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Assessing the international forest regime
… II - International Cooperation in Financial Assistance and Technology Transfer … 86 V. Climate Change … 87 2. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ................................ 88 3. The … • appropriate financing and positive incentives; • technology transfer; • consensus on a bottom-up and holistic …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… people and communities adapt to the negative effects of climate change at local, national, regional and global … (UNEP 2010). The capacity of GI to build resilience to climate shocks and variability has already proven to be … Green Value Calculator The Center for Neighbourhood Technology (CNT) (USA) has developed the Green Value …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… tenure rights 33 22. Transboundary matters 33 Responses to climate change and emergencies 35 23. Climate change 35 24. Natural disasters 36 25. Conflicts in … provided promptly and efficiently using locally suitable technology to increase efficiency and accessibility. Internal …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… ..... 13 3.6 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol … Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UPA … research. It has been defined as the art, science, and technology of managing trees and forest resources in and …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological … enhance the role of forests in reducing the impact of climate change and providing other key ecosystem services. To … 5). National forest monitoring must never be exclusively technology driven or considered solely as a technical task; …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the … development inputs also helped to improve processing technology and productive capacity for a more regular and … was none. Over recent years, the growing concern with climate change has stimulate a great deal of interest in the …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… to poverty reduction and adapting to the impacts of climate change, then we cannot afford to focus exclusively on … can start with a relatively low-cost and low-technology approach (single-species’ monoculture) but lead to … fire-protection program begins with an assessment of the climate, areas of high value, areas of high fire risk, and …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific … of Germany. Finally, we are indebted to the International Climate Initiative of the German Ministry of the Environment, … economies, food and fuel production, water security and climate change adaptation and mitigation. The 2011 launch of …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… regulations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for sink projects can be translated … the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the first two CDM, hydroelectric, projects … capital as a direct investor or supplier of a particular technology, to simply being a buyer of the CERs generated …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… the risks of genetic isolation, vulnerability to risk and climate change, and the limitations on natural cycles of … hence vulnerable) if the price of timber changes or if technology or new transport infrastructure allows new species … of a highly threatened habitat in a region where the climate is very arid and over-grazing by goats and other …