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National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar

… INDC Intended Nationally Determined Contribution LULUCF Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry MAP Madagascar Action Plan MECIE … and with a view to deforestationfocused policies. The restoration of 35,000 hectares of “primary forest and …
25 May 2026 Literature

Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation

… 3 Box 1.1 Definitions Protected Area An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … 1994a). Transboundary Protected Area (TBPA) An area of land and/or sea that straddles one or more boundaries between … Useful references and guidance include the Journal of Restoration Ecology and the IUCN Species Survival …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… and include: a) direct threats, including drainage and land conversion, excavation, burning, over- grazing, … subject to similar threats. Opportunities exist for the restoration of such areas. Applying the Ramsar Criteria to … can occur as a human-made wetland type, under 3 (irrigated land, including irrigation channels and rice fields), and 4 …
25 May 2026 Document

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades … ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting categories of … soil management activities including preservation and restoration at the global, regional and local levels. …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… coastal State comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal State - the seabed and subsoil … State, and are open to all States, whether coast- al or land-locked Freedom of the High Seas shall be exercised by … are needed for better balancing the preservation and restoration of coastal and ma- rine ecosystems with current …
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Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… of an invasion by an introduced species. These include land tenure agreements, long term economic profitability, … fund to pay for eradication, containment, management, or restoration. • The development and implementation of a … more susceptible to invasion due to disturbances from land use change, agriculture or construction, changing …
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Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes

… much of the impetus to convert, clear and exploit forest land and resources comes from the search for greater income, … ownership, food security, cash availability and access to land (17). Logging truck in Harapan, Indonesia. 4 IUCN Forest … their carbon footprint by investing in forest conservation/restoration projects), the supply-side is often not able to …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… of natural ecosystems. Effective management links land and water uses across the whole of a catchment area or … the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources to maximize economic and social … the river and its floodplain. Promote and support the restoration of damaged ecosystems throughout the river basin, …
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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land- based Activities GPA/IGR-2 - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land-based Activities/Second Intergovernmental Review Meeting … – Provides rules for the protection, improve- ment and restoration of the environment and natural resources, by …
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Earth Rights: The Theory

… from the naturalist Aldo Leopold who in 1966 proposed a “Land Ethic” to influence human interaction with the Earth.21 … is as yet no ethic dealing with man‟s relationship to the land and to the non-human animals and plants which grow upon … 2011 (1) 10 Article 2: Nature has the right to an integral restoration. This integral restoration is independent of the …
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