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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… text states: “…Being convinced that wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific and … Ramsar IOPs: Dave Pritchard, BirdLife International (also resource person for the Group) - UNESCO – International … Rather, it is to be made available as a technical resource to Parties and others, via the Ramsar website and by …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… influence of their network of protected areas; ø natural resource ministries responsible for protected area agencies … gains has prompted destruction of the traditional resource base, including the sacred groves. 9. Fragmentation … Natural Areas with a total area of 3.7 million hectares (accounting for 6.3 % of the Okrug’s area). This area contains …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… environmental conservation, sustainable development and resource use, and engagement and benefit sharing with local … level The Guidance has also been prepared for natural resource ministries, environmental authorities and national … export sectors, contributing to 9% of the global GDP, and accounting for one in 11 jobs worldwide.28 Making tourism …
Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas
… with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are generally large, with … condition, where a proportion is under sustainable natural resource management and where low-level non-industrial use of …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… ecological processes, making major contributions to resource fluxes, transport, predator-prey interactions and … of wilderness as a wasted, untapped natural resource ignores the role of intact wilderness landscapes for … have alternately supported wilderness conservation and resource extraction projects (Nuttall 2010). The estimated …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… We hope the IUCN World Heritage Outlook will become a key resource for governments, civil society, the donor community … yet with a total coverage of 279 million hectares, accounting for over 8% of the combined surface covered by … Livestock grazing 22 Aquaculture Crops 24 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE 92 Subsistence hunting 22 Logging and wood …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… but yet with a total coverage of 294 million hectares, accounting for 8% of the combined surface of terrestrial and … P. (2012) Managing Natural World Heritage. World Heritage Resource Manual. UNESCO, Paris, France. 7. UNESCO World …