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… initiatives 3 2.1 TBCAs do not equal “no man’s land” 7 2.2 Why “peripheral border posts” were not acceptable … of Transboundary Conservation Areas 1 “An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … Kashmir region. Such a solution would reduce further degradation of these magnificent mountain landscapes and save …

… relevance to this region, spanning 13,000 km of the land behind the former Iron Curtain, from the Barents Sea in … Areas Sandwith et al. (2001) define a TBPA as “an area of land and/or sea that straddles one or more borders between … of Prespa Park, prevent or reverse the causes of habitat degradation, explore appropriate management methods for the …

… and development, or between poverty and environmental degradation. These are S u m m a r y xv often contradictory. … decision-making and participation by local communities in land-use decisions. Participatory decision-making involves the willingness of outsiders to negotiate land-use objectives and ways to meet those objectives. The …

… and landscape protection, protection of the agricultural land and fisheries; (2) professional work in nature … from their neighbours by thousands of kilometres of land and maritime boundaries. Approximately one-third of all … services such as regulation of floods, drought, land degradation, and disease; supporting services such as soil …

… proposed reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) mechanisms. No one blueprint for RBA … DIHR Danish Institute for Human Rights DLA Department of Land Affairs (South Africa) DNPWC Department of National … interest in social processes that shape patterns of land use. Before joining WCS he was the Monitoring and …

… 50 5.3 Criterion C. Environmental degradation … Environment Institute) Habitat type. 'Spatially definable land or aquatic areas with characteristic environmental … types for national assessment; satellite- derived land types for subnational assessments. Rodríguez et al. …

… Protected areas now cover over 10 per cent of the world’s land surface and are increasing rapidly in marine areas as … managed. Unfortunately, the commitment to setting aside land and water has yet to be always matched with similar … effective management seeks to be pro-active in preventing degradation before it becomes severe. Recognising the sources …

… to bring some order into this rapidly developing use of land and water, IUCN The World Conservation Union developed a … to regulate activities 21 Interpreting or clarifying land tenure and governance 22 Use of the IUCN categories for … protected areas are under threat or are undergoing actual degradation, and thus a greater emphasis on the management …

… value to conservation: creating value for undeveloped land 20 4 Why biodiversity offsets? The regulatory case 21 … society should continue to trust them with access to the land and sea needed for their operations. Benefits to … A way to ensure better conservation outcomes by offsetting degradation of natural habitat of relatively low biodiversity …

… reduction of the impact of chemicals and prevention of land degradation, while generating sustainable livelihoods. … priorities, formal and informal protected areas and land uses in South Africa 87 Figure 13 Overlaps between …