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Assessing the international forest regime

… 3. IPF Programme Element III - Scientific Research, Forest Assessment and the Development of Criteria and Indicators for … of norms reflecting the lowest common denominator. This risk is particularly significant given the current lack of … a useful framework for managed trade in species which risk becoming threatened by trade. Although CITES has been …
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Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)

… national level A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) WORKING PAPER WORKING P AP ER … High Medium Low 0 500 km 0 500 km 0 500 km Deforestation risk High Medium Low Level of potential soil erosion High … High Medium Low 0 500 km 0 500 km 0 500 km Deforestation risk High Medium Low Level of potential soil erosion High …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… 4. Methodology for water management options assessment … 4.6 Risk and uncertainty analysis … policy areas. For example, floodplains can reduce flood risk and simultaneously improve water quality, recharge … an outline methodology for water management options assessment comprised of a number of steps relating to …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… not replace the need for a tailor-made approach to the assessment of the situation in specific countries, and it … of institutional or social behaviour, run the risk of becoming unenforceable, irrelevant, and open … from the Management Authority with which to target high-risk consignments and travellers. The MOU also enables …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… relating to CDM AR projects. We then conducted a “Needs Assessment”, asking relevant persons in the climate and … for two reasons: On the one hand, the inherent project risk of losing (parts of) the carbon sequestered falls back … applicable, information on, inter alia, hydrology, soils, risk of fires, pests and diseases;50 And on the …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… 4.3 What is meant by uncertainty and risk? ...............................................38 4.4 … importance as more and more people are living in high-risk areas and/or relying on degraded resources to sustain … the implementation process; and • monitoring and impact assessment. These processes should not be thought of as a …
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Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide

… 14 calls on Parties to establish environmental impact assessment procedures for projects likely to have significant … These disciplines are based on science and notions of risk assessment, which may not be entirely consistent with … a Member determines to be appropriate” pursuant to risk assessment procedures (Article 3.3). Article 5 sets out …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… or development. In cases where conservation activities risk making poor people worse off, there are ethical and … unavoidable, especially when conservation activities risk negatively affecting poor people by transferring the … activities needs to take account of social impact assessment, particularly the impacts of activities on poor …
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… tenure rights of others. They should include appropriate risk management systems to prevent and address adverse … where fragmentation provides benefits, such as risk reduction or crop diversification. Land consolidation … to adequate food, livelihoods and the environment. This assessment process should be conducted consistent with the …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… by land use. On the other hand, if there is a distinct risk that isolated populations will decline and species … reviewing these approaches, the goal is not a critical assessment of their theoretical merits or validity for … • supplement declining populations, thus reducing their risk of extinction; • allow re-establishment following local …
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