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Shared resources: Issues of governance
… Hart Editor Issues of Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 72 Shared Resources: Issues of Governance … or exhausted as each State seeks to maximize its own benefit by exploiting the resource. International cooperation … 1998, Aarhus Convention on Information, Participation, and Access to Remedies in Environmental Matters. International …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… elcsecretariat@iucn.org www.iucn.org/law Grethel Aguilar and Alejandro Iza Legal and Institutional Issues Governance … to improve water management, including for providing access to water, must have national and international (as … territorial integrity, sovereign equality and mutual benefit in order to attain optimal utilisation and provide …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… Cost and Benefits of Ecosystem Based Adaptation The Case of the … this study concentrates on showcasing examples of cost benefit analyses specifically from the Philippines. The … Intervention 1 was to facilitate the closure of all open access areas. This option gave the second highest NPV of PHP …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the … as well as more conventional solutions such as improving access to food and making trade policy more supportive of … be built. An operational framework for NbS would therefore benefit greatly from being grounded in the Ecosystem …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices Prepared by the IUCN WCPA Ecological … the science and practice of ecological restoration for the benefit of biodiversity, ecosystems, and humans. SER … as appropriate and temporarily limit public access when a natural disturbance makes the ecosystem more …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… Profiles and best practice guidelines Ted Trzyna, in collaboration … 1-11: Urban protected areas and people 1. Provide access for all; reach out to diverse ethnic groups and the … most populous metropolitan area. Glen Hyman. Many cities benefit from clean water stored and supplied by urban …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… explains how to assess flow requirements, change the legal and financial framework, and involve stakeholders in … to participate, as well as defi- ning how the poor can benefit from change. It also serves to establish the required … be necessary to implement a successful regime. Rights over access to and use of water will need to be accom- modated or …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment, … or rehabilitating natural habitat are used to optimum benefit. Unavoidable negative impacts on biodiversity are … due consideration to those who have traditionally had access to, and/or knowledge of those resources. • The likely …
Global Land Outlook
… Desertification (UNCCD) is to combat desertification and land degradation, and to mitigate the effects of drought … large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge against future … competition between the demand for goods and services that benefit people, like food, water, and energy, and the need to …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values1 Values of Protected Landscapes … i.e. biodiversity conservation, sustain- able use, and benefit sharing. However, agrobiodiversity remains a poorly … global database, but whether the communities involved have access to effective conservation mechanisms. The fact that …