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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.5 The Trade-offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … determining what outcomes are sought and defining what trade-offs those will entail. A number of considerati- ons … stakeholders start accepting these uncertainties. 1.5 The Trade-offs The provision of environmental flows is not …
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Global Land Outlook

… land management practices. Our ability to manage trade-offs at a landscape scale will ultimately decide the … we plan, use, and manage the land. Our ability to manage trade-offs at a landscape scale will ultimately decide the … The rapid expansion of global value chains and associated trade in land commodities (and their “virtual” components) …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… ecosystems. This section explores these inter-linkages and trade-offs. Figure 1: Linkages between Ecosystem Services and … of invasive alien species facilitated through global trade, both made possible through cheap and easily-available … will need to be made with a full understanding of the trade-offs involved in any specific situation. Identifying …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… expenditures and damage costs avoided, look at the market trade-offs or costs avoided of maintaining ecosystems for … techniques are also sometimes used, such as engaging in trade-off games or using take-it-or-leave it experiments. The … to analyse the impacts of this programme, and the relative trade-offs and benefits of different wetland management …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… of natural resources; • Support to biodiversity-friendly trade and economic policies. As a pilot project to support … USA, that imports only organic coffees certified as ‘fair trade’ from 11 different countries around the world. The … of natural resources; • Support to biodiversity-friendly trade and economic policies. As a pilot project to support …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… with the conservation objectives of the site, however. Trade-offs between the ongoing provision of ES and … for monitoring sites Reveal synergies and possible trade-offs between ES and/or ES and conservation objectives … land or water use scenario. It can also help elucidate trade-offs and synergies between alternative resource use …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… all levels, to optimize synergies, and to avoid unwanted trade-offs. Emphasis must be placed on stronger governance of … rather than at individual ecosystem level, could encourage trade- offs between similar and dissimilar ecosystems, or … ensure sustainability at all levels and to avoid unwanted trade-offs. 2. Natural resource governance should be …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… systems will be necessary to ensure that unintended trade-offs are not created (UNEP 2004a; 2011a; 2012). The … water loss through evapotranspiration. Thus, there is a trade-off between a more constant supply of water and a … Wetlands restoration in most cases involves a number of trade-offs, providing improved state of water related …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 24 2.4.6 International Trade in … measures in all developmental activities such as trade, transport, agriculture, industrial development, … course of action. The 1973 Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an example. The parties to CITES may trade with nonparties only if the latter substantially …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… and illegal plant collecting for the traditional medicine trade. By 2003, the Newlands Forest section of the park was … Although local divers harvest the abalone, this lucrative trade is controlled by a crime syndicate believed to be based … under Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), …
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