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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… professionals. Hann Sheng Linn (left) is a retired senior military officer; Nora Liang is a retired banker. Ted Trzyna. … rainy winters. Its landscape, heavily influenced by human activity for millennia, is a mosaic of low shrubs and … development is also addressed within the park. A military camp, a transmission tower and commercial shops have …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… to the Black Sea, divided Europe for almost 40 years. No activity was allowed in the ‘forbidden zone’ along this … region within the Soviet Union was facilitated and the military border zones became narrower. As a result the region … Belt in Germany is the area between the road used for military vehicles and the former borderline of the Federal …
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Prevention, management and resolution of social conflict as a key requirement for conservation and management of ecosystems

… land and territories, and consequent political and military conflict, are only going to increase globally with …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… derived from its natural configuration and/or from human activity. These definitions place the treaty fully in the … side. Whereas no human use had been tolerated within the military zone along the shore of the lake, the other land had … Antarctic Treaty system, which have prohibited mining and military activity on the continent, declared the region a …
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Global Land Outlook

… pattern and physical results of past and present human activity (terracing, water storage or drainage structures, … to good agricultural land, presence of government and military complexes, etc. The size, pace, and nature of … that estimates are exaggerated,159 yet policy makers, the military, and governments are increasingly treating this …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… abatement (Hartig et al., 2014), the promotion of physical activity and associated Body Mass Index improvements … and range management for grazing has become a marginal activity (Haddad, 2014). The contribution of natural … but rather to preserve the rich cultural, historical (e.g. military) and natural heritage of the area. However, it …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… territories, sacred sites, watershed protection areas, and military training grounds may provide effective biodiversity … citizens and its economy, after decades of restrictive military rule that both limited economic development and … both rich in biodiversity and are sites of intense human activity. Therefore, they are ‘natural laboratories’ for …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… 2016). Much of this change is brought about by industrial activity, including oil and gas extraction, mining, … and the degree of ecological impacts from industrial activity (Kormos et al. 2015, Venter et al. 2016, Mittermeier … introduction of non-native species and pests, and military occupation, the restoration of natural habitats and …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… has been broken or disrupted but also all forms of human activity and development that may be some of the main sources … timber value), ornamental gardens and arboreta, and military zones (Dudley and Phillips, 2006). Within their … – A Concept Paper 167 IUCN-EPLP No. 85 and production, the military, and customs. There are also likely to be new or …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… The duty to inform and provide consultation when an activity could cause significant damage to the interests of … other States. In accordance with this reso- lution, no activity should obstruct navigation. The first global treaty … for reasons of national security (such as information on military affairs); for reasons of public interest that are …
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