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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … for indicators can be summarized as SMART: • Specific: the indicator is precisely, accurately, and concisely described. … are unambiguously defined. • Measurable: the indicator can be quantified precisely and repeatedly. • …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … for example it could be argued that forest cover is a good indicator for a forest site inscribed under criteria (ix) or … biodiversity; 3. A method of verification for each indicator, for example through surveys of the values of the …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… year from diseases related to air pollution (WHO, 2003). Species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate, taking … resource concerns (e.g., air, water, waste, endangered species, etc.), and is intended to serve as an initial … National law 92 10.2.2 International law 93 10.3 Migratory Species 94 10.3.1 National law 94 10.3.2 International law 94 …
Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe
… Europe abbreviations used in the text AIS Alien invasive species ALB Albania BfN Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (The German … assessments, including Identification of priority species and areas for conservation … assessments, including Identification of priority species and areas for conservation ACTION B1. Develop a …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… a natural area which contained threatened and endangered species of fauna. In partic- ular, the Yellow Bellied Glider … 2003, Philippine Judicial Academy, Tagaytay City. The species Homo sapiens sapiens But before I proceed, let me ask … therefore not self-serving? As you may know, our species is no longer simply called Homo sapiens but Homo …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… Flyway (hereafter EAAF) supports more migratory waterbird species – and a higher proportion that are globally … which is of critical importance; ALARMED that 24 waterbird species dependent on intertidal wetlands are listed as … or Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, including the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed …
Water Management and Stewardship
… lowered pollution emissions and healthier freshwater species; generally includes the array of water-related … to ‘workers’ job and wages’, Oxfam notes that a key indicator could be differences in wage/salary levels between … therefore, that the signing of such contracts provides an indicator of water stewardship initiatives being converted …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… involved filling in matrices on whether and how each indicator was reflected in the legal and policy frameworks in … analyse fisheries legislation (regarding capture of wild species for grow-out purposes in aquaculture facilities) as … opportunities for women to use their knowledge of plant species and methods of product extraction, as well as the …