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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… are vital to the achievement of global commitments to biodiversity conservation. But protected areas are far more … should always be a special policy for conservation of biodiversity Allows for conservation of natural resources, … various forms of land management which are compatible with biodiversity conservation, i.e. in buffer zones of protected …
The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine
… 1PROCEEDINGS OF A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A … PROCEEDINGS OF A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A … PROCEEDINGS OF A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … and from documentation available on marine and coastal biodiversity in Libya. It proposes and describes sites of … 2.4. MAIN BIODIVERSITy ELEMENTS IN THE MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… by Cam pese, et al. The links between human rights and biodiversity and natural resource conservation are many and … CCA Community Conserved Area CCBA Carbon, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance CDO Community Development Organisation … Middle East and North Africa (IUCN Region) NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans NTA Native Title Act …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … what-we-do/capacity-development The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) programme aims to address threats to biodiversity in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… achieving justice and equality, and halting loss of biodiversity. These goals are the most ambitious targets for … or used; • access to and benefit-sharing related to biodiversity and other natural resources; • many forms of … and social justice. The continuing decline in the world’s biodiversity is well documented.6 The secretariat for the …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… of the Convention, to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking … and currently a Legal Adviser of the National Institute of Biodiversity in Costa Rica. Furthermore, he is Lead Counsel of the Biodiversity and Biosafety Law Research Programme at the …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… how the initiative fits into global efforts to protect biodiversity and link important natural areas. We hope that … heritage and help fulfil Europe’s commitments to halting biodiversity loss by 2010. The Green Belt will act as a … political commitments made by European countries to halt biodiversity loss by 2010: the Green Belt can form an …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… The technological development of the inventorying and biodiversity informatics processes 209 5.1.2.2 The … process 210 5.1.2.3 The impact of the inventorying and biodiversity information on the bioprospecting process 211 … Host-Country Context 269 7.1 The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups Program: A unique model for natural …
Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities
… provided financial support through the project “Preserving biodiversity and the sustainable use of marine and freshwater … Impact of climate change on marine biodiversity … climate change is now considered a major driver of biodiversity change and loss. Its importance has been …