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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… owing to a growing demand for and a scarcity of freshwater, and the increasing impact of climate change, … change adaptation 6 The various types of wetlands include freshwater, brackish or saline, inland or coastal, seasonal … the marsh also plays a major important role in local freshwater supplies. Muthurajawela also acts as a source of …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 27 2.6 Negotiating binding regional regimes on shared freshwater resources ...................... 28 2.6.1 The … 46 3.5.2 Partnerships to address global fishery and forest issues .............................. 47 … to conclude more comprehensive agreements protecting freshwater resources as hydrographic units rather than as …
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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… natural and environmental disasters, climate variability, freshwater resources, coastal and marine resources, energy … n Management of wastes n Coastal and marine resources n Freshwater n Land n Energy n Tourism n Biodiversity resources … are equally important. Most locals would value the fishery, timber and local foods.” “Nature is all we have. It …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… 2010; Lewis et al., 2011; Phillips et al., 2009 Drought Freshwater Water bodies diminish in size; Loss of fish … damage, loss of tree biomass Allen et al., 1999 Landslides Freshwater Change in stream flow due to debris, destruction … co-benefits in addition to coastal protection including fishery habitat, water quality improvements, carbon …
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Global Land Outlook

… Food production accounts for 70 per cent of all freshwater withdrawals and 80 per cent of deforestation, … but at a significant cost to biodiversity and quality of freshwater resources. When disaggregated and viewed by broad … with more than 36 per cent under irrigation; annual freshwater withdrawal is one of the highest globally at 761 …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… Naturales Protegidas, Mexico); Harry Biggs (IUCN WCPA Freshwater Task Force); Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend (IUCN CEESP … publication provides guidance for terrestrial, marine, and freshwater protected area managers at both system and site … help to secure carbon stored in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater vegetation, soil and sediments and also protect …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of … Lastly, some tools can be applied in terrestrial, freshwater and/or marine realms, and others are restricted to … are reliant on fisheries and agriculture production. The fishery was treated as a beneficiary as it will be affected …
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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… of fisheries was over PHP 24 million or USD 542,587. Total fishery value from Macajalar Bay was estimated at PHP … are difficult to assess in monetary terms, such as health, freshwater systems, extreme weather events, biodiversity and … crop lands and settlements; the diversion and storage of freshwater in dams; and the loss of mangroves and coral …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… that approximately 2.5 million hectares of land and freshwater resources could directly benefit from FLR in terms … River water and sediment diversions. The Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Structure, upstream from New Orleans, … being removed in Jean Lafitte Park. Furthermore, abundant freshwater and nutrient input into the preserve from the …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… the global status of the world’s terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean ecosystems. In addition, the … rigorous. 4. Applicable to terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean systems. 5. Applicable to risk … and mapping, decision theory, and ecology of terrestrial, freshwater, marine and subterranean ecosystems. The combined …
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