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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… 4.6 Risk and uncertainty analysis … water and stabilize slopes, thereby reducing the risks and disaster caused by storms. Deforestation is a major cause of … a trade-off between a more constant supply of water and a reduction in total available water volume. 4 For the purposes …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… use in CBNRM 35 Has CBNRM contributed to poverty reduction? 37 Lessons from CBNRM 38 Implications of these … or development. In cases where conservation activities risk making poor people worse off, there are ethical and … food banks and agricultural cooperatives • plan for better disaster management with communities • provide access rights …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… Basic Environment Law 1993 provided the maximum possible reduction of environmental loads for sustainable development. … (landform type, loess plateau), soil factors (soil erosion risk, weathering and hydrate corrosion), vegetation factors … Regulations on Land Reclamation; Regulations on Geological Disaster Prevention; Management Measures on Rural and Urban …
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Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas

… targets for development, in seeking to address the poverty reduction targets of the Millennium Development Goals. … indirect risks) (Braack, 2004). While all of the above risk elements are valid subjects for discussion under the … “The Partner States shall evolve and establish regional disaster management mechanisms which shall harmonize training …
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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… • Unfortunately, the wetland has suffered an environmental disaster because of the misuse and overuse of water from the … Nonetheless, further capacity-building efforts relating to risk assessment and the management of genetically modified … failed to meet the 2010 target of achieving a significant reduction in biodiversity loss. This failure is principally …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… rare and endangered wild animal species and the sufficient reduction of “pest” species (Articles II (1), II (13) and II … species are species that are facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. Endangered species are … a) whenever an environmental emergency or natural disaster occurring in a Party is likely to affect the natural …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… rare and endangered wild animal species and the sufficient reduction of “pest” species (Articles II (1), II (13) and II … species are species that are facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. Endangered species are … a) whenever an environmental emergency or natural disaster occurring in a Party is likely to affect the natural …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… and adaptation, protection of international waters, reduction of the impact of chemicals and prevention of land … and conservation status of APIs 85 8.8 Active damage and risk analysis for APIs 87 8.9 Spatial analysis of governance … and ecosystem benefits such as water, climate, disaster prevention. In response to the goals of the PoWPA …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… CDM Clean Development Mechanism CER certified emissions reduction CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research … of a State to take reasonable measures to prevent such risk, or the necessary measures to respond when persons have … measures, including planning or land use laws and EIA or risk assessment procedures, should identify and commit to …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… natural resource management, climate change and poverty reduction. She was the Commission on Environmental, Economic, … initiative, it may be only a sub-set of rights that are at risk of being undermined, or that can be further fulfilled, … marginalized populations, and those whose rights are at risk of being violated …. Universality means that all people …
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