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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: … including scientific research organs or technical service organs, country autonomous organizations and … the Soil Conservation Board and Soil Conservation Service, and promoting conservation farming techniques; (3) …
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Global Land Outlook

… change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services is underappreciated. Land is of … food, water, and energy, and the need to protect other ecosystem services that regulate and support all life on … price on these services (…)” The rebranding of nature as a service provider and the commodification of the ecosystem
30 May 2026 Literature

Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

Ecosystem Based Approaches … the output of collaboration between the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Commission on Environmental Law, … species losses, leading to a decline in biodiversity and ecosystem services. Reduced ecosystem function, and in …
30 May 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 … (see section 5.2 ) n Economic tools such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and biodiversity offsets that allow … forests (see 4.3). n Economic tools such as payments for ecosystem services to provide incentives for sustainable …
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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 … p.9: Natural Resources Conservation Service. www.flickr.com/photos/87743206@N04/8053614949/ …
30 May 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, … for International Development), Dennis Dykstra (US Forest Service), Mike Fullerton and Sylvie Gauthier (Canadian Forest …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… Ecosystems such as forests and lakes but also the global ecosystem, which constitutes the Biosphere, thus enter into … funds, is characteristic of debtor economies trying to service a national debt through the export of agricultural … the Earth defines sustainable use as “use of an organism, ecosystem or other renewable resource at a rate within its …
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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 … viable, using incentives such as environmental service payments. These include the use of community …
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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”

… Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment and the UN convention on climate change … Conservation Division of the FAO FWS US Fish and Wildlife Service FZS Frankfurt Zoological Society GBO Global … Fund IPBES Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPHA International Professional Hunters …
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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 … Counties and Townships, Natural Resources Conserva- tion Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington; …
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