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Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide

… and activities that have or are likely to have significant adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of … to the use of biological resources to avoid or minimise adverse impacts on biological diversity”. � Article 10(d) … those trade-related activities that have an adverse effect on forest biodiversity. � The CBD should continue …
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Assessing the international forest regime

… international forest regime, as a whole, is not having the effect it should. It is not creating the conditions for … overall potential of the Kyoto Protocol diminishing the adverse impact of climate change on forests is also clouded … of activities which have or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on the conservation and sustainable use of …
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… appropriate risk management systems to prevent and address adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights. … appropriate, where they have caused or contributed to adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights. … this information and take action where markets have adverse impacts or discourage wide and equitable market …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… Province, Thailand 51 Introduction 51 Poverty reduction 52 Effect on biodiversity 54 Additional impacts 54 Partnerships … approaches often do not adequately take into account the adverse impacts of conservation activities on the rural poor. … there is little or no obligation to mitigate the adverse impacts of land-use change. In most developing …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… drivers for investment decisions. It is unclear what effect, if any, a revocation of this national approval would … CDM projects, making sure that these projects do not have adverse environmen- tal and social impacts has always been a … could ensure that benefits are shared and thus no adverse socio-economic impacts result from a particular …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… kilometres of open countryside results in a large ‘edge effect’ that is highly unsuitable for species that require a … By leading planners step-by-step through the cause-effect relationships between activities, outputs, and goals, …
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The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries

… adjustment for the smaller population in Zinguinchor. In effect, we assume that NTFP output in this resource-rich area … proposed investments that are likely to have significant (adverse) impacts on wild resource users and values. Another … designed or enforced charging systems can have significant adverse social and environmental impacts, or even perverse …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… the protection of lives, property and resources from the effect of unwanted, damaging fires and with the use of fire … impact assessment for projects likely to have adverse effects on biodiversity (art. 14); and involving … of forest protection, necessary actions to limit the adverse environmental, social, political, cultural and …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… Deforestation" ..... 11 Box 6: By-laws currently in effect within the City of Toronto ........ 17 Box 7: National … transpiration, trees help to offset the "heat island effect" of urban areas. Trees are also effective in reducing … are converted to urban land use. In order to minimize adverse hydrologic effects of urbanization, city planners can …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… come into force at once, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the fourteenth day of August, 2001. 2. … the various available options for the minimization of the adverse impact of such operations and policies, if any, and … regard to the observation, reservation, qualification or adverse remarks contained in the auditor’s report to the …
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