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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… they contain, but also because they sequester and store carbon, purify water, provide recreation and tourism … areas, natural WHS contribute to food and water provision, carbon sequestration, and natural hazard regulation, and they … This would lead to significant losses of carbon stock and sequestration, contributing to climate change but …
25 May 2026 Literature

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… Technical and scientific abbreviations AC Activated carbon process AD Air dried AS Ammonia scrubbing BAT Best … CN Combined Nomenclature CNG Compressed natural gas CO Carbon monoxide CO2 Carbon dioxide DBB Dry bottom boiler DME Dimethyl ether EBDS …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… to climate change whilst also  providing vital carbon sinks and stores to aid mitigation. This  is  …     With  carbon  dioxide  emissions  already  … basis of ocean ecosystems and a  key  component  of  the  carbon  cycle50.  By  increasing  water  temperatures  and  …
25 May 2026 Document

UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. Printing: UNON, Publishing Services … o: © R ob er t H ar di ng P ic tu re L ib ra ry 33 Taking Stock Innovation 02 Pilot projects in Argentina and the … benefit local people or the planet because of increased carbon emissions from transport. “There is no good in a …
25 May 2026 Document

Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas

… - Special issue on shale gas ABBREVIATIONS CH4 Methane CO2 Carbon dioxide EIA Energy Information Administration of the … thermal units TCF Trillion cubic feet TOC Total organic carbon TRR Technically recoverable resources vCONTENTS … to be around $4 per MMBtu (Forbes. 2017). Moreover, the stock of drilled but uncompleted wells continued to rise, …
25 May 2026 Literature

Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… emissions from ecosystem degradation, and enhancing carbon sequestration. While the role of ecosystems and the … along with enhancing supply of ecosystem services (e.g. carbon sequestration and water quality). The average yield … emissions from ecosystem degradation, and enhancing carbon sequestration. Figure 1 highlights the benefits that …
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Integration of nature-based solutions into strategies to combat climate change

… resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks" to be enhanced "by 2020" "through conservation …
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Recognizing the indigenous territories as conservation areas in the Amazon Basin

… that the indigenous Amazonian territories act as vital carbon stocks and hold a high concentration of biodiversity, …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: … Box 6: Best Practice: South Korea Framework Act on Low Carbon Green Growth (2010) Case Study Box 7: Case study: The … in other companies, total amount in trust, or capital stock in green technology and green industries. In …
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Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity

… avoid areas of intact forest, Key Biodiversity Areas, High Carbon Stock forests, peatlands, World Heritage Sites and …
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