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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… 12 1.1.4 Coastal-marine area … overall quality of water and associated terrestrial and coastal ecosystems, and a potential increase in disputes over … built and the earth is cultivated using water, soil and biodiversity. In this respect, each one of us lives within a …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… and practices of indigenous and local communities” for biodiversity conservation, the past two decades have … people, the backcountry people (montubios) of the inland coastal region, and communes are part of the single and … instruments. Art 59: The collective rights of the coastal back-country people (montubios) are recognized to …
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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 … xxi Box 1. Case studies overview (Chapter 3) RBAs to coastal resource management Springer and Studd describe the … bearers to more effectively engage and agree on the use of coastal resources. The case study demonstrates the importance …
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EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation

… environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … Green infrastructure includes forests, rivers, coastal zones, parks, eco-corridors and other natural or … protected areas such as floodplain areas, wetlands, coastal areas, natural forests, etc.; • natural landscape …
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Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions

… Replicating Protected area solutions Marine and coastal solutions ABC solutions XYZ solutions … and surveillance strategies, reducing threats to regional biodiversity and hence elevating the transboundary protected … and includes a vast range of landscapes from forests to coastal habitats. The European Green Belt Initiative is a …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… environmental, health, and economic threats to oceans and coastal ecosystems. It also presents a unique legal and … is discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment.”1 This definition includes items … habitats where there were none, revitalize areas where biodiversity and fisheries have been depleted, but they may …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… the role of the Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity and in positioning the worlds’ most iconic … Pacific Marine Corridor, for example, links several coastal and marine World Heritage sites and other protected … Conservation Area in Costa Rica was expanded to link coastal areas to mountain ranges (UNESCO 2014). However, most …
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Transboundary River Basins: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… are needed in most basins. 3. The threat to freshwater biodiversity is global. Extinction risk is moderate to very … water quality issues in basins and their receiving coastal waters. Water quality 5 SummARY FOR POLICY mAKERS … interventions on the most vulnerable river deltas and coastal areas, particularly the reduction of sediment supply …
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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… related policy frameworks such as the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. The ability of countries and communities to … of biodiversity in EIAs and SEAs in marine and coastal areas (CBD COP decision XI/18). At the 13th meeting … to ensure conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity by implementing relevant tools, …
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Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation

… adaptation RECALLING Resolution 2.16 Climate change, biodiversity, and IUCN’s Overall Programme, adopted by the … ecosystem restoration, conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems; protection of species, and maintenance of … 4.075 Climate change mitigation targets and actions for biodiversity conservation adopted by the 4th IUCN World …
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