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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… ������ ��" ) �+���4���� A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services Using payments for ecosystem services for … Cover layout by: L’IV Com Sàrl Produced by: IUCN Forest Conservation Programme Cover photo: © … forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Table of Contents …
Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation objectives
… WCC-2016-Rec-104-EN Integrating autochthonous forest genetic diversity into protected area conservation … of biodiversity: genetic diversity, species diversity and ecosystem diversity; NOTING that the conservation of genetic … diversity is not sufficiently taken into account in forest conservation programmes; REGRETTING that rather, in …
Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation
… WCC-2012-Res-084-EN Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation RECALLING Resolution 2.16 Climate … requests the Director General to promote activities for ecosystem resilience to climate change, including through: … ecosystems; protection of species, and maintenance of forest quality; FURTHER RECALLING Resolution 4.075 Climate …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… is a 5-year action programme to demonstrate that ecosystem- based management and stakeholder participation … provide natural resources, for instance fish, pasture, and forest products. They thereby support a wide range of … may lead to investments in conservation measures, such as forest management or wetland protection, and realization of …
The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation
… The Ecosystem Approach Five Steps to Implementation Gill Shepherd … acacia woodland, western Sudan, Jim Harvey, ph; Mangrove forest, Panama, Marieke Wit, ph. Layout by: Patricia Halladay … Toro archipelago, Panama Nestor Windevoxhel 5. Mangrove forest, Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama Marieke Wit 6. …
The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
… UNEP POLICY SERIES ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT POLICY BRIEF 12 - 2013 The Social … land use conflicts. For example, preserving natural forest systems for reduced carbon emission and watershed … of indigenous people and restrict or limit their access to forest resources. Establishing secure land tenure can help to …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… about what is meant by protected areas in the context of forest management and conservation. Therefore these … the Guidelines 3 Basic concepts 3 The value of forests 4 Forest protection, management and restoration 4 Challenges … maintaining genetic resources, protecting important ecosystem functions and helping to protect many fragile human …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its 60 members represent about 80% of the … agreed policy documents to promote sustainable forest management and forest conservation and assists … In 2000 the CBD also adopted twelve principles of an ecosystem approach, which set biodiversity conservation in …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… 250 elcsecretariat@iucn.org www.iucn.org/law Payments for Ecosystem Services Legal and Institutional Frameworks IUCN nr … agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- … Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2009 Forest fires and the law A guide for national drafters based … INTRODUCTION 1.1 The key concepts of fire management 1.2 Forest fires and the international framework on sustainable … Thus, implementing the UNCCD contributes to support an ecosystem approach to sustainable forest management as part …