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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… in unsustainable harvest of wildlife (including for industry, recreation, bush meat, and by poaching). For marine … important to understand how individual organisations and industry sectors affect biodiversity and ecosystem services … 3. Transportation of Goods The apparel sector is a global industry with raw materials, manufacturers and retailers …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… are demanding a say too, whether it is the mining industry concerned about loss of mineral rights, organic … to shape the categories through membership of IUCN Industry: demanding a greater role and interested in what … system: are they right? – After the Amman recommendation, industry is looking on the categories in a new (and somewhat …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… 1.4. INDUSTRy … tourist harbours - dredging - navigation and shipbuilding industry - artificial islands and offshore terminals - … and storage - refineries and chemical industries - heavy industry - thermal power plant - waste processing plants and … Libyan catch was below 10,000 tons until 1980, when the industry received a boost and the catch steadily increased to …
Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The business case
… PS6 has also helped focus the attention of the extractive industry on the Mitigation Hierarchy. For example, an extractive industry forum called the Cross- Sector Biodiversity … on Mining and Minerals, IPIECA (a global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues) and …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… to mechanised fishing, coral destruction for the cement industry and so on. Such commercial activities had depleted … of industries in their respective areas. Unless the industry promises to follow the guidelines the villager's …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… of biodiversity offsets by companies 49 5.3.1 Signals of industry interest in biodiversity offsets 50 5.3.2 Corporate … As part of this effort, IUCN encourages dialogue with industry and debate among its membership to clarify the … Goodland’s sourcebook for the World Bank’s Extractive Industry Review supports the proposition that any …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… as has degradation of the environment incurred by growing industry and transport. Several protected areas in the three … and account for a high share of the overall tourism industry in the Czech Republic. The major disputable issue is … as services for winter sports, namely the ski industry, provide significant employment opportunities for …
A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… on wildlife and other resources is considered to be an industry with high growth potential, especially in areas … land and agriculture; • Infrastructure and services; • Industry, trade, investment and finance; • Human resources … makes commu- nities vulnerable to shifts in the tourism industry which are outside of their control. When tourism …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… from South America to the United States in 1899, the fur industry failed and surplus animals were released. The … News, Issue 1, April-June 2000). New Zealand’s shell fish industry was once closed to all markets because of a toxic … USD1 million per year. It also impacts on the tourist industry and endemic Guamanian birds, several of which are …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… crops and derive the raw inputs and genetic materials for industry, agriculture and medicine. These benefits are worth … forests and there has been an expansion of the plantation industry in the tropics and sub-tropics. As the sector grows, … collaboration between research institutions and forest industry to develop the silvicultural knowledge and practices …