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Ecosystem approach in general

Andrade Pérez, A., ed. (2008) Applying the ecosystem approach in Latin America Translated by Medina, Maria Eugenia, Gland, Switzerrland, IUCN, vi + 106 pp. Originally published as Aplicación del enfoque ecosistémico en Latinoamérica. (Bogota, Colombia. CEM-UICN, 2007)
Bennett, Graham. (2004). Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: Lessons Learned From Ecological Networks. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 66 pp.
Bouamrane, M. (ed). (2007). Dialogue in biosphere reserves: references, practices and experiences Biosphere Reserves – Technical Notes 2, UNESCO, Paris, 81 pp.
Boyle, M., Kay, J.J., Pond, B. (2001). Monitoring in support of policy: an adaptive ecosystem approach. In Munn, T. Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change. Volume 4: 116-137. John Wiley and Son.
Cracco, M. y E. Guerrero (eds). (2004). Aplicación del Enfoque Ecosistémico a la Gestión de Corredores en América del Sur. Memorias del Taller Regional, 3 al 5 de junio. UICN. Quito, Ecuador..
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). (2007) Securing a healthy natural environment: An action plan for embedding an ecosystems approach Defra Publications, London, England. 60 pp.
FAO. (2003). Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Forget, G., Lebel, J. (2001). An ecosystem approach to human health Int J Occup Environ Health. Apr-Jun;7(2 Suppl): S3-38. 40 pp.
Kay, J. Regier, H. (2000). Uncertainty. complexity and ecological integrity: Insights from an Ecosystem Approach. In P. Cabbe, A Holland, L. Ryszkowsky and L. Westra (eds) Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health, Kluwer, NATO Science Series, Environmental Security, pp. 121-156.
Kay, JJ , Regier, HA., Boyle, M., Francis, G. (1999) An ecosystem approach for sustainability: addressing the challenge of complexity. Futures, 31(7) 721-742
Norberg, J. 2004. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A complex adaptive systems approach Limnol. Oceanogr., 49 (4, part 2): 1269–1277
Pirot, J.-Y., Meynell P.J., Elder D. (2000). Ecosystem Management: Lessons from Around the World. A Guide for Development and Conservation Practitioners. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 132 pp.
Shepherd, G. (ed.) (2008) The Ecosystem Approach: Learning from Experience. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. x + 190pp.
Shepherd, G. (ed.) (2004) The Ecosystem Approach Five Steps to Implementation. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vi + 30 pp.
Smith R.D., Maltby, E. (2003) Using the Ecosystem Approach to Implement the Convention on Biological Diversity: Key Issues and Case Studies. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 118 pp.
Sudmeier-Rieux, K., H. Masundire, A. Rizvi and S. Rietbergen (eds). (2006). Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Disasters: An integrated approach to disaster risk management. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 58 pp.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). 2006. Ecosystem-based management. Markers for assessing progress. 58 pp.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2008. UNEP ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME: An Ecosystem Approach. 26pp.
UNESCO (2008) Links between biological and cultural diversity-concepts, methods and experiences, Report of an International Workshop, UNESCO, Paris, 47 pp.
UNESCO (2000). Solving the puzzle: The ecosystem approach and biosphere reserves, UNESCO, Paris, 31 pp.

Marine and coastal/Fisheries

Currie, D.E.J. Ecosystem-Based Management in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Progress towards Adopting the Ecosystem Approach in the International Management of Living Marine Resources. WWF, Rome, 58 pp.
De Young, C., Charles, A., Hjort, A. (2008). Human dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries: an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 489
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations (2008) Developing and Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Ocean-related Activities.
Duda, A.M., Sherman, K. (2002). A new imperative for improving management of large marine ecosystems. Ocean & Coastal Management 45: 797–833
Ehler, C., Douvere F. (2007). Visions for a Sea Change. Report of the First International Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Man and the Biosphere Programme. IOC Manual and Guides, 46: ICAM Dossier, 3. Paris: UNESCO
FAO (2008). SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT IN THE LESSER ANTILLES INCLUDING INTERACTIONS WITH MARINE MAMMALS AND OTHER TOP PREDATORS. Barbados.pp. 87
FAO (2008). Fisheries management. 2. The ecosystem approach to fisheries. 2.1 Best practices in ecosystem modelling for informing an ecosystem approach to fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries. No. 4, Suppl. 2, Add. 1. Rome, FAO. 2008. 78p.
FAO (2007). Models for an ecosystem approach to fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Papers T477
FAO (2008). Assessment of fisheries management issues in the Lesser Antilles and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management Non serial publications T9
FAO (2007). Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries, including deep-sea fisheries, biodiversity conservation, marine debris and lost and abandoned gear. Meeting document COFI/2007/8
FAO (2007). Results and Conclusions of the project “Ecosystem Approaches in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem”. FAO Fisheries Circulars C1026
FAO (2005). Putting into practice the ecosystem approach to fisheries. Issues, terminology, principles, institutional foundations, implementation and outlook. Non serial publications EAF
FAO (2003). FAO TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES 4 Suppl. 2. Rome.
Fluharty, D. (2005) Evolving ecosystem approaches to management of fisheries in the USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300:248-253.
Garcia, S. M., and Cochrane, K. L. (2005). Ecosystem approach to fisheries: a review of implementation guidelines. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62: 311-318
Grieve, C., Short, K. 2007. Implementation of Ecosystem-Based Management in Marine Capture Fisheries - case studies. WWF. 76 pp.
Hirshfield, MF. (2005) Implementing the ecosystem approach: making ecosystems matter Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 253-257
Jennings, S. (2005). Indicators to support an ecosystem approach to fisheries Fish and Fisheries, 6: 212–232
Juda, L. 1999. Considerations in Developing a Functional Approach to the Governance of Large Marine Ecosystems . Ocean Development & International Law, 30:89–125
Livingston, P.A. (2005). PICES’ role in integrating marine ecosystem research in the North Pacific Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 257-259
Misund, O.A., Skjoldal, H.R. (2005) ) Implementing the ecosystem approach: experiences from the North Sea, ICES, and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 260-265
Peterson, S.L.., Nel, D.C., Omadien, A. (eds). Towards an ecosystem approach to longline fisheries in the Benguela: An assessment of impacts on seabirds, sea turtles and sharks. WWF Report Series – Marine/2007/001
Preston, G and Associates. 2009. The Ecosystem Approach to Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Report to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and The Nature Conservancy. 123 pp
Rice, J.C. (2005) Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management ––asynchronous co-evolution at the interface between science and policy. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 265-270
Rosenberg, A.A. McLeod , KL. (2005) ) Implementing ecosystem-based approaches to management for the conservation of ecosystem services. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 270-274
Sissenwine, M. P., Mace, PM. (2002) Governance for responsible fisheries: an ecosystem approach. FAO Fisheries Reports, 29 pp.
Sherman, K. Duda. AM. (1999). An ecosystem approach to global assessment and management of coastal waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 190: 271-287
Sherman, K., Sissenwine, M., Christensen, V., et al. (2005) global movement toward an ecosystem approach to management of marine resources. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 275-279
Sumaila, U.R. (2005). ) Differences in economic perspectives and implementation of ecosystem-based management of marine resources. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 279-282
Tudela, S., Short, K. (2005). Paradigm shifts, gaps, inertia, and political agendas in ecosystem-based fisheries management. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 282-286
UNESCO’s Ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Management Initiative.
Valdimarsson, G., Metzner, R., Watson-Wright, W.M. (2005). Aligning incentives for a successful ecosystem approach to fisheries management Policy and science: different roles in the pursuit of solutions to common problems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 300: 286-291

Inland waters

Global Water Partnership. Integrated Water Resources Management toolbox
Guerrero, E., De Keizer, O., Córdoba, R., eds. (2006). La aplicación del enfoque ecosistémico en la gestión de los recursos hídricos : un análisis de estudios de caso en América Latina. UICN, Quito, Ecuador, 78 pp.
Hamerlynck, O. and Duvail, S. (2003). The rehabilitation of the Delta of the Senegal River in Mauritania: fielding the ecosystem approach. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. viii + 88 pp.

Forestry

FAO (2007). People, forests and trees in West and Central Asia Outlook for 2020. FAO Forestry Paper 152. 158 pp
FAO (2007). Fire management global assessment 2006. FAO Forestry Paper 151
FAO (2006). The new generation of watershed management programmes and projects. FAO Forestry Paper 150
FAO (2006). Tendencias y perspectivas del sector forestal en América Latina y el Caribe. FAO Forestry Paper 148
FAO (2005) Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. Progress towards sustainable forest management. FAO Forestry Paper 147
FAO (2005). Microfinance and forest-based small-scale enterprises. FAO Forestry Paper 146.
Sayer, J., Maginnis, S., Laurie, M., Sengupta, S. Rietbergen-McCracken, J. (2004) Changing realities : ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme, WWF, Gland, Switzerland, 12pp.
Sayer, J., Maginnis, S.,eds. (2005) Forests in landscapes : ecosystem approaches to sustainability. IUCN, Earthscan, London, England, xv + 257pp.
Wilkie, M.L., Holmgren, P. , Castañeda F. (2003). Sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach: two concepts, one goal. Working Paper FM 25. Forest Resources Division FAO, Rome (Italy)

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