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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… other areas destined to preservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity in Mexico 84 Figure 9 Governance … of an overview authority. For instance, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, one of three World Heritage Sites inscribed in … The biodiverse landscape (salt-loving vegetation, wetland birds, endangered coastal habitats) developed in …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… or mixed industrial plantations, forest landscape restoration projects on degraded or protected lands, … Plan prescribes the application of the guidelines on wetland restoration adopted by Ramsar COP Resolution VIII.16, Principles and guidelines for wetland restoration. 31 Paragraph 15(a) of the Annex …
Negotiate: reaching agreement over water
… gather- ings beside an irrigation canal, next to a wetland, or on the banks of a river. There might also be … fisheries, livestock, and exploitation of forest and wetland products). As a result, the Water Charter includes … 1994 DRPC) could lead to activities directed at floodplain restoration and protection of fish spawning habitat in the …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… rural development. Other potential benefits include: the restoration of degraded lands; reduced land abandonment; … be used for "maintaining the state of the environment, restoration of natural resources and remedying environmental … by the bioenergy law are compatible with the preservation, restoration and sustainable use of natural resources and …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… Greek Prespa. Moreover, Prespa Lakes basin as a whole is a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar … of land use. Today, a cross-border national park covers a wetland area of approximately 300 km2 shared by Hungary and … administrative process. On the Hungarian side, ecosystem restoration figured prominently among the management tasks …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… Enhancing Ecosystems and Improving Energy Supplies Forest Restoration and Energy Services Shinyanga is one of … to electricity to power 1,800 homes (Penobscot River Restoration Trust 2008). Island ecosystems may provide an … basin. • Some dam reservoirs provide productive fringing wetland ecosystems with fish and waterfowl habitat …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICOMOS International Council … 47 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 16 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 32 St Kilda 41 Table 5. Existing natural and … Finland, Sweden (viii) 2,560.4 3.5 0.1% iSimangaliso Wetland Park South Africa (vii)(ix)(x) 872.4 7.0 0.8% Islands …
Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN
… the mitigation hierarchy• (avoidance, minimization, restoration and rehabilitation, and offsets), especially the … of the mitigation hierarchy (avoidance, minimization, restoration and rehabilitation, and off- sets), especially … Forest Block, and Sentarum Lake National Park (a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance) are sur- rounded by …
National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar
… and with a view to deforestationfocused policies. The restoration of 35,000 hectares of “primary forest and … to local communities, as well as preventing pollution in wetland areas. The document also sets out a plan to integrate … al. (2014) A Comparison of Governance Challenges in Forest Restoration in Paraguay’s Privately-Owned Forests and …