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… WCC-2016-Res-029-EN Incorporating urban dimensions of conservation into the work of IUCN … has been least, may risk overlooking the many reasons why urban places, people, and institutions are also crucial to … about nature and sustainability, provide a wide range of ecosystem services, contribute to carbon sequestration, and …

… Myrdal, Adrian Phillips and other members of the IUCN WCPA Urban Specialist Group Craig Groves, Series Editor; Adrian Phillips, Volume Editor Urban Protected Areas Developing capacity for a protected … the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is …

… WCC-2012-Res-049-EN Redesigning future cities and related urban zones with protected areas: cities, return to nature … future-oriented concept, which takes into account ecosystem services as well as social, economic and ecological … and cultural values of protected areas should be linked to urban planning in surrounding cities, centring around …

… Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, … areas of the National Forests across a gradient from urban proximate (forests near the Colorado Front Range urban corridor) to remote (northwest Wyoming) were also …

… . . . . . 92 Box 5–11 Cougars and habitat corridors in an urban–wildlands interface, California, USA . . . . . . . . . … World Parks Congress, together with the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and with the full agreement of the IUCN … also gives scant attention to linkages such as greenways, urban parks, recreational trails and other linear features …

… 1 The ecosystem service value of protected areas for cyclone … in six State capital cities and additionally unprecedented urban growth is also taking place along the Australian … and Pert, P.L. (2010). Patterns, drivers and impacts of urban growth - A study from Cairns, Queensland, Australia …

… of Natural World Heritage: Identifying and assessing ecosystem services and benefits provided by the world’s most … Unrest/ Military Exercises Solid Waste Household Sewage/ Urban Waste Water Erosion and Siltation/ Deposition Mining/ Quarrying Crops Housing/ Urban Areas Roads/ Railroads Livestock Farming / Grazing …

… 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type legislation 101 3.1.9 Hydrologic … (Forman 1995). Matrix lands that are more human-dominated (urban or residential areas) have less potential for … series of small reserves; woodland patches in farmland; urban parks chains of islands in an ar- chipelago; wetlands …

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … to describe a wide range of environments—from an overgrown urban park to a truly wild landscape—depending on the … religion or spirituality (see Section 4.9). To an urban resident, a wilderness area may be a place for …

… heritage. Unlike other values, such as agrobiodiversity or ecosystem services, which are relevant to many protected … contain a sizeable indigenous population and a significant urban development within its boundaries, a situation that … expanding population and lifestyle changes, inappropriate urban and mass tourism developments, the despoiling of the …