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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 …
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 …
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 …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… coordination 3.3 Planning, monitoring and assessment 3.4 Prevention and preparedness, detection and … for ensuring adequate flows of quality water and risk of fires burning vegetation. Critical concerns related … of fire regimes, probable fire effects, values at risk, level of forest protection required, costs of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …