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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… 15 2�1�2 Value of forest ecosystem services … 21 2�2�3 Forest ownership and tenure … and most recently the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosytems and Biodiversity) report in 2010 were milestones for highlighting … pandemia (such as the bird or swine flu). Nature and its biodiversity provide effective and often cost-efficient …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… 29 Introduction 29 2.1 Benefits of connectivity for biodiversity 31 2.2 Benefits of connectivity for climate … responsibilities, the social function of property, the Forest Code and water resources. She has published three … of the United Nations FONAFIFO National Fund for Forest Financing (Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal) …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … 1993, is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of … 51 Forest protected areas … 47 6. Examples of Forest Protected Areas, and also of well conserved forests …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … of the CBD REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation RPPN Reservas Particulares do Patrimonio … parks”, “nature reserves”, “community conserved areas”, “forest reserves”, “marine sanctuaries” and the like. A number …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… 3 1 Ownership of Land, Forest and Carbon … 15 1.2 Land and forest ownership and use rights … Forests also host a great part of the planet’s terrestrial biodiversity and demand conservation and sustainable use. … into the atmosphere, but also has a negative impact on biodiversity, watershed and soil protection, and local …
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Developing a Global Soil Regime

… More recently, the issues of climate change, loss of biodiversity, desertification, drought, and land degradation … placed in the broader context of terrestrial ecosystems, forest management and biodiversity loss.14 Goal 15 states: … include: • Zero net land degradation by 2030, • Zero net forest degradation by 2030, and • Drought policies and …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… culminating in the recognition, by the adoption of the Biodiversity Convention, that: n biological diversity … and social development” addresses marine, wetlands and forest protection, sustainable development, and biological … Thorsell, Jim and Sigaty, Todd (1997) A Global Overview of Forest Protected Areas on the World Heritage List, IUCN, …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… World Summit on Sustainable Development 71 7.7 Sustainable forest management 72 7.8 Sustainable fisheries management 73 … Box III(2)-6: CBD Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity—MPAs and national legislation 231 Box III(2)-7: … Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries US United States …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… processes. The Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets call for a decrease in pollution and … rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a … salinization and exhaustion of aquifers as well as forest coverage losses due to climatic factors, consequences …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… of their multiple values: their unique geology, their biodiversity, their hydrology, and their historical and … they contain. For example, an area of tropical rain forest would meet the conditions of integrity if it includes … provinces and thus has a rich biodiversity. Savannahs, forest lands and gallery forests constitute the main …
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