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Shared resources: Issues of governance
… 37 3.2.4 Other policies that promote sound resource protection, information sharing, and stakeholder … both directorates in 2004; and plans for a waste treatment plant in the southern part of the region on the Austrian side … and Miquelon salmon fishery has increased. A biometric, genetic, and pathological scientific sampling programme has …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… which result from the interaction between the environment, genetic resources and the management systems and practices … nutrition and medicine, and as a culturally important resource. For example, in Kenya, indigenous seeds have been … of agricultural systems, coupled with specialization by plant breeders and the harmonizing effects of globalization, …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… planning and implementation 26 2. Decentralise natural resource management 27 3. Mainstream the multilateral … • food • fresh water • fuel wood • fiber • biochemicals • genetic resources Regulating Benefits obtained from … USD 800 million per year, and over-the-counter sales of plant-derived drugs are worth more than USD 40 billion. …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… the protective function of ecosystems 3.1.3 Importance of genetic diversity for food security and livelihoods … provide. An ecosystem is defined as a “dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their … Ecosystem management practices such as integrated water resource management and protected area management must …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… effort will be needed to achieve this target. The loss of genetic diversity, species and ecosystems is proceeding apace … security, appreciation of the presence of animal and plant life, etc. • Ecological values or future (non-use) … or the maximum allowable disturbance level of a resource, population, or ecosystem, taking into account the …
Global Land Outlook
… more rational land use allocations that lead to greater resource use efficiency and the reduction of waste; it is … sedimentary layers and associated groundwater reserve, the plant and animal populations (biodiversity), the human … billion annually,43 albeit under threat.44 A wide range of genetic variation is needed for crop breeding to help species …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… Protected Area Guidelines are the world’s authoritative resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration … equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near … based on a spiritual obligation to give back to animal and plant relations that sustain humans or suffer the …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… 94 3.1.6 Wildlife conservation laws 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type … connectivity of ecological processes, species habitat and genetic evolutionary process connectivity. The supportive … small-scale areas for small sedentary animals or important plant populations, to large-scale landscapes/seascapes, …
Introduction to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
… activities do not necessarily have to be related to resource exploitation, for example by oil rigs, but could … or uses of marine living organisms, parts thereof or their genetic material. While some regard it as marine scientific … of the ecosystems of which these species are part and genetic diversity within species. Concrete components of …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… Union for Conservation of Nature IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management MINIRENA Ministry of Natural Resources … issues. These include, for example, protecting wild genetic resources (animal and plant), managing wild species (especially fish), and …