Search results
11 Results
Sorted by relevance
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… 5 1.3.1 The polar … Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (1979), Polar Bear Agreement (1973), and the Convention on Biological … for the maintenance of the region’s ecological system and biodiversity; respect the Arctic’s significance for and … regulation. They are places of unique and rich biodiversity, cultural diversity within largely traditional …
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use, … grow to much larger sizes than related taxa in non-polar regions (Chapelle & Peck, 1999). 4.2.4 Abiotic … 109:143–171. Chapelle, G. and Peck, L.S. (1999). ‘Polar gigantism dictated by oxygen availability’. Nature …
Achieving representative systems of protected areas in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
… networks of marine protected areas (MPAs), Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 on terrestrial and marine protection … having no extractive activities; RECOGNISING that Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 further recommends that conserved … Treaty); and c. include Antarctica in its policy and polar priorities and to mobilise adequate resources for this …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … for several months per year. Waters south of the Antarctic Polar Front (APF, Antarctic Convergence), are the destination … That in turn has caused alteration of the placement of the polar jet. The main result of the latter is intense warming …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… Coastal and Marine Protected Areas IUCN Global MarINe aNd Polar ProGraMMe Overview of coastal and marine conservation … say Join email/web-based Europe Overseas Forum to advance biodiversity and climate change action in Europe overseas … Carl Gustaf Lundin IUCN, Director of the Global Marine and Polar Programme vi European Union Overseas Coastal and Marine …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, identifying their legal, institutional and … 17 supra, pp. 12-13 and 29. 33 Ibid., p. 15. 34 Norwegian Polar Institute, Best Practices in Ecosystem-Based Oceans … and D.R. Rothwell (eds), The Law of the Sea and the Polar Regions: Interactions between Global and Regional …
African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas
… Global Protected Areas Programme & Global Marine and Polar Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel … local responses that also achieve mutual benefits for biodiversity conservation and community resilience. Inger … species (octopus, holothurians) and provided strict biodiversity havens within the Mohéli island ecosystem. • The …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… sedimentation, deforestation, grassland degradation, and biodiversity loss. Erratic rainfall and prolonged periods of … semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas” means areas (other than polar and sub-polar regions) in which the ratio of annual precipitation to …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … will be protected only if urban people care about nature.” Polar bears (Ursus maritimus, IUCN Vulnerable) in the …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… 97% of it being salty. Most of this 3% is located in the polar icecaps and in underground reservoirs. It is estimated … built and the earth is cultivated using water, soil and biodiversity. In this respect, each one of us lives within a … waste products and spillages, with an impact on coastal biodiversity, • make it impossible to develop sustainable …