The sustainable-use debate: observations from IUCN

Correalism and Equipoise: Observations on the Sustainable

Modern environmentalism originates with the recognition of ecological connectivity and the negative effects of technological intervention. This paper examines critical concepts developed by the architect Frederick Kiesler and the critic-historian Siegfried Giedion for their relevance to that discourse. Kiesler’s principle of Correalism and Gieidon’s appeal for Equipoise offer both a prehistory ...

Bycatch from a Perspective of Sustainable Use

Bycatch is an old fisheries problem, but a relatively new topic in fisheries management. The increased awareness is often credited to the growth of conservation movements, but also a more recent understanding – especially by the industry that marine resources are exhaustible, and that worldwide fishing efforts are excessive and threatening to marine stocks. The issue of bycatch and discards has...

IUCN Pakistan Programme Northern Areas Strategy for Sustainable Development Background Paper Population , Poverty and Environment Usman

Sustainable use of wildlife: The view from archaeozoology

The concept of ‘‘sustainable use’’ is a polemic, especially when referring to wildlife and other ‘‘natural resources.’’ Claims vary from persistent overuse to traditional practices of sustaining the resource base. Arguments for either side routinely draw from contemporary situations, relying on relatively short time periods. But, if the notion ‘‘sustainable’’ is to be consequential, the period ...

The Iucn Red List of Threatened Speciestm

Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) are facing a range of threats that might impact their future population status (see section Threats below). The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) regards loss of sea-ice habitat due to climate warming as the most serious threat to future Polar Bear survival. We therefore based our Red List assessment on this threat factor only, recognizing that sea-ice condit...