Search results
218 Results
Sorted by relevance
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater runoff … activity on water-dependent ecosystems, and providing for rehabilitation works of such ecosystems and habitats; in …
Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors
… 8 3.3.4 Conservation corridors need to be integrated into land use planning ......... 8 3.3.5 Connectivity conservation … conservation involves the protection, retention and rehabilitation of natural connections among habitats within … to support strengthened environmental linkages in the land and seascape. Whilst a myriad of different terminologies …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… ntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and … t of foreign direct investment (FDI) involving transfers of land. Yet domestic investors, … guarantees of non‐repetition? Are there provisions for rehabilitation, compensation or …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… real costs and greater local value-added to the crop. The rehabilitation of coconut groves can contribute to adaptation … and processing. As coconut grows in coastal areas valuable land is not removed from agriculture. Ecosystem preservation … initiative, 2005). Drylands—covering 40% of the world’s land mass and inhabited by only one-third of the world’s …
Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control
… away with water, but covered with earth until appropriate rehabilitation and remediation measures are taken for the … be created by spills or accidents, requiring appropriate rehabilitation and remediation measures [52]. Possibly the … Basel Convention: Technical Guidelines on Incineration on land. …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… situations. Even when harm is remediable, the costs of rehabilitation are often prohibitive. An obligation of … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Preamble para. 5), and the 2001 Stockholm … http://informea.org/treaties/land-based …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… that is before we consider the expansion of agricultural land, exploratory drilling and extraction of oil and gas, or … internationally agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while … sports, demonstration of environmental conservation and rehabilitation practices, visits to private and public …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be given to … approach is an approach for integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … of the proposed activity, as well as restoration or rehabilitation of sites), and compensation (often associated …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… and top-down strategies 47 3.2.4 The role of NGOs 49 3.2.5 Land tenure factors 50 3.2.6 Choosing instruments 51 Key … protection of environmental flows 103 Key messages 104 3.2 Land Use Planning Legislation 105 Introduction 105 3.2.1 … and could therefore be targeted for restoration or rehabilitation works (Hilty and Chester 2010, p. 25). …