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Protection, restoration and sustainable use of urban water bodies in India

… WCC-2016-Res-044-EN Protection, restoration and sustainable use of urban water bodies in … to provide water for millions of people, for supporting ecosystem services and providing habitat to birds, including … water bodies; b. to collaborate for the protection and restoration of urban water bodies through scientific …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… 1 1.2 The Integrated Ecosystem Management Concept … 15 Chapter 2 Overview of Integrated Ecosystem Management in a legal and regulatory perspective: … and the natural reserve system; closing forests for restoration; improving the EIA procedure and practical water …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… Landscape RestorationEcosystem Based Approaches … the output of collaboration between the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Commission on Environmental Law, … or net positive, outcomes through a combination of restoration and sustainable land management interventions. …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Global Land Outlook

… change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services is underappreciated. Land is of … of conservation, land and water management, and restoration, the core pathway to achieve the target on Land … food, water, and energy, and the need to protect other ecosystem services that regulate and support all life on …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches

… 12 4.3 Water Resource tools 13 4.4 Forestry tools 15 4.5 Ecosystem Restoration tools 16 4.6 Protected Area tools 17 4.7 … (see section 5.2 ) n Economic tools such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and biodiversity offsets that allow …
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Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

… But how should these ecological networks be managed? The Ecosystem Approach, endorsed by the Parties to the Convention … effective ecological networks. IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) has therefore dedicated its work … areas managed for nature conservation purposes and nature restoration areas. The process of delineating the network is …
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The Land in Numbers

… that, far too often, we take for granted. A great bulk of ecosystem services are delivered by the world‘s finite land … materials and medicines. There are also many less visible ecosystem services such as climate regulation and natural … have the potential for land rehabilitation and forest restoration. 45 • The cost of land restoration ranges from …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… In 2000 the CBD also adopted twelve principles of an ecosystem approach, which set biodiversity conservation in … needs and stress the importance of maintaining ecosystem functions, achieving sustainable economic benefits, … on natural production forests, planted forests, the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… It focuses exclusively on the identification and restoration of species that have reached critically low … with the maintenance of the natural properties of the ecosystem" (Rec. C.3.3 rev.). Selection for the Ramsar List … with actual or potential use or value for humanity. "Ecosystem" means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… that soil has a fundamental role in the terrestrial ecosystem as a three-dimensional body performing a wide range … lowering the potential capability of the soil to produce ecosystem services. It includes physical, chemical, and … productivity and profitability, enhanced protection and restoration of biodiversity, and more people taking an active …
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