Search results
6 Results
Sorted by relevance
Counting coastal ecosystems as an economic part of development infrastructure
… coastal areas. The paper describes how recent advances in environmental economic concepts and methods provide an … required — moving from approaches which fail to factor in environmental costs and benefi ts, to those which recognise … lands and resources in a way that does not cause undue environmental harm. The dominant approaches and rhetoric …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… than it was a decade ago. Despite many international environmental treaties, declarations and other promises of … globally there is now a far greater appreciation of the environmental, economic, social, cultural and recreational … the key pressures on coastal ecosystems, their social and environmental impacts and some of the legal responses at the …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… Programme (UNEP), the world’s foremost intergovernmental environmental organization. The Centre has been in operation … fragments. Both processes are affected by the prevailing environmental conditions and by the extent of the damage. New … on the reef, the geographical location of the reef and environmental conditions. Branching corals grow relatively …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,000 government … publication do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN, the Environmental General Authority of Libya, the Spanish Agency … and associated construction work. Although the current environmental legislation (Law no.15/2003 on the Environ- …
Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,000 government … working group consists of experts in coastal science, environmental policy and economics, and project … water column and reduce turbidity; act as water quality indicator due to sensitivity to excess nutrients Seagrasses …
Aspects contemporains du droit de l'environnement en Afrique de l'ouest et centrale
… d’impact, le pollueur payeur, l’équité. 105 Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries, Volume One (UNEP, 1996); Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries, Supplement to Volume One (UNEP, 1996); et Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries, Supplement to Volume …