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… WCC-2016-Res-039-EN Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change RECOGNISING that protected areas and other effective area based conservation measures (conserved areas) play a … Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change …

… (CMS) into the effects of climate change on species protected under the convention.     Report production:     … national  borders  in  the  process.  The  current  protected area network may not match critical sites  in future as  …

… 29 FIGURE 6 FOREST AREA, 2005 (SOURCE: FAO, 2007) … OF FOREST RESOURCES AND FOREST CHANGE RATE BY COUNTRY OR AREA 2000 – 2005 (FAO, … OF FOREST RESOURCES AND FOREST CHANGE RATE BY COUNTRY OR AREA 2000 – 2005 (FAO, … farming methods that are practiced by the local villagers protected the upper catchment and only 10% of crops were …

… be more pronounced on regional scales. The Arctic is an area particularly sensitive to climate change and many … humans may spend more time indoors as Mother and baby protected by mosquito net, Kenya IMPACT OF CliMATe CHAnGe On … to ensure that human health and the environment are protected from the negative impacts of POP s and climate …

… and 15 regarding marine and coastal ecosystems, and marine protected areas; STRESSING that the oceans cover 71% of the … as natural carbon sinks; b. recognise the role that marine protected areas play in both climate change mitigation and … connected, and efficiently managed networks of marine protected areas; c. take into account the results of the IPCC …

… of time, we can designate flood- and storm-prone areas as protected wetlands to strengthen nature’s own buffer. The Biosphere Reserve of the Saloum Delta in Senegal is an area of estuaries, lakes and marshes. It controls flooding … In Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka where offshore coral reefs are protected through a marine park, the damage from the 2004 …

… justice and equity considerations, and 5.086 Integrating protected areas into climate change adaptation and mitigation … gender and other relevant IUCN general policy including on protected areas, biodiversity offsets and primary forests; b. …

… a good ecological state, including marine and terrestrial protected areas; actions aimed at improving the sustainable …

… floods, they can spread and store flood water over a wide area, reducing damage downstream. 4. Inland deltas When … Delta in Botswana is perhaps the most famous, flooding an area the size of Belgium, providing a home for 200,000 large …

… efforts (§71). The Committee will annually focus on an area or theme related to enhanced technical exchange on …