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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… resource management 27 3. Mainstream the multilateral environmental agreements in development planning and … ecosystem services • Promote legislative frameworks and voluntary initiatives that enable markets for ecosystem … Parties have taken much time and effort to come to agreement upon plans of action to address the specific issues …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental. The Goals and targets will stimulate action … all States to work for an ambitious and universal climate agreement. We reaffirm that the protocol, another legal … of this Agenda over the next 15 years. A robust, voluntary, effective, participatory, transparent and …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs); environmental impact assessments (EIA); and capacity-building … mediating compromise 51 6.3. Reluctant to negotiate a new agreement: active and influential participants 52 7. … ficant marine areas” (EBSAs)62 and have also adopted voluntary guidelines for the conside- ration of biodiversity …
Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors
… on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL), particularly the CEL Specialist … Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy. The agreement operates to a large extent as a coordinating … instruments such as subsidies and payments through voluntary agreements with land owners play an important role …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… of changing world perceptions, priorities, and trends in environmental thinking. The official name of the treaty, The … Ramsar and the CMS’s African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) will soon be completed. UNESCO World … meeting, observed the provisions of the amendments on a voluntary basis throughout the interim period. New …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… ecologically sustainable. The Union is the world’s largest environmental knowledge network, and has helped over 75 … 1,300 members in 140 countries. WCPA is one of the six voluntary Commissions of IUCN and is administered by the … as an important way to ensure that the final plan has wide agreement and support. Participation of key stake- holders is …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… cover the fixed cost element of publishing: i.e. getting agreement for material to be open access; digitisation, if … to publish papers. But what about the amateur, retired or voluntary scientists who provide a vital backbone to much … to public information, participation and legal action on environmental matters was emphasised in the Aarhus Convention …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Towards a mutually supportive … problems raised by the interaction of the CBD and TRIPS Agreement . 19 6.6 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . … impact on the implementation of environmentally-beneficial voluntary certi- fication and labelling schemes based on …
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… 1,300 members in 140 countries. WCPA is one of the six voluntary Commissions of IUCN and is administered by the … sible for the conservation of nature, the application of environmental regulations and policies on the use and … law), recognised through an international convention or agreement, or else managed through other effective but …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… ents for E cosystem S ervices Thomas Greiber Editor IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 78 IUCN Environmental … 46 6.3 Form and Legal Nature of the Agreement … Under a PES scheme, users of land upstream may accept voluntary limitation or diversifi- cation of their activities …