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Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… are either mega-parks or development zones. Fresh water, marine resources and air resources are generally not … conventions pertaining to wildlife, water and marine resources. B HUMAN RIGHTS – IMPLICATIONS FOR TBNRM? … human factor in the context of being one component of an ecosystem.”76 In addition to the use of EIA procedures, in …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation / Global Marine Programme Maritime traffic effects on biodiversity in … 6 Chapter 1 Marine biodiversity, environmental conservation and maritime … the uniqueness, significance and diversity of the regional ecosystem. The region has one of the most heavily trafficked …
Strengthening policies relating to the sea and oceans
… crises will come from the sea; EMPHASIZING that most ecosystem services provided by marine and coastal ecosystems are within continental and … human activities; ALSO RECOGNIZING that the high seas, the marine zone that falls in areas beyond the limits of national …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living … National parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas, of which Parks Canada is the proud …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… Service Unit of IUCN, 1998, xii + 52pp. Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + … from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … ecosystems, species and genes, together with the ecosystem processes which sustain them, and is the basis of …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… other traditional peoples on their terrestrial, coastal/marine, or freshwater domains. In reality, where indigenous … protected areas established on their terrestrial, coastal/marine and freshwater domains: · effectively protect those … resources using methods that maintain the integrity of the ecosystem and that have been used traditionally by indigenous …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… 1.3.3 NbS as an umbrella concept for ecosystem-related approaches .. 1.4 NbS initiatives at IUCN … management and equitable governance of coastal and marine ecosystems, as ‘Blue’ Solutions (GIZ, 2015).3 This … that every dollar invested in protection of the Folkestone Marine National Park in Barbados can avoid US$ 20 …
Aquaculture: responsible practices and certification
… the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) or the European Federation of … the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs or the European Federation of Aquaculture … financial incentives that may increase pressure on the ecosystem. On the contrary, incentives should be developed to …
Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas
… been identified as one of the four greatest threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based sources of marine pollution, overexploitation of living marine … They also disrupt ecological processes and compromise ecosystem services such as flood attenuation and shore …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… Protocol to the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, … TFEU, art. 191 (2); Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR … protection and restoration of the integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. This entails an obligation to cooperate in good …