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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… at various levels to organize all the citizens to plant trees as an obligatory duty and conduct afforestation … cutting on private lands (Gibbon and Summers, 2002). The variety of by-laws regarding urban forestry at municipal … requires otherwise: "ecosystem" means a dynamic system of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… food shortage which is laboriously confronted through a variety of agricultural development strategies. One of the … 58/, chemical inputs 59/, improved seeds 60/, and plant protection. 61/ The selection of the incentives … for example, rarely includes provisions to protect plant genetic resources. Regulations regarding importation, …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… to conserve biodiversity, preserve natural areas, preserve plant and animal germplasm, and increase the effective use of … the understanding of local economic activities. A variety of values including financial and economic values, … fynbos ecosystems in South Africa are threatened by alien plant invasions and by a lack of funding for effective …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… is the ‘Gateway to PES’ (Sections 2-5), which draws upon a variety of resources to provide guidance to LLS practitioners … of genetic resources for medicine and biotechnology, plant pollination, carbon sequestration, and soil formation. … into those related to ecosystem productivity (e.g. plant pollination), the insurance value (e.g. storm …
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Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes

… for the poorest households in the village. The value of plant-based medicines is almost 15 times as high as purchased … provide to societies. Examples of such services include plant pollination, erosion control, carbon sequestration, … species. In addition to these however, there are also a variety of governance issues, illegalities and voluntary …
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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… to energy subsidies and their reform that arise in a variety of countries and regions, it does not strive for a … is produced by a single nuclear station. A second nuclear plant, Temelin, with two reactors, is in the process of being … industry. Construction of the second Slovak nuclear power plant would not have taken place without these subsidies. …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… Peruana de Derecho Ambiental - Perú), Warwick Manfrinato (Plant BR - Brasil), Sabrina Macedo (Ambiental PV - Brasil), … in the world, with between 43,000 and 49,520 identified plant species, more than 3,000 species of fresh- water fish, … traditional communities, and public), and therefore a variety of PES schemes are legally possible. 2.2 …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… Appendices, which contain approximately 34,000 animal and plant species subject to such regulation. The criteria for … fauna and flora”. But CBNRM remains controversial for a variety of CITES-relevant reasons: • reservations about what … (Thakadu 2005). These resources include animal and plant genetic resources, and other components of ecosystems …
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Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… conservation activities. Financial measures take a wide variety of forms. Direct financial incentives include cash … terms. The forest contains several endemic afro-alpine plant species as well as commercially valuable Juniperus, … in Kampala. Both the outflow of the only sewage treatment plant in the city, at Bugolobi, and − far more importantly, …
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