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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… GREEN Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects GUIDE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This guide is a … Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… for conservation. The IUCN system of Protected Area Management Categories is an important tool of conservation, … maintaining genetic resources, protecting important ecosystem functions and helping to protect many fragile human … for wilderness protection II: area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation III: area managed mainly …
Assessing the global applicability of the concept of ancient forests as understood in European forest policy and management
… forests as understood in European forest policy and management RECALLING that forests play a crucial role in … RECALLING that forest ecosystems provide a wide range of ecosystem services that are critical to human survival, … forest biodiversity and the ability of forests to provide ecosystem services; RECALLING that the Convention on …
Assessing the international forest regime
… on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and natural resources. The Union has … by desertification and drought to develop a sustainable ecosystem approach to managing their forests, and other … the International Forest Regime should be based on an ecosystem approach, which will integrate conservation …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… Flawed in theory? 27 New-generation ICDPs 29 Collaborative management 29 Community-based conservation 29 Sustainable use … and poverty 81 Multiple scales and multiple levels 81 The ecosystem approach 82 The landscape concept 84 Application to … values from ngitili 68 Box 11. Principles of the ecosystem approach 82 Box 12. The Yali Falls Dam and …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… and valuation 6 Small enterprise development 8 Markets for ecosystem services 9 Trade and supply chains 10 Infl uencing … broader economic and social returns to sustainable forest management far exceed unsustainable timber exploitation, high … economic analysis gives little weight to forest ecosystem values which lie outside formal markets and pricing …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Natural history and wildlife management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 … World Parks Congress, together with the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and with the full agreement of the IUCN … clear-cut, soils eroded, biodiversity threatened and vital ecosystem processes disrupted. Protected areas have an …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… Guidelines for the Restoration, Rehabilitation and Management of Degraded and Secondary Tropical Forests in … framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services. It doesn’t aim to re-establish pristine …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… and Geographical Information Services, the Resource Management Support Centre of the Forestry Commission, and the … and creating future options to adjust and further optimize ecosystem goods and services as societal needs change or new … • Allow for multiple benefits. Aim to generate a suite of ecosystem goods and services by intelligently and …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of 1998, section 1 … Therefore, broadly speaking, the urban forest is an ecosystem that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, … the ecology of many plants and animals requires that the ecosystem in which they live be maintained beyond the …