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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… to enable communities and ecosystems deal with the adverse impacts of climate change. One such approach is … ecosystems enhance natural resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change and reduce the … the active and extensive participation of all sectors, to effect socio-economic development in Mindanao. Its programme …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… 100 6.6 Effect on nature conservation … should be integrated into wider strategies for preventing adverse effects to marine and coastal ecosystems from … on shared resources, in that they call for avoiding adverse transboundary environmental impacts, a fundamental …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… can support both people and nature to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. We hope that it will … which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate … or beneficially, by climate- related stimuli. The effect may be direct (e.g. a change in crop yield in response …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… the use of any of these components has sooner or later an effect on the other components. According to Guillermo Cano … the aquatic environment whenever there is the risk of such adverse effects, including situations where there is no … which causes, or which could cause, a damage and potential adverse effects. Damage Prevention Each State that is part of …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… as regulations, rules, norms and other tools with legal effect (for example, contracts). It includes all instruments … duty”). ‘Environmental harm’ is defined as any potential adverse effect on an environmental value (s 14). … or other management strategies; (l) Where a significant adverse effect on biological diversity has been determined …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… downstream releases. Other measures need more time to take effect, such as those requiring retrofit or those to promote … growing water scarcity in minor river catchments due to adverse, multiple impacts of water-intensive, exotic species … that the power it produced fell short of justifying the adverse environmental impacts. Funds for the dam removal and …
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… into the future, and is non-trivial in magnitude and its effect on the sustainability of characteristic native biota. … long time frames) with the need for timely responses to adverse trends. Historical time frames are included to … framework. To estimate risk—the probability of an adverse outcome over a specified time frame—it is necessary …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events”(Renaud et al. 2013). NbS such as the Eco-DRR … to better adapt and become more resilient to the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather … of concepts and approaches since their proponents have, in effect, transferred the responsibility of interpreting how to …