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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… equitably and sustainably, and to cope with the myriad of challenges faced in practice. They also assist national … use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values Ib Wilderness area: … large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and …
Capacity Development for Protected and Other Conserved Areas in the Pacific Islands Region: Strategy and Action Framework 2015-2020
… 2015–2020 Prepared with the contributions and support of partners and stakeholders About the ACP Group of States … customary ownership of land and fishing rights, and the protection of ecologically and … beneficial. However, in additional to local efforts, the protection of biodiversity often requires …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… G. Weeramantry, Former Vice-President, International Court of Justice (Co-Chair) • Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Sir Robert … year from diseases related to air pollution (WHO, 2003). Species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate, taking … Law,” offers a more detailed look at the features of the protection programmes that have developed around specific …
Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe
… Michael R. Appleton InternatIonal UnIon for ConservatIon of natUre Towards Strengthened Conservation Planning in … Europe abbreviations used in the text AIS Alien invasive species ALB Albania BfN Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (The German … SEE South-Eastern Europe SINP State Institute for Nature Protection (Croatia) SRB Serbia SVN Slovenia TEEB The …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression … of the Convention to States Parties, heritage protection authorities, local governments, site managers and … of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… WCC-2012-Res-028-EN Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened … Flyway (hereafter EAAF) supports more migratory waterbird species – and a higher proportion that are globally … claim) at priority sites for biodiversity, irrespective of protection status, until a full assessment of the economics …
Mitigating the impacts of recreational diving on the marine environment
… WCC-2012-Res-080-EN Mitigating the impacts of recreational diving on the marine environment RECOGNIZING … protected areas and in habitats containing vulnerable species such as marine mammals, and by experimental evidence … training requirements with a focus on conservation and protection; and e. work together with national and …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… Judges and the Rule of Law Creating the Links: Environment, Human Rights and … judges are essential to the rule of law and environmental protection 53 Is judicial activism a proper role for the … a natural area which contained threatened and endangered species of fauna. In partic- ular, the Yellow Bellied Glider …
Increase resources for biodiversity conservation research
… Development Goals (SDGs) and the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and its associated … areas system (Target 11), prevention of threatened species extinction – especially those with recognised decline … for management and conservation strategies related to the protection of natural areas, including the establishment of …