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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… education and sustainable development. Their bottom- up approach of combining conservation with sustainable … the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. UNESCO designated … for sustaining human life through the maintenance of their ecosystem components, processes and benefits/services. World …
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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… Environmental Practice BoBLME Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem CBD Convention of Biological Diversity CCAMLR … LC/LP London Convention and Protocol LME Large Marine Ecosystem MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention … 8.2 The Precautionary Approach and adaptive management …
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Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa

… Why shared governance? The question of equity The gender approach How to use this guide Understanding 1. Why a Marine … (and in this case, irreversible) alteration of the marine ecosystem. The “service” the sawfish provided to people no … the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”.3 The IUCN definition …
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Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions

… to the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. Three things have become clear in … to the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. A world full of unused information The … and analysed results A free market in credibility Such an approach also implies that scientific credibility must be …
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Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… such principles may help unify the current, sectoral, approach to international environmental law and help fill the … protection and restoration of the integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. This entails an obligation to cooperate in good … of living systems. It comprises genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. Its usage in international environmental …
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Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… such principles may help unify the current, sectoral, approach to international environmental law and help fill the … protection and restoration of the integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. This entails an obligation to cooperate in good … of living systems. It comprises genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. Its usage in international environmental …
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Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities

… Assessment Report, 2007). Due to these pressures and ecosystem responses, climate change is now considered a major … climate change scenarios at smaller scales. This type of approach could provide managers with a clear picture of … cascading effects, which will propagate at community and ecosystem levels and may signifi- cantly alter the structure …
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Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… these challenges depends indeed, in one way or another, on ecosystem health and proper functioning, in land, coastal or … erosion and greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, through ecosystem services, they provide significant benefits to … status. Integrated Coastal Zone Management is a management approach aimed at maintaining a balance between land …
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The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… of a single species, to a count of the number of major ecosystem-types in a whole ocean. In addition to the problem … diversity, yet are critical to the function of the marine ecosystem as a whole. It is, therefore, important that (high) … current state of knowledge, consequently a precautionary approach is advisable. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), marine …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Australia’s approach to endangered species regulation . . . . . . . . . . … a) The state of natural resources for the targeted ecosystem, area, country, or region and the priority areas … government tried to promote a biogeographic and ecosystem approach through a national representative system …
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