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Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… recovery Take firm action to curtail the large-scale illegal hunting and wildlife trade within the region Halt the … held within PAs in China, where strict rules prohibit logging, was maintained. It did however undergo serious …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… and Wilderness Areas in the north, which would be under logging if only the Metsähallitus Forest branch would have … of industrial fisheries, which at times include illegal resource users. The CBD recommends that a national … or otherwise) that their activities may be considered illegal, now or in the future; • some rightsholders and …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… projects results from the type of activity (e.g., avoided logging or avoided deforestation) and from a large project … This could lead to a situation where, for example, illegal logging practices could be used as an alternative … 4 of sub-step 1b of the AR tools document, an objectively illegal alternative will only be eligible for comparison with …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… with a view to reducing and ultimately eliminating illegal trade in wild fauna and flora Lusaka Agreement on Co-Operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, 1994 B Regional: … of legislation to ensure that sustainable rotational logging practices and replanting initiatives are implemented. …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… 629 Technology, Expertise, and Institutions to Address Illegal Shipments ........... 632 National and International … A second text box provides examples of efforts to control illegal trade in wildlife and ODS. n A box includes a list of … Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs); and n Illegal logging and trade in timber when timber is harvested, …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… in most of Africa has been largely attributed to the illegal harvesting of ivory. The decision to ban all trade in … their traditional conservation of the forest and to begin logging it and converting it to cattle pasture. Against this … investments in livestock proved marginal at best and logging was profitable only for the very short term, while …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… challenges such as ecosystem loss and degradation, illegal logging, pollution, overexploitation of marine resources and … of biodiversity as a result of multiple threats, including illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss, climate change, air and …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… range of activities, including fishing, camping, hunting, logging, mountain biking, snowmobiling, ecotourism, and … have dramatically reduced the level of destructive and illegal fishing techniques. The project is designed so that … importance of many values. As a result, there has been no illegal mining or garbage dumping. However, there is still a …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… making on incidental “take” of endangered species during a logging operation, rather than being required to demonstrate … may not cease, but may follow different routes and become illegal and harder to regulate. Management and … as biosafety, industrial fisheries, large-scale commercial logging, or mining, the dynamics are similar. However, in …