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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… between 2000 and 2010, including ownership type 22 4. Land ownership of the NABU-Stiftung Nationales Naturerbe, … from partial data in 2012) 82 18. Options and tools for Land Stewardship: a roadmap towards a full property transfer … rights in a single area of land or water, such as for access, to use resources or for settlement. The extent to …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… 64 7.3 Transparency and Access to Information … when numerous upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- stream water …
Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications
… resolutions and changing customer preferences; � Access to capital – restrictions as the financial community … (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O); � Changes in land cover that affect and alter water cycles and rainfall … to climate change in terms of: � CO2 emissions from land use changes, primarily deforestation; � CH4 emissions …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… from industrial areas to degraded and agricultural land to pristine natural environments. The system aims to … whether the overall biodiversity suitability of the global land- holdings over which a company has management control is … method used may vary according to the habitat type and access limitations. It is recommended to get an initial …
The human right to water and sanitation
… halving by 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable … maintaining safe water supplies relies on the health of land and ecosystems and thus requires the integrated management of water, land and coastal areas; ALSO CONVINCED of the vital role of …
Water Management and Stewardship
… 76 4.7 Land … taking stock of corporate water behaviour Discussion Paper land management. For water stewardship to work, private … resources where water is already heavily abstracted and access to water is keenly contested. In these situations … to consider the cases where trade-offs in water allocation/access are necessary. Recognising that there can be a tension …
Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… takes place in the absence of strategic and jurisdictional land-use planning and without appropriate consideration for … are avoidable or could be mitigated through strategic land-use planning and licensing, legal reforms to secure the … to improve environmental performance, including access to certification systems; and e. respect …
Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The conservation case
… implications. The loss of ecosystem services, from land-based ecosystems alone, is estimated to cost US$ 2-4.5 … for biodiversity-aware planning Project developers and land-use planners now have access to a wealth of data (e.g. from detailed Environmental …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… resolutions; and changing consumer preferences. • Access to capital: restricted access as the financial … water use and drainage for conversion to other land uses, such as agriculture and settlements. In coastal … combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a …