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Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity RECOGNISING that oil palm is the most productive … fragmentation, peatland degradation, water pollution, biodiversity loss, forest fires, and greenhouse gas … and without appropriate consideration for the negative biodiversity and social impacts it causes, the latter …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Adrian Phillips and Sue Stolton Protected landscapes and biodiversity values: an overview by Adrian Phillips and Sue … and Livelihoods. He has coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan process, and helped … particular with respect to international conventions, and biodiversity and organic agriculture. She established …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… Rio conventions ( Climate Change, Desertification and biodiversity). This strategy involves halt range- land›s … potential for rangeland development 4 Hima Revival and Biodiversity Conservation 5 Valuation of rangeland ecosystem … range management will also add value in terms of increased biodiversity, soil carbon sequestration and reduced siltation …
Global Land Outlook
… Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and Climate 212 11 … land’s vital role in tackling climate change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services … earth. We are losing far too quickly the water, soil, and biodiversity that support all life. At a time when every …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… challenges. Central to IUCN’s mission is demonstrating how biodiversity is fundamental to addressing some of the world’s … ecosystems and livelihoods and to conserving drylands biodiversity. The Initiative builds on and strengthens the … carbon, water regulation, pest and disease regulation, biodiversity conservation and fire management. Grazing lands …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… support a wide range of rare, specialist and threatened biodiversity, and are valuable as a palaeontological archive; … atmosphere, geological processes and agents, as well as biodiversity during the Quaternary Period; WELCOMING the … of the importance of peatlands for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem …
Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife
… a comprehensive scientific review of the impact on global biodiversity of systemic pesticides by the joint task force … lion, wild dogs) across Africa, which may precipitate a biodiversity crisis and have potential consequences for human … The threat posed by unregulated use of poison to Africa’s biodiversity, ecosystems and human health, to raise the …
Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems
… development, including the fight against climate change, biodiversity conservation, prevention of food health crises, … the role of the land-use matrix in the preservation of biodiversity and its contribution to the provision of … these new periurban areas, among them the maintenance of biodiversity and, in the case of agrarian areas, …
Establishing an IUCN and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Task Force on Protected Area Friendly System
… Force on Protected Area Friendly System RECOGNISING that biodiversity plays a vital role for the survival of human … ALSO RECOGNISING the critical role of protected areas in biodiversity and geodiversity conservation, but that through … transmitted to future generations; ALSO RECALLING Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 that protected area coverage should …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… to UPFG because green areas play a vital role in urban biodiversity. Suburban wetlands can be some of the most … areas in networks will improve biological conservation and biodiversity; greenbelts and greenways (linear parks) can … UPFG, as UPFG could be an effective tool in slowing down biodiversity loss. Legal and institutional aspects of urban, …