This is the proceedings of the 24th International Rice Research Conference, held as part of the 1st International Rice Congress in Beijing, 16–20 September 2002.

Despite widely voiced concerns about some of the negative implications of protected areas, and growing pressures to ensure that they fulfil social as well as ecological objectives, no standard methods exist to assess social impacts.

Ecosystem services have been disturbed to such an extent that, unless remedial action is taken urgently, reaching both the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) target of slowing biodiversity loss by 2010 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 could prove impossible (MA, 2005a). This report looks at the reasons behind this crisis, pinpointing governance as the crucial factor to get right.

This report is a contribution to the UN's International Year of Biodiversity and is a complement of the UNEP-hosted Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) which is bringing visibility to the wealth of the world's natural capital.

The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine for environmentally sustainable development

This report draws together scientific understanding of deep-water sponge grounds alongside the threats they face and ways in which they can be conserved.

This synthesis focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends

The publication presents twelve case studies from different parts of the world illustrating the role Protected Landscapes are playing in conserving agrobiodiversity and related knowledge and practices. A synthesis focuses on the key lessons to be learned from these case studies.

This report was produced in close collaboration with scientists and experts under HERMES (Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas), a large, interdisciplinary deep-sea research project supported by the European Commissio's Framework Six Programme. The aim of HERMES is to understand better the biodiversity, structure, function and dynamics of ecosystems along Europe's deep-ocean margin, in order that appropriate and sustainable management strategies can be developed based on scientific knowledge.

This report reveals recent discoveries about the beauty, value and vulnerability of life in the deep seas and in the open ocean. It explores what these astonishing findings mean for current oceans governance, what the impacts are of present and potential human activities, and what can be done to promote effective and sustainable management of the riches of the deep and open oceans.

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The guide provides an informative, accessible and highly practical reference source on biodiversity which can be used by mining companies at all stages of their operations, from initial exploration to mine closure planning and implementation.

Bringing in multiple perspectives, especially those that usually remain invisible, is a universal challenge to policy processes today. India undertook an ambitious participatory process to prepare a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) under the requirements of the Convention on Biological Diversity – with the extra challenge of integrating opinions over a vast national scale.

In January 2005, an interdisciplinary team with some 60 people from eight different countries participated in a unique learning process to gather, experience, and exchange information about land use and land cover and the impact of policies and modern developments in the Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA) eco-cultural region, which comprises the upland areas of Yunnan in southwest China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and part of Cambodia. Supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, the 'mobile workshop' traversed through the heart of the MMSEA, stopping at venues in three different countries: China, Laos, and Thailand.