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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… Integrating Mining and Biodiversity Conservation Case studies from around the world Contents Foreword 1 Overview: Why is Biodiversity Conservation Important? 2 Perspectives on Mining and … at structural and functional relationships (such as connectivity, fragmentation and disturbance, hydrologic and …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… The approach is based on the principles of Systematic Conservation Planning and augmented by several operating … corridors that allow movement of species and enable connectivity in the landscape, or considering how adaptation … possible area). It also takes into account aspects such as connectivity in the landscape, to ensure well-functioning …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… Bonn, Germany Copyright: © 2011 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of … of shared basins. In this particular context, the World Conservation Union is pleased to present this revised version … impact assessments of projects and activi- ties, and the conservation of freshwater ecosystems. Chapter VI highlights …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… Switzerland Copyright: © 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of … in “rescuing” species from extinction by increasing the connectivity amongst populations (Chust et al., 2013). If … Franco J, Garmendia JM, Iriondo M, Muxika I, et al. 2013. Connectivity, neutral theories and the assessment of species …
Proposing goals for the coverage of protected areas based on management certification and assessment systems
… on Protected Areas, in partnership with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), to guide national … of protected areas in order to comply with global conservation goals, including a decrease in the extinction … to important migration corridors, can serve to anchor conservation objectives and the biodiversity integrity of …
National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… taken several different approaches to the protection and conservation of freshwater resources. The two most prominent … development into national water legislation is the conservation of freshwater resources. The rapidly declining …
D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries
… upon the measures necessary to co-ordinate and ensure the conservation and development of such stocks.” Article 64(1) … international organizations with a view to ensuring conservation and promoting the objective of optimum use of … on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… impact assessment as a key instrument for achieving the conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing … of each biophysical change, identifying effects on connectivity between ecosystems, and potential cumulative … siting of a nuclear power plant in India focussed on the connectivity of tiger habitats. The highly endangered and …