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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… ‘stopover’ habitat quality for Rufous Hummingbirds along a migration corridor in western USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … designed to be out of reach of human development and environmental destruction. This concept was the basis of the … Simply put, governments facing the magnitude of ix the environmental crisis had to find a way to ensure the …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 18 4.4 Environmental legislation … Africa, section 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of … addresses the issue of steadily increasing rural-to-urban migration, particularly in developing countries, which has …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental protection and sustainable social and economic … world’s growing population requires food security, and as environmental degradation and climate change reduce the … affecting communities, such as with rangelands or seasonal migration routes of pastoralists, and fishing grounds of …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… area planning and management. The Department, through its Environmental Planning Research Unit, is actively involved in … areas research; runs specialised courses on planning and environmental policy; and has a large Graduate School … that is not protected) to allow interchange of species, migration, gene exchange etc Protected areas Designation of …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… production strategies and resulting patterns of human migration. Thus in Tambacounda and Kolda most households own … units by area and for units by origin revealed some migration within the Senegal River. Annual catches are … charging systems can have significant adverse social and environmental impacts, or even perverse incentive effects. An …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… working as a private consultant on a range of forestry and environmental management issues. William Jackson is the … management and thus responsive to social, economic and environmental change; and (iii) it requires a clear and … or • changes in land ownership elsewhere that encourage in-migration to forested regions and forest clearance for …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… 4.3 Modelling environmental outcomes … Diversity CEA Cost-effectiveness analysis EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency GGA Green-Grey Analysis IUCN … specification of investment portfolios, modelling of environmental outcomes and economic evaluation, cost-benefit …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… 128 Debt-for-nature swaps 128 Conservation Trust Funds or Environmental Funds 129 Tobin-type and other taxes 129 … Eastern Africa Regional Office and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). It was … problem is forced resettlement. Voluntary resettlement or migration can be options for poverty reduction and many …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … prepared to adjust the restoration strategy over time as environmental conditions, human knowledge and societal values … thereby facilitating the movement of species (e.g. during migration). • The potential of restoration to increase …