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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… Coordinator for West and Central Africa at Africa Conservation Tillage Network, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AF) … set up ESTIMATING SPATIAL PRODUCTIVITY OF A TEMPERATE FOREST OVER THE DISTRIBUTION AREA OF PINUS ARIZONICA AT THE … APPEARANCE UNDER UNTYPICAL CONDITIONS OF UKRAINE WEST FOREST ZONE KOLIADA, VALERIJ PETROVICH; TIMCHENKO, DMYTRO …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… de Dios on 19 November 2015. He led a movement to resist forest invasions into the biodiverse Tambopata region by … logging and land-grabbing are causing serious damage to conservation of this natural heritage. Gangs of loggers … logging is rampant in Maranhão, where much of the Ama- zon forest has already been felled.36 At the frontiers of …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… impact assessment as a key instrument for achieving the conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing … productivity - tree plantations productivity - managed forest productivity - rangeland/livestock productivity - … ecological knowledge. Examples are: - sea otters and kelp forest - elephants and African savannah - starfish in …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… as Waterfowl Habitat (1971) provides measures for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. According to the … rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a … salinization and exhaustion of aquifers as well as forest coverage losses due to climatic factors, consequences …
MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
… 73/78 – adopted in 1973 and 1978) • Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (known as … ongoing on how to proceed with regard to an instrument on forest. At the 1992 Earth Summit, governments agreed to a … non-binding statement of principles to promote sustainable forest management. This was the subject of further …
D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services
… is a milestone in the global efforts towards biodiversity conservation and ecosystem-based management. The broad scope … diversity; Align incentives to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use; Internalize costs and … Vietnamese forestry legislation regulates payment for Forest Ecosystem Services (FES). In particular, the 2008 …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… act with prudence and caution to ensure that effective conservation measures are taken to prevent serious harm to … http://leo.informea.org/terms/forest http://leo.informea.org/terms/desert … Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention; also the 1992 Forest Principles 2(d), 5(a) and 12(d) refer to the …
Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… by four UN organizations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Geneva, March 2017 … (called “assigned amounts”). Changes in land use or forest plantations which result in emission reductions can … transfer of technology and to promote energy efficiency or forest conservation schemes. However, the reductions must be …
Defenders of the Earth
… killings in India increased threefold > Park rangers and forest guards face heightened risks, with at least 20 … tops the list. All told, at least 20 park rangers and forest guards were murdered in 2016. Global Witness … national park. © Goldman Prize A CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY Conservation efforts in the DRC have a controversial history. …
The Land in Numbers
… the last ten years, approximately 5.2 million hectares of forest has been destroyed each year. 36 • Land degradation … America) have the potential for land rehabilitation and forest restoration. 45 • The cost of land restoration ranges … RESOURCE FLOWS In Zimbabwe, water harvesting combined with conservation agriculture increased farmers’ gross margins …