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Protection of primary forests, including intact forest landscapes
… Protection of primary forests, including intact forest landscapes RECOGNISING the critical role that primary forests, including intact forest landscapes, play in maintaining biodiversity, providing ecosystem goods and services on which human society depends, …
Assessing the global applicability of the concept of ancient forests as understood in European forest policy and management
… the concept of ancient forests as understood in European forest policy and management RECALLING that forests play a … terrestrial biodiversity; FURTHER RECALLING that forest ecosystems provide a wide range of ecosystem services that are critical to human survival, …
Support for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Africa
… WCC-2016-Res-040-EN Support for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Africa RECOGNISING that … IUCN has played a central role in developing and promoting forest landscape restoration (FLR) in Africa and beyond, … of fighting climate change, improving human well-being, ecosystem health and biodiversity conservation across Africa; …
Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation objectives
… WCC-2016-Rec-104-EN Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation … of biodiversity: genetic diversity, species diversity and ecosystem diversity; NOTING that the conservation of genetic … diversity is not sufficiently taken into account in forest conservation programmes; REGRETTING that rather, in …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… about what is meant by protected areas in the context of forest management and conservation. Therefore these … the Guidelines 3 Basic concepts 3 The value of forests 4 Forest protection, management and restoration 4 Challenges … maintaining genetic resources, protecting important ecosystem functions and helping to protect many fragile human …
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, … Services REDD+ Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SNAPP … financing such as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Businesses, public and private …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … x + 120pp. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1533-9 Photo: Cover – Ngong Forest Sanctuary, Kenya © Kenya Wildlife Service. Back cover … forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). v Foreword “The difference …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… Japan. Photo cover: © Mark Ford-East Ship Ghost Forest - USA Printed by: Clung Wicha Press Co., Ltd. … 1 The ecosystem service value of protected areas for cyclone … 22 Reducing disaster risks to mangrove forest livelihoods through watershed-based protected area …
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… 10 Definition of a protected area system and the ecosystem approach … 51 Forest protected areas … 47 6. Examples of Forest Protected Areas, and also of well conserved forests … and are increasingly recognised as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources; key components …
Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services through scientific assessments, the … 51 Forest protected areas … 47 6. Examples of Forest Protected Areas, and also of well conserved forests …