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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … 17 per cent of land and freshwater area and 12 per cent of coastal and marine areas. Terrestrial protected areas already … of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… doctrines may be used for environmental protection. • Coastal zone management, fisheries and forestry law seek to … only the right but the duty of preserving and protecting coastal fisheries. Similarly, in the Island of Palmas … order environmental harm to be cleaned up or the damaged ecosystem returned to a healthy state. Such orders, which are …
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Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… human factor in the context of being one component of an ecosystem.”76 In addition to the use of EIA procedures, in … are:161 • The Lubombo Ponto do Ouro-Kosi Bay Marine and coastal area on the Mozambique-South African borders; • The … and the area. The territorial seas is an area where the coastal states have exclusive sovereign powers. The …
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Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region

… human factor in the context of being one component of an ecosystem.”76 In addition to the use of EIA procedures, in … are:161 • The Lubombo Ponto do Ouro-Kosi Bay Marine and coastal area on the Mozambique-South African borders; • The … and the area. The territorial seas is an area where the coastal states have exclusive sovereign powers. The …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… These are shallow open waters - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or … - rivers, farm ponds and ditches, lakes, fens and marshes, coastal shingle and estuaries. IUCN, together with the World … way in which nutrients and pollutants are recycled in the ecosystem. It is therefore not surprising that systems of …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… especially in Estonia and the former GDR, access to coastal areas was more or less restricted for civilians. This … of scientific studies, most recently the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The recognition of cultural diversity, … from Alpine peaks to fertile lowlands, from stony karst to coastal cliffs. The border crosses the meeting point of the …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… in mind. Figure 2.5 The IWRM Implementation Triangle Ecosystem Sustainability Social Equity Ma na ge me nt In str … groundwater discharge (springs, surface water, wetlands, coastal zone) Water for people groundwater supply (drinking … flow and run-off. ■■ The river basin and its adjacent coastal and marine environment. The salinization of coastal
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … versus governance types for the system of marine and coastal protected areas in Ecuador 83 Table 13 Framework for … 84 Figure 9 Governance types and other conditions for coastal and marine protected areas of Ecuador 85 Figure 10 …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 ARTICLE 25: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … systems, drylands, deserts and arid zones; (d) marine and coastal ecosystems; (e) glaciers and polar regions . ARTICLE … natural systems, in particular aquifers, drainage basins, coastal and marine areas, protected areas, and any other …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… and poverty 81 Multiple scales and multiple levels 81 The ecosystem approach 82 The landscape concept 84 Application to … in Central America 111 Box 16. Conservation in the Tanga Coastal Zone 115 Figures Figure 1. The Sustainable … The communities all became members of the Community Coastal Resource Management Network, Trad Province. Through …
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