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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, which address societal challenges (e.g. … providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Living solutions inspired by, continuously supported by and … “strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable …
Global Land Outlook
… at the same time, is based on monocultures, genetically modified crops, and the intensive use of fertilizers and … it to indigenous peoples and local communities.8 People living in the developed world expect land ownership to be … the laboratory. One specific type of GMO is a transgenic organism which has been altered by the addition of genetic …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… using the CBD definition means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, among other … Ecosystem: a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, … conservation, some of them potentially compatible if modified (for example, sustainable forestry, grazing of …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… Ib Wilderness area: Usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their natural character and … marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove IV Habitat/species … Research Group, South Africa) and Dieter van den Broeck (Living Lands, South Africa); Pete Raines and Jan van Bochove …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… means “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit”. The 5th … to apply the six-step assessment procedure,26 which was modified to accommodate the principles of IEM in the …
National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar
… Both GELOSE and GCF are widely used by communities living in or adjacent to mangrove areas. Note that GELOSE … (NSSMB), first established in 1996 and based on improving living standards by reducing poverty and conserving and … of the country so as to compensate the populations living within areas where the use of resources is strictly …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at its centre. The … Cultivating the ‘PRESENCE’ Learning Network 135 to Restore Living Landscapes Adapting to Climate Change in the … long term if the ecological attributes that regulate the modified ecosystems are disturbed. Chapter 1 Introduction l …
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… risk while increasing the resilience of communities living in landslide-prone areas. Senegal 6 villages in Fatick … “strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promote conservation and sustainable … to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, which address societal challenges …
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
… ccamlr Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources cnrs Centre national de la recherche … Marine wilderness areas should be sites of relatively un- modified, undisturbed seascape, significantly free of hu- man … Documents) species of the Southern Ocean, and benthic organism diversity comparable to Galapagos The area hosts …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… deterioration, including marine pollution and living resources, depletion of stratospheric ozone, and … inter alia, the preservation and conservation of living resources in Antarctica. Thus although the word … of alien invasive species and the release of genetically modified organisms threatening ecosystems, habitats, or …