
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Manual de apoio à análise de projectos relativos à instalação de linhas aéreas de distribuição e transporte de energia eléctrica
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Sumário do Perfil do Ecossistema
CEPF
2011
Maputo
CEPF
O status da área como hotspot, bem como sua importância biológica, econômica e cultural levaram o Fundo de Parcerias para Ecossistemas Críticos a criar uma estratégia de conservação para toda a região. A estratégia, conhecida como o perfil do ecossistema do hotspot de biodiversidade Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany, guia o investimento do CEPF na região—$6,65 milhões de dólares, que serão desembolsados através de verbas para a sociedade civil, incluindo organizações não-governamentais, pesquisadores, associações comunitárias e empresas privadas.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Sumário do Perfil do Ecossistema
Manual de Silvicultura Tropical
Ribeiro, N. Et al.
2002
N/A
Faculdade de agronomia e engenharia Florestal
O termo silvicultura provém do Latim silva (floresta) e cultura (cultivo de árvores), e tem sido definida de várias formas: Ford-Robertson (1971) considera a silvicultura, como a ciência e arte de manipular um sistema dominado por árvores e seus produtos, com base no conhecimento da história da vida, e as características gerais das árvores e do sítio.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Environmental Education
None
Manual de Silvicultura Tropical
Marine Important Bird Areas
BirdLife International
2010
N/A
BirdLife International
Birdlife International established the Global Seabird Programme (GSP) to help improve the conservation status of the world’s seabirds. The GSP undertakes varied work which includes the Save the Albatross Campaign, the Albatross Task Force, development of bycatch mitigation measures, working with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations to reduce bycatch, identification of marine Important Bird Areas as candidate Marine Protected Areas, and eradications of invasive species
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Marine Important Bird Areas
Manual of Tidal Streams
AQUARET
Sd
N/A
www.aquaret.com
AQUARET
Tidal stream technologies are designed to extract energy from fast flowing water in tidal streams.
Due to limited resources, the bulk of domestic wastewater in many developing countries is discharged without any treatment at all. PUMPSEA, an EU-funded project, has come up with a water treatment system using mangroves, which project partners believe is the most cost-effective way to mitigate coastal sewage pollution in sub and tropical developing countries.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/ UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/26.htm A
UNEP-Regional Seas Programme/UNEP-WCMC
There is an international consensus, expressed in the Convention on Biological Diversity, World Summit on Sustainable Development, and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, that biodiversity at all levels – genetic, species and ecosystem – have a critical role in sustaining livelihoods and human development. They underpin and make possible all forms of economic activity. Damage to components of biodiversity have economic consequences, the impacts of which fall most heavily on the poor. In few contexts is this as clear as in the case of mangrove ecosystems and their dependent human populations.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Ecosystem Restoration
None
Mangroves of Western and Central Africa
Mangroves of Quiterajo
Buruwate, T. & Phiri, S.
2009
N/A
Mangroves are plants that consist of a variety of growth forms, from trees, palms, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, samphires, grasses and ferns. Mangroves form valuable ecosystems along environments. Typical mangrove habitats are periodically subjected to tidal influences. Mangroves grow in soil that is frequently waterlogged by saline water. The first explorers described them as ‘forests of the sea’ (Mastaller 1997). Mangrove Plants (Flora) refers to many plant growth forms that are associated with mangrove ecosystems including vines, grasses, shrubs, chenopods, sedges, forbs, palms, ferns and parasitic plants (Mastaller 1997).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
International Protected Areas
Mangroves of Quiterajo
MANGROVE ECOLOGY: A Manual for a Field Course
Feller, I. & Sitnik, M.
1996
N/A
Smithsonian Institution
Intertidal mangrove swamp communities dominate the world’s tropical and subtropical coasts, paralleling the geographical distribution of coral reefs. They survive in substrate salinities ranging from fresh water alongside rivers to hypersaline ponds and mudflats. Mangrove plants are pioneer as well as mature-phase species. They not only help form these environments, they create habitats for a diverse and characteristic community, including numerous mangrove-dependent organisms. The term “mangrove” refers to an ecological rather than a taxonomic assemblage of plants. Worldwide, 34 species or so in nine genera in five families are considered “true mangroves” and another 80 or so species occur as “minor components” and “mangrove associates.”
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
MANGROVE ECOLOGY: A Manual for a Field Course
Management Surveys of the Mangroves of Mkinga District in Mainland Tanzania
Kairo, J.
2010
N/A
Under the 2nd Calls for Proposal (CFP2) from RECOMAP, ENVIROCARE of Tanzania is implementing a project entitled ‘Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem in Mkinga District through participatory community Approaches’. The project aims at building local capacity to mitigate the impact of coastal and marine resource depletion through promoting sustainable management of mangroves and alternative livelihoods in Mkinga district of mainland Tanzania.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Ecosystem Restoration
None
Management Surveys of the Mangroves of Mkinga District in Mainland Tanzania
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas
Long-term automatic video recording as a tool for analysing the time patterns of utilisation of predefined locations by wild animals
Jackson, R. Et al.
2005
N/A
The Snow Leopard Conservancy
Solitary, elusive cats like the tiger (Panthera tigris) and snow leopard (Uncia uncia) are notoriously difficult to enumerate. Indirect techniques using pugmarks or other sign produce ambiguous information that does not directly correlate to abundance since many factors influence snow leopard travel patterns and marking behavior. Furthermore, considering the remote and rugged landscapes inhabited by snow leopards, it is hardly surprising that our knowledge of the status of this endangered species and its occupied range is very limited.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Long-term automatic video recording as a tool for analysing the time patterns of utilisation of predefined locations by wild animals
Long-term automatic video recording as a tool for analysing the time patterns of utilisation of predefined locations by wild animals
Scheibe, K. Et al.
2007
N/A
Springer-Verlag
The design and application of automatic video recording systems for wild animals are described. Such systems enable continuous, long-time and repercussion-free surveillance of selected areas in the field. The performance characteristics of a conventional VHS video-tape system are compared to a digital video recording system. The recordings were used to develop daily and annual plots of occurrence for the different species and to display the preferences for darkness, twilight and light phase by the different species over the year.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Long-term automatic video recording as a tool for analysing the time patterns of utilisation of predefined locations by wild animals
Mammal Monitoring for Small, Medium, and Large Mammals
IOWA MAMMAL MONITORING
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Mammal Monitoring for Small, Medium, and Large Mammals
MACRO-INVERTEBRATES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Ferreira, I.
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
General
Presentations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
MACRO-INVERTEBRATES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Literature review for assessing the status of current methods of reducing deer-vehicle collisions
Danielson, B & Hubbard, M.
1998
N/A
The Task Force on Animal Vehicle Collisions, The Iowa Department of Transportation, and The Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Animal-vehicle collisions on roadways have probably occurred since the advent of the automobile. Wildlife mortality associated with roadways has continually increased during the 20th century as vehicle speed and traffic volumes have increased (Puglisi et al. 1974).
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Literature review for assessing the status of current methods of reducing deer-vehicle collisions
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Expansions EIA Project Report
GlBB Africa Ltd.
2006
N/A
GlBB Africa ltd. has prepared this Project Report to fulfil the legal requirements outlined in Section 58 to 69 of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA) and Part I and II of the Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit Regulations. The Project Report is based on document review, field trips and discussions with the Project Architects.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Impact Assessment
None
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Expansions EIA Project Report
Preserving biodiversity seems to reduce the emergence and spread of human diseases in many cases, according to an investigation into the links between biodiversity and human health. It concludes that there is mounting evidence indicating that preserving ecosystems in their natural state generally decreases the occurrence of infectious diseases.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Health & Biodiversity
None
Link between biodiversity and human disease
Making the Case for Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: The Global Mountain EbA Programme in Nepal, Peru and Uganda
United Nations Development Programme
2015
N/A
Ecosystem-based Adaptation can be defined as the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. The programme´s approach was to help rural vulnerable mountain communities in three countries (Nepal, Uganda and Peru) adapt to anticipated impacts of climate change using sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of overall local and national adaptation strategies.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Making the Case for Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: The Global Mountain EbA Programme in Nepal, Peru and Uganda
Mainland Moose – Status, Potential Impacts, and Mitigation considerations of Proposed Highway 113 – Final Report
AMEC Earth & Environmental
2004
N/A
Nova Scotia Transportation and Public Works
Consultation with Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour (NSDEL), the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSDNR) and the Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) was conducted to arrive at an appropriate scope of work that would satisfy the requirements of all of the parties involved, with direct regard for the Minister’s requirement for additional information. The scope of work agreed upon by the concerned parties is provided below: · Evaluate the potential impacts of the proposed Highway 113 on moose conservation and human safety concerns. · Conduct a literature review and consult with adjacent jurisdictions to establish standards for mitigation of human/highway safety issues with moose in urban/suburban landscapes.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management Plans, Biodiversity Counterbalance Plans, and the like
Impact Assessment
None
Mainland Moose – Status, Potential Impacts, and Mitigation considerations of Proposed Highway 113 – Final Report
JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury and disturbance to marine mammals from seismic surveys
JNCC
2010
N/A
The guidelines have been written for activities on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) and are aimed at reducing the risk of injury to negligible levels and can also potentially reduce the risk of disturbance from seismic surveys to marine mammals including seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises. Whilst there are no objections to these guidelines being used elsewhere JNCC would encourage all operators to determine if any special or local circumstances pertain, as we would not wish these guidelines to be used where a local management tool has already been adopted (for instance in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region).
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury and disturbance to marine mammals from seismic surveys
JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from using explosives
JNCC
2010
N/A
These guidelines have been written for activities on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS), and are aimed at reducing the risk of injury to negligible levels and potentially reduce the risk of disturbance from explosive activities to marine mammals including seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises. The use of explosives in the marine environment ranges from inshore activities such as harbour construction to offshore operations such as wellhead or platform decommissioning, and includes research, commercial and military activities, all of which have the potential to impact upon marine mammals.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from using explosives