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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 12 Forests are a national and … priority for conservation. The IUCN system of Protected Area Management Categories is an important tool of … Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected …
Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation objectives
… Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation objectives RECALLING the three … forest genetic diversity into the conservation goals for protected areas, in order to: i. take this key component of … Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation objectives …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… to the forest act, or where single trees are declared "protected trees" under the forest act. UPFG is also addressed … Broad definitions consider an urban forest as the entire area influenced and/or utilized by the urban population. … Zimbabwe Forest Act of Zimbabwe, 1996 Single trees can be protected from cutting according to section 39 of the Forest …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… and to the environment. FAO global estimate of land area affected by fire in 2000 was 350 million hectares, much … use of biological resources (art. 6); establishing protected areas, restoring or rehabilitating degraded … may be scattered across laws and regulations on forests, protected areas, hunting, crisis management, local …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … conservation 86 Implications of negotiated landscapes for protected areas 90 Progressive Contextualisation 90 … poverty reduction and conservation 117 In general 117 Protected areas 118 Conclusions 119 Chapter 6. Linking …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … was still very relevant and deserved to be released to the protected area community on the occasion of the Parks … threatened and vital ecosystem processes disrupted. Protected areas have an important role to play in countering …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… 13.2 Possible coverage (expressed as percentage of land area) of six land-uses under four scenarios … scenario, the forest tends to be both well-managed and protected, delivering not only nationally and locally … landscape configured so that it accommodates plantations, protected reserves, ecological corridors and stepping stones, …
Assessing the international forest regime
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … interesting initiatives, such as its alliance with WWF on protected areas and certification that may prove fruitful. … NFP. Paragraph 46 (c) would result in the establishment of protected areas in drought-affected zones, in particular by …