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Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… even though some services, such as tourism or energy, can adversely affect biodiversity. The Declaration … a series of issues related to biodiversity conservation: � Conventional (Western) intellectual property rights may not …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… management with equivalent or similar benefits to conventional (built) “grey” water infrastructure. Typically, … infrastructures to serve growing demands for water, energy and food. This work is challenged by the negative … management challenges has been increased investment in conventional built or “grey” infrastructure, such as …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… necessity product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On … Some of the benefits deriving from urban forests are energy conservation through transpirational cooling (Akbari … process has important implications for household energy consumption patterns in general and wood energy use in …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… now being issued, generated not surprisingly in renewable energy projects. Forestry projects, too, are gaining … have special features compared with CDM projects in the energy or industry sector. Sink projects usually involve … in degraded or deforested landscapes. It differs from more conventional approaches, which tend to be limited to …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy Energy, Ecosystems and Livelihoods INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR … economic decision-making A fundamental problem is that conventional economic analysis gives little weight to forest … out to distinguish biodiversity products and services from conventional commodities (e.g. intensively produced exotic …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… priorities, such as rural development, food security or energy supply. Many of these types of policies tend to ignore … key national development targets relating to forest cover, energy production, access to clean water, food production, … on agricultural lands (shaded yellow) compared to more conventional REDD+ interventions such as avoided …
Assessing the international forest regime
… initiated pursuant to Article 6 will probably be in the energy sector, some countries with economies in transition, … issues are currently dealt with mainly by its Sustainable Energy and Environment Division.45 UNDP spends approximately … of the information on UNDP comes from UNDP Sustainable Energy and Environment Division, Programme on Forests, 1998. …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… Participatory Management of Traditional and Substitution Energy Program QUID Unified Questionnaire for Development … hives appears to be particularly destructive (CAF65415). Conventional methods typically involve the destruction of bee … 6.3 million). These values are not normally included in conventional estimates of value added in the forest sector, …