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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… AZE site holds 13 Critically Endangered and Endangered species wholly restricted to it, more than any other AZE site … Protected Areas . . . . . . . . 3 2. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Information Facility: www.gbif.org IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: www.iucnredlist.org Contents vii IUCN BPG …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… . . 50 New Zealand: Precautionary principle and endangered species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 … has a specific environmental focus in which the habitat of threatened species, such as Maui’s, is considered.129 126 … avoiding adverse effects on indigenous ecosystems that are threatened or are rare.146 This is of particular relevance to …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2.8 Focus management on threatened sites and damaging activities . . . . . . . . . . … the area and uphold wilderness values. Focus management on threatened sites and damaging activities. Management should …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … and plants. Wetland-dependent species are often rare, threatened or found only in a very restricted geographical … acknowledged to be of international importance48 are threatened by human activities or human- generated processes …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… core area together with 4,000 head of cattle. They have threatened to kill the tigers and destroy the park because … examples in the region where strong commercial forces have threatened the existence of PAs. The PA management … of a high number of endemic and threatened habitats and species in South Asia and threats faced by these demands that …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN Member organisations, … at national and international levels, to help the most threatened sites move from a critical outlook, as has been … increased conservation effort, the outlook for these most threatened sites can improve. Since November 2014, 13 new …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 Convention on Migratory Species 61 1.4 Ramsar Convention 63 1.5 World Heritage … land use plans 115 Box II(3)-12: Development control under threatened species legislation 117 Box II(3)-13: Development … sites in marine and coastal waters are even more threatened. In 2010, designated marine protected areas in …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … and key educational and cultural institutions; • Are threatened by urban sprawl and intensifica- tion of urban … close to communications media and opinion leaders; • Are threatened by urban sprawl and intensification of urban …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 29. Number of fish species and sub-species in different wetlands in the … natural habitat for a number of species of flora and fauna threatened in Finland, Russia and Norway. Thus these three … Importantly the Green Belt contains many of Germany’s threatened habitat types such as fallow grassland, shrubland, …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… . . . . . . 205 Appendix 1 Common and Scientific Names of Species Cited in the Text . . . . . . 241 Index . . . . . . . … undervalued and clear-cut, soils eroded, biodiversity threatened and vital ecosystem processes disrupted. Protected … themes such as the status, management and recovery of threatened species, the viability of small populations, the …