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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… zone’ that covers 3.8 square kilometres, around 18% of the total customary marine area. However illegal fishing, … marine environment has improved, and that the average catch per unit of effort has increased and therefore …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… Protected area system covers approximately 8,45% of the total surface area of the country (740,220.37 ha) or 12.06% … management of protected natural values (cur- rently 20 in total). In Croatia, the general principle is Governance by … of applications for construction of wind farms with a total power of 1 200 MW. From the strategic point of view, it …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… inhabitants of small island states are threatened with total loss of territory and with statelessness due to the … by the CDM, and 542 of these projects were in China. A total of 384 of the hydro projects were large projects … erosion and landslides, quarry, collect stone or soil, and catch or kill wildlife. Users groups can collect forest …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… economically and ecologically feasible? • What is the total extent of restoration opportunities in the … for example the combined effect of an increased fish catch and increased supply of building materials. Local … Opportunities are assigned as proportions of the total area of the polygon. The locations of individual …
Brexit: environment and climate change
… able to address specific environmental issues using the catch-all legal base, at that time Article 235 EEC, which … the ‘green payment’, subjecting 30% of Member State total Direct Payments 12 Directive 2011/65/EU of the European … gas emissions cost-effectively. A cap is set on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted by the …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… standards which represent a high degree of safety; (c) set total emission ceilings for limiting and reducing the overall … measures . It may inspect documents, fishing gear and catch on board vessels in ports as well as prohibit landings … on taking of tuna were not transparent because the allowable foreign quotas were determined in an unpredictable …
Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach
… Thayatal is the smallest national park in Austria, with a total surface of 13.3 km². The Thaya River meanders over 26 … and must be of Outstanding Universal Value17. The total number of properties inscribed on the World Heritage … the seas of the Coral Triangle is a regular fisheries by-catch. The Coral Triangle Initiative members have called for …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… status and trends, sex ratios, frequency of sightings, catch effort and trophy quality (i.e. size); where available … centres managed by local communities, who receive the total of the income generated by these operations.104 … the existence of traditional practices within the area. Allowable complementary activities that are mentioned include …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… representing approximately 26 per cent of the global total.2 Urban agglomerations on the Mediterranean coasts, … shipping routes, with about one third of the world’s total merchant shipping: 220,000 merchant vessels of more … which represents 33 per cent and 55 per cent of the total population 9 Spalding et al., 2007, ‘Marine Ecoregions …