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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… however, are under increasing pressure from unsustainable use and other threats including outright conversion. To … cope with, and recover from disasters. Investments in sustainable ecosystem management or sound environmental … risk management from reaction to prevention and placing sustainable ecosystem management for livelihoods at the …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global … upwards towards disaster prevention and consequently sustainable development. This is the model used to promote … for DRR from 2005 to 2015. It recognised the importance of sustainable ecosystems and environmental management in …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… Pacific island governments employ resource economists or use economic analysis to inform how their natural resources … cannot occur through preservation, but must include sustainable resource use, too. Resource and environmental … support Pacific islands to critically assess and plan for sustainable development. With case studies such as this and …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… tools to prevent and minimise disaster risk. However, the use of the ecosystem approach for disaster risk reduction … overall spiralling upwards, out of the cycle and towards sustainable development (RICS, 2009). The red circles … water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way” and its principles were …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… Actions 14 1.7 Setting Risk-based Remediation Goals 15 1.8 Sustainable Remediation 16 1.9 Tax and Non-tax Incentives 16 … major risks to human health, the environment and overall sustainable development. Arguably, one of the dilemmas of … the scientific consensus and, global public concern on the use and disposal of these 12 toxic chemicals. Notably, eight …
Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers
… solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and … low-frequency nature of the sound source and their global use. Also considered here is the responsible planning of … statutory literature to assist operators and managers. The use of assessment and planning tools available to managers is …
Global Mercury Assessment
… of any publication that uses this report as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any … on artisanal and small-scale gold mining. • The use of different pollution control technologies in different … important sectors that are not yet quantified, including use of mercury in vinyl- chloride monomer production; …