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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… development is easily overlooked. Its value in the economy and in economic development is frequently … (blue), areas with complex hydrogeological structures (green) and local and shallow aquifers (brown)16 ' 27 Figure … from for example the Global Environment Facility or the Green Climate Fund into sustainable groundwater management. …
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… accreditation or certification systems, such as the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas (IUCN and WCPA, … of a number of major rivers (Arkansas, Colorado, Green, Missouri, Platte, and Snake Rivers) with significant … services they provide to the country’s citizens and its economy, after decades of restrictive military rule that both …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field … of land acquisition by conservation organizations as ‘green grabbing’; although there is debate about how many … pristine State-owned land has been available (see green area in figure 11). PPAs are mostly scattered over the …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… and Rachel Wynberg holds a Research Chair on the Bio- economy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The … responsive to dynamic changes in the biosciences and bio-economy, and industry in turn needs to respond to the … 1: 1266–1287; ETC Group 2011. Who will control the green economy? Communiqué no. 107, ETC Group, Ottawa, Canada. …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… that prevent women from being full participants in the economy. We resolve to undertake legislative and … data. 46. Further, this document affirms that green economy policies in the context of sustainable … Plan process to be gender-sensitive, and calls on the Green Climate Fund to promote environmental, social, …
Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa
… more on the strategic importance of IP in the knowledge economy. Over- all, the different patent policies and … many IP Offices offer an accel- erated examination of "green" patents to encourage inno- vation in this area. Other … Y02 Other energy conversion or management systems reducing green-house gas (gHg) emissions All subclasses, including: – …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… 2 Figure 2: The human economy as an open subsystem of the larger global ecosystem … and Reward mechanisms for Ecosystem Services EEPSEA Economy and Environment Programme for Southeast Asia ES … premises of ecological economics is to consider the economy as a sub-system of the larger finite ecological …