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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… epublic of C hina IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 80 IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law … that enable IEM to be achieved can be a principle or rule or direction of conduct that can be used in its existing … proper utilization of water and soil resources, lessening harm by flood, drought and sandstorm”. Revise the guideline …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… of Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 72 Shared Resources: Issues of Governance This … which includes the ‘obligation not to cause significant harm’. Article 5 requires equitable and reasonable use. … two Principles constitute a significant erosion of the old rule of absolute sovereignty. During negotiations on the …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… A C oncept P aper IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 85 – Volume 1 IUCN EPLP 85 EN RZ.indd 1 11.07.13 15:11 … sustain or enhance overall connectivity, or potentially harm connectivity and contribute to fragmentation of critical … and Sale, 2011). As discussed in Part I-3 below, a general rule for effective connectivity conservation is the full …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… planet Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 22 IUCN WCPA’s BEST PRACTICE PROTECTED AREA GUIDELINES … three-quarters of the protected area – the 75 per cent rule. The management categories are applied with a typology … guidelines. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 22, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. xiv + 110pp. ISBN: …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… planet Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No.18 IUCN WCPA’s BEST PRACTICE PROTECTED AREA GUIDELINES … three-quarters of the protected area – the 75 per cent rule. The management categories are applied with a typology … and maintains the values of a protected area n ‘Do no harm’ by first identifying when restoration is the best …
Global Land Outlook
… and offer new opportunities for resource efficiency. 5. No net loss: providing incentives for the sustainable … trees with their bodies.26 Jainism Jains minimize harm to all life-forms and their teachings stress sympathy … question and depends on issues such as governance quality, rule of law, degree of corruption, and the willingness of …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any … that exceed its assimilative capacity may deteriorate and no longer be able to provide purification services. … Protection Agency (EPA) 1989 Surface Water Treatment Rule, which waives requirements for PWD to construct an …
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
… currents, running paral- lel to the coast There is no clear-cut definition for the distinction between nearshore … to establish regional and local systems, but car- ries no authority or mandate, leaving all activity within the … (amended last in 1997) in order to ban hunting or causing harm to any species of cetacean The estab- 89 More …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… in the physical environment and can potentially cause harm to people and property, disasters are defined as “A … out to assess recovery rates of rice paddies that had no mangrove buffer, low-density mangrove buffer and extensive … with extensive mangrove buffer compared to those with no mangrove buffer (Figure 4) (Murti and Buyck, 2014). While …