The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
CITES and FAO International Plan of Action (IPOA) for Sharks
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How Can Wild Living Resources be Used Sustainable?
Sustainable use of wild living resources, namely plants and animals, can play a vital role in lifting people out of poverty and securing their future. IUCN is among the many organisations trying to identify the factors associated with sustainability of resource use. It is now widely accepted that sustainable use of wild species depends on economic, social and biological factors. Yet there has been little quantitative research showing the relative importance of these factors, or investigation of the links between them. To address this, the Union is providing seed funds for a project entitled: the Sustainable Use of Species and Ecosystems: Developing Tools for the Management of Living Wild Resources from a Quantitative Review of the Factors that Determine Sustainability. This will be implemented by a partnership between the IUCN/SSC Wildlife Trade Programme, SSC Sustainable Use Specialist Group, IUCN South American Regional Office, IUCN Asia Regional Office, TRAFFIC (the wildlife trade monitoring network) and the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE). More information: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/susg/bgrnd/supoleng.html
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