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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 … (abbreviated in the tables as Re/ afforestation), wetland conservation and construction, levee setbacks, flood … may impact the ecosystems themselves. For example, a wetland receiving pollution loads that exceed its …
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Assessing the international forest regime

… by desertification and drought to develop a sustainable ecosystem approach to managing their forests, and other … and “wise use” of 67 Selected International Instruments wetland areas5 within the territorial boundaries of party … to the Convention, a nation must designate at least one wetland site for management as a nature preserve, subject to …
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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 … livelihoods in Mtanza-Msona village, Tanzania Woodland and wetland resources underpin local livelihoods in Mtanza-Msona … cash income generation. The local value of woodland and wetland resources is equivalent to just over $107 per capita …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… and poverty 81 Multiple scales and multiple levels 81 The ecosystem approach 82 The landscape concept 84 Application to … and cultivation, the expansion of rice cultivation into wetland and floodplain areas may affect the wild fishery. … the widely diverse aquatic resources available in these wetland areas — including fish, snails, molluscs, crabs, …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… World Parks Congress, together with the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and with the full agreement of the IUCN … area. Consequently, degradation or destruction of stopover wetland habitats, or excessive hunting at these points, can … between aquatic and terrestrial zones is also favoured by wetland birds, such as herons, egrets, and kingfishers, that …
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Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)

… 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 … crops 5. Forests for watershed management 6. Forests for wetland, lake and river protection 7. Silvopastoral New large …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… an ecological deterioration compared to the natural ecosystem, they also often represent the only viable option … Plan prescribes the application of the guidelines on wetland restoration adopted by Ramsar COP Resolution VIII.16, Principles and guidelines for wetland restoration. 31 Paragraph 15(a) of the Annex …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… Therefore, broadly speaking, the urban forest is an ecosystem that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, … shade trees, fields in various stages of succession, wetland and riparian areas". While this definition does not … the ecology of many plants and animals requires that the ecosystem in which they live be maintained beyond the …
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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories

… 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 … has, with some of its members, been promoting the idea of ecosystem or landscape scale management. In this approach, …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… 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 … Global Programme. He has extensive field experience in ecosystem conservation and management at the global level and …
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