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Practitioner Guides

These guides provide detailed technical guidance on developing and implementing specific types of global environmental initiatives.

BIODIVERSITY

• Local Business for Global Biodiversity Conservation: Small Business Development Strategies in Biodiversity Projects (pdf)
• Leaving a Greening Legacy: Guidelines for Event Greening (UNDP/GEF/IUCN/South Africa)

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change. Developing Strategies, Policies and Measures:

-	Cover
-	Front Matter, Contents, Foreword
-	Executive Summary
-	Section I - User's Guidebook
-	Section II - Technical Papers, Preface:
	1. Scoping and Designing an Adaptation Project
	2. Engaging Stakeholders in the Adaptation Process
	3. Assessing Vulnerability for Climate Adaptation
	4. Assessing Current Climate Risks
	5. Assessing Future Climate Risks
	6. Assessing Current and Changing Socio-Economic Conditions
	7. Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
	8. Formulating an Adaptation Strategy
	9. Continuing the Adaptation Process
-	Section III - Case Studies
-	Annexes

• Energy-Efficiency Labels and Standards: A Guidebook for Appliances, Equipment, and Lighting Products
• Responsible Tourism Handbook: A Guide to Good Practice for Tourism Operators (UNDP/GEF/IUCN/South Africa)

INTERNATIONAL WATERS

• Guidelines & Standards for Ballast Water Sampling (pdf 3MB)
• Protocols for Environmental and Health Assessment of Mercury Released by
  Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners (pdf 1.8MB - part 1) - (pdf 1.8MB - part 2)
• Socioeconomic Assessment Framework & Guidelines for Integrated Coastal Management (pdf 3.2MB)
• Manual of Practice-Contingent Valuation Survey for ICM Applications (pdf 4MB)

LAND DEGRADATION

• Integrating SLM programs and options from the NAP into Municipal development plans (Word 45KB) (pdf 600KB)
• National Action Program (NAP) (Word 45KB) (pdf 300KB)