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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… The integrity of a reserve, or its insulation from adverse outside influences, depends not only on size and … management. Rather than seeking to prove ‘cause and ‘effect’ relationships, the analysis focuses on the … for conservation even though they might be subject to adverse weather events, fragmentation, pressures from …
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Increasing marine protected area coverage for effective marine biodiversity conservation

… at least 30% of the ocean as reviewed2 to reverse existing adverse impacts, increase resilience to climate change, and …
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Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc

… Pieniny Mountains. The provisions of this Annex came into effect in July 1932 in both countries, following a ceremony … staff across boundaries of states could have a positive effect in terms of reaching mutual understanding and … cooperation mitigate any potential damages or adverse impacts of the past military and/or ethnic conflict …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Destruction of such wetlands decreases local rainfall with adverse effects on local crop yields. At macro-climatic … may be understood as any phenomenon liable to have an adverse effect on the conservation status of a species or ecosystem. …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… In evaluating governance, it is important to consider the effect of complementary and competing governance … and (b) Avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects of fishing on the aquatic environment. The … discretion to the regulator about their approach to adverse effects of fishing on the aquatic environment. The …
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Managing Natural World Heritage

… which convey the property’s significance; (c) suffers from adverse effects of development and/or neglect’ (Paragraph … In addition, the criteria for inscription often in effect make up a description of OUV. In these cases, a … resources of the World Heritage site, but it also had an adverse impact on the local communities, who were deprived of …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events”. The disaster management spiral (RICS 2009) … width and height have been shown to have a positive effect on wave attenuation and shoreline stabilization … half-day workshop on local ecosystem protection to prevent adverse changes in local beach and river …
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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners

… is the range of plausible climate futures and the unknown effect that any individual management action may have. This … how proposed actions are intended to reduce the adverse effects of climate change, or to take advantage of … (consequence). Key risks are those with potentially severe adverse consequences for humans and social–ecological …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… as regulations, rules, norms and other tools with legal effect (for example, contracts). It includes all instruments … duty”). ‘Environmental harm’ is defined as any potential adverse effect on an environmental value (s 14). … or other management strategies; (l) Where a significant adverse effect on biological diversity has been determined …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… no other major economic or industrial activities with an adverse environmen- tal, cultural or other impact. … mountain, but increased tourist numbers can have numerous adverse environmental ef- fects on the soil, landscapes, … tun- dras on the islands can be attributed to the cooling effect of the sea and to the prevalence of cold …
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