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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… planning and implementation 26 2. Decentralise natural resource management 27 3. Mainstream the multilateral … 28 4. Promote equity, especially gender equity, in natural resource management 29 Investing in Ecosystem Services for … and operations • Use tools such as ’triple bottom line’ accounting and sustainability audits. • Fully implement the …
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Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… tonnes annually, making this the largest emitting sector, accounting for more than 35% of glob- al man-made air … concerns, it also provides an important economic resource for miners and rural communities often in areas or … environment annually from surface soils and oceans, now accounting for about 60% of the global air pollu- tion …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… Group • Lisa Watts, Principal Advisor, Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Australia. Other … of invasive alien species, on-site pollution, mineral resource extraction, unsustainable use of plants and animals, … or other fees, it may be important to set up special accounting mechanisms to ensure that local communities …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… 16 Resource efficiency and Markets … 19 Economic & natural resource efficiency … earn some income from wildlife, with wildlife conservation accounting for an average 21% of annual household income162. … values that pastoralism provides and improvements in accounting methods would be needed. Pastoralism delivers a …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… management in a changing environment; assist in effective resource allocation; promote accountability and transparency; … results can be used to adapt plans and practices, adjust resource allocation, revise policies and affirm good work … an adaptive approach to management; assist in effective resource allocation; promote accountability and transparency; …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and Institutional … to maintain traditional forms of animal and plant resource exploitation and provide essential communication … supply that feeds the wetland. However, most national accounting systems do not yet systematically incorporate …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… today - bringing rivers back to life and maintaining the resource base for many. http: //www.waterandnature.org IU C N … water, including: • Maintenance of aquatic and terrestrial resource productivity and the associated products that this … at the household subsistence level, although wetland resource use and marketing also generates appreciable local …
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… forests used for timber production can constitute a major resource for biodiversity conservation. Indeed, it is crucial … in the conservation of arguably the planet’s most valuable resource – its diversity of life. Emmanuel Ze Meka Julia … of production forestry on biodiversity. FAO’s forest resource assessments now report on forest biodiversity, and …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… users can provide funds to meet the need for upstream resource management changes that benefit both the downstream … of money, they cannot reliably provide the main financial resource for PES. As a consequence, a ‘fundraising strategy’ … this report should not be construed to contain legal, accounting, tax or other professional advice. The IUCN …
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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… (2016), p. 7. Available from www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/resource-publication/2016-annual-report. 13 See, e.g., … (2014), available from www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37608/ … The increasing conflicts over the environment stem from resource exploitation that fails to address legitimate …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance