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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… Areas 11 Peace Parks in Africa’s Great Lakes Region 12 Developing a Regional Strategy for Conserving High Andean … Plan of Action, a framework for future action. In 2005, a small multi-stakeholder Secretariat will support the Mountain … paddies to 3,726m, Gunung Rinjani dominates the Indonesian island of Lombok. The upper slopes are clothed in cloud …
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
… bioT British Indian Ocean Territoriy bvi British Virgin Island cbd Convention on Biological Diversity cc Climate … sgssi South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands smsg Small Mammal Specialist Group sPa Special Protection Area … more scientific cruises and accurate data collation • Developing a typology of marine and costal hab- itats in all …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… Energy issues are particularly challenging for developing countries where high energy costs exert tremendous … Production Rural Electrification from Copra Many Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are dependent on imported petroleum … source and use increases. High fuel costs relative to the small economies of these PICs limits socio-economic …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… Specific obligations include identifying, assessing, and developing quality objectives for landscapes, with public … and the existence of so many biotope types in a relatively small area are the most important natural values of the site. … in 1915 to gain designation of the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island as a wildlife sanctuary.4 However, it was not until …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… Series Editor Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas Developing capacity for a protected planet Best Practice … through its peer-reviewed journal, Restoration Ecology, Island Press book series, and international conferences and … Lintulahdet Life Project in Finland, for example, created small bog habitat for rare dragonfly and re-created open …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . .4 2. Lake Neusiedl/Fert surrounded by the small Hungarian plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … need to be developed or that can help in the process of developing the Green Belt. These tools range from the … and Murmansk (Russia), Kuhmo (Finland) and the Island of Vilm (Germany). The latest phase in this issue is …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… Adrian Phillips, Volume Editor Urban Protected Areas Developing capacity for a protected planet Best Practice … 6.9 Restoring the land and honouring the history of Lyell Island in Gwaii Haanas, Canada 91 6.10 Restoring the … graphic detail the inundations that would occur with quite small level global sea rises. This is the context in which we …