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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… of Natural World Heritage: Identifying and assessing ecosystem services and benefits provided by the world’s most … Unrest/ Military Exercises Solid Waste Household Sewage/ Urban Waste Water Erosion and Siltation/ Deposition Mining/ Quarrying Crops Housing/ Urban Areas Roads/ Railroads Livestock Farming / Grazing …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… information on conservation issues, benefits and ecosystem services provided by the site, active projects and … areas Tourism and recreation areas 28 Housing and urban areas 20 TRANSPORTATION & SERVICE CORRIDORS 29 Utility … HERITAGE SITES Tourism and recreation areas 11 Housing & urban areas 6 Commercial and industrial areas 4 Fires 5 Dams …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Guideline 1.2 Ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . … protected areas in the wider countryside, or in rural or urban landscapes, they may be jeopar- dised by a whole range … and the widespread custom of throwing coins into urban fountains, can be traced to practices occurring at …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- vices). At the beginning of the current … rivers and lakes. Often, the interface be- tween the urban environment and the natural sites is not managed … are the following: a) identify ‘interface areas’ between urban areas and wetlands; b) determine the use of these …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… areas also provide a wide range of other essential ecosystem services (Figgis et al. 2015, MA 2005). For … quality is often defined in terms of remoteness from urban settlements and modern infrastructure and the degree of … and other infrastructure, withdrawals for agriculture or urban use and pollution, it is becoming increasingly rare to …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge
… practices which have brought poverty, conflict and ecosystem deterioration. The solution The rich cultural … and damaged the ecological char- acter of the wetland ecosystem. Support from the Ramsar Small Grants Fund helped …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. UNESCO designated … resistant to other land uses, including agricultural and urban encroachment. However, pressures on water availability … come under the authority of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, while Biosphere Reserves are …