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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 infrastructure projects GUIDE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This guide … Programme (UNEP), UNEP-DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment, International Union for Conservation …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… may include impairment of human health and safety, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity in fire-sensitive or … Forest Law specifically requires fire plans at various territorial levels (Ch. 2.3.3 above). In Senegal, the … regarding approval of the plans by authorities at various territorial levels. Plans including all communal plans are to …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… and widespread deterioration in the quality of air, water and soils – the basic resources on which all of life … co-ordinate local projects in a strategic manner. 8 The ‘territorial system of ecological stability’ in the Czech Republic The concept of ‘territorial systems of ecological stability’ (TSES) was …
Assessing the international forest regime
… At its last meeting in May 1998, the COP focused on inland water ecosystems. It also considered its longer-term … diversity,71 agricultural biological diversity,72 inland water biological diversity,73 and of course forest biological … International Instruments wetland areas5 within the territorial boundaries of party nation-states. In order to …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… CSE Center for Ecological Monitoring DEFCCS Department of Water and Forest resources, Hunting and Soil Conservation … wild resources in decisions regarding the use of land and water, infrastructure development and employment creation. … Centre for Ecological Monitoring (CSE), the Directorate of Water and Forests, Hunting and Soil Conservation (DEFCCS), …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On the other … level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on sub-national level … that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, water, animals, utilities, buildings, transportation systems …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… of invasive alien species, and an increase in distant water fishing nations. For example, the EU now enters into … plans to develop its 1997 guidelines on ballast water management – which will also address the environmental … the introduction of harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water – into a convention to be adopted in 2002. An Action …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… wider landscape 27 Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources 27 Forests managed for community purposes 28 … types of conserved forest 47 Forests protected to maintain water resources: forests around Stockholm, Sweden 47 … Canada Location and importance: The Coal River Hot Springs Territorial Park was established in 1990 as Yukon’s first …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… to and management of other natural resources, such as water and mineral resources. While recognizing the existence … and implementation of policy and law and decisions on territorial development, as appropriate to the roles of State … with those plans, including balanced and sustainable territorial development, in a way that promotes the …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… save anywhere from $7.50 to nearly $200 in costs for new water treatment and fi ltration facilities (25). Through … billion on infrastructure to maintain the quality of urban water supplies (26). Using markets and incentives to sustain … erosion control, carbon sequestration, regulation of water fl ows, and conservation of habitat for wild species. …