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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… water supplies by increasing the water infiltration and storage capacity of wetlands/soils and increasing recharge of … water quantity and quality, they can also function as carbon sinks, increase pollination for nearby agricultural … (Reduced risks of landslides, mudflows and avalanches) ¬ Carbon sequestration ¬ Biodiversity benefits (incl. …
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Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

… services. More recently, information on changes in carbon stocks, socio-economic aspects including the … in the context of large area mapping and estimation of carbon stocks and biodiversity indicators. National … Information provision including data collection, storage and analysis and operation of a permanently …
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Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)

… analysis Sourcing data Spatial analysis Economic analysis Carbon analysis Readiness analysis Finance analysis Phase 3. … restoration? 15 Why restore forest landscapes? 18 FLR and carbon storage 20 FLR and biodiversity 20 National and sub-national …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… approve CDM AR projects 47 4. Land rights issues, title to carbon and the nature of CERs 49 5. Social and environmental … attention. African countries in particular feel that carbon sequestration can offer them a chance to participate … (i.e. emission- avoiding) and carbon sequestration or storage projects (“sinks” or “Land use, land use-change and …
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Assessing the global applicability of the concept of ancient forests as understood in European forest policy and management

… critical to human survival, including oxygen production, carbon sequestration and storage, water purification and air quality improvement; …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… ecosystems become degraded. Water quality can decline, carbon can be emitted into the atmosphere, biological … such as slope stabilization, hydrological regulation and carbon sequestration. In practice, however, the situation can … services such as biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, water regulation and erosion control. Boxes 10.1 and …
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Assessing the international forest regime

… 87 1. Carbon Sinks and Forest … on only one of many values: i.e. how well they store carbon. Secondly, instruments like the Clean Development … lies in the climate-related function of forests (i.e. as carbon sinks) and the effect of climate change on some … the scientific and technical issues relating to carbon storage and emissions. It will also explore the potential for …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… or other (written) frameworks on the gathering, storage, analysis and dissemination of criminal information … including the analysis of mobile telephones, computers and storage devices. These can reveal valuable links among … by forests and wildlife (for example, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and watershed protection). Therefore, …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… to streams moderate flood levels by providing floodwater storage. The lateral spread of floodwaters slows the movement … of streams by depositing sandbanks. The loss of storage capacity in reservoirs and large dams as a result of … significant impacts on the global climate. The presence of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere contributes to a …
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