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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Global Ecosystem Management Programme Commission on Ecosystem … 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 …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… Ecosystem Management Series No. 9 Ecosystem-based adaptation … 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 …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… 4 1.3 Ecosystem protection and management … 5 1.3.1 The polar … Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (1979), Polar Bear Agreement (1973), and the Convention on Biological … in protecting large transboundary ecosystems: the polar regions, mountains, and marine ecosystems. 1.3.1 The …
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 … Carl Gustaf Lundin IUCN, Director of the Global Marine and Polar Programme vi European Union Overseas Coastal and Marine … Jncc Joint Nature Conservation Committee lme Large marine ecosystem lmma Locally marine managed area mcPa Marine and …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… . . 13 1.2.3. Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) Mechanisms ... … 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 … for dealing with uncertainty – in particular through ecosystem and community-based approaches rooted in local … support dried up in 2005, and pressures on coastal ecosystem resources vital to the local economy have …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services through scientific assessments, the … 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
… 89 5.5 Ecosystem … based on the principles of sustainable development, ecosystem emphasis and efficient governance. The most … 97% of it being salty. Most of this 3% is located in the polar icecaps and in underground reservoirs. It is estimated … well as the pressure on natural resources sustaining the ecosystem persist, despite the introduction of integrated …