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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… ITTO Policy Development Series No 17 A joint publication of the International Tropical Timber Organization and the … genetically modified organisms will lead to unanticipated environmental hazards – such as the aggressive invasion of … of certain species of wildlife. A general rule is that rural communities consume more bushmeat than …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… Conservation Landscapes, People and Power The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation … 128 Debt-for-nature swaps 128 Conservation Trust Funds or Environmental Funds 129 Tobin-type and other taxes 129 … government policies may limit the room for negotiation and rule out meaningful solutions. • Community participation is …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … elcsecretariat@iucn.org www.iucn.org/law The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation A Concept Paper Barbara Lausche, … and Sale, 2011). As discussed in Part I-3 below, a general rule for effective connectivity conservation is the full …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… dedicated to supporting better implementation of ideas in the field, the Guidelines distil learning and … to at least three-quarters of the protected area – the 75% rule. The management categories are applied with a typology … Area 76 Case Study 15 The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park’s Environmental Management Charge 76 Case Study 16 Accurate …
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… InternatIonal UnIon for ConservatIon of natUre WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland … sible for the conservation of nature, the application of environmental regulations and policies on the use and … But this is still more the exception than the rule. Most ICCAs are at present not formally recognised, …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Overview of the Lesson Farmers´ Rights in the International Treaty on … Varieties and Famers’ Rights. Challenges in taxonomy and law (ed) M. Halewood. Bioversity International, Earthscan … much more. A financial mechanism for 5 major international environmental conventions: The Minamata Convention on …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world … area planning and management. The Department, through its Environmental Planning Research Unit, is actively involved in … all between the individual protected areas concerned. As a rule of thumb, the level of co-operation should reach at …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 85 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2004 Intellectual property rights … to IPRs. The principle extends the national treatment rule by compelling a Intellectual property rights in plant … and specific trade obligations set out in multilateral environmental agreements" while preserving the rights of WTO …
Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… Abdoullah Ould Maaloum, Renaud Bailleux The designation of geographic entities in this publication and the … International Study and Cooperation CEESP Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (of the IUCN) CMPA … environment, however, or where broken promises are the rule rather than the exception, it is wiser to postpone …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… November 2004 2 Executive Summary The Executive Summary of this report is available at: … offset? 9 Offset or mitigate? 9 Offset and the environmental mitigation hierarchy 9 Offset or compensate? 9 … be representative of the area. In the areas where the 20% rule applies, if a landowner does not wish to set aside the …