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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… she worked in the Central Bank of Costa Rica, Costa Rica’s state of the Nation Program and IUCN’s Office of the Senior … Project in Washington, DC. Here she investigated a wide range of law and policy issues around renewable energy. At … the diverse policies, processes and methods that a range of NGOs, governments and communities are using in …
Establishing marine protected area networks
… networks has been slow, in part because they embrace a range of issues greater than conservation alone. For … capture emerging international best practice on the full range of considerations needed to build such networks. The … network.These areas act as benchmarks for assessing the state of the environment and the success of management …
Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN
… (UNEP-WCMC), Katja Kriege (GRI), Penny Langhammer (Arizona State University), Anna Lyons (Fauna & Flora International), … schemes, and are used by businesses to inform a range of decisions and to report on their environmental … management and impact, companies need access to a wide range of ecological data, in- cluding geographically …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… presented key technical papers covering a wide range of thematic areas as well as practicalities and … and production conditions are met and the declining state of the sugarcane production and the sugar industry as a … both towns. The survey collected data relating to the full range of direct and indirect economic losses arising from …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… uses. viii tHe GreeninG of Water laW In California, the State’s Director of Fish and Game is obligated to prepare … water law at the national level can be manifold and range from economic advantages and social and health … water law at the national level can be manifold and range from economic benefits to social and health as well as …
Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… this guidance, while very helpful, was scattered among a range of different sources. COP9, in Resolution IX.23 on … services provided by wetlands form the basis of a range of human health and well-being benefits, and that … modes of viral spread, however, is unclear in the present state of knowledge. 44. Further background information is …
National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
… as a transit point for trafficked wildlife moving from range (or source) countries to other markets around the globe … with other law enforcement agencies. Recognizing that state and tribal law protects many key species that are … deterrence. Global Enforcement We will continue to help range, transit, and consumer countries identify gaps and …
At the meeting
… of NGOs). Based on a proposal from a Member State or the Chair the decision-making body may decide to … Unit and/or a Party takes lead in convening a meeting of Range States and other interested organizations and … several species (Sharks MOU) or many species from a range of taxonomic groups (e.g. AEWA). What geographic range …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… accordingly. Mount Athos, the world’s oldest monas- tic state, a unique site of historic, envi- ronmental and … of some kind; although this can be applied through a wide range of means, in technologically devel- oped countries such … and a myr- iad of microhabitats make the mountain range a haven of biodiversity. The most serious threat to the …
Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas
… impacts, marine and coastal invasive species also have a range of economic and human health consequences. Ecological … commonly contain dinoflagellate cysts that can remain in a state of dormancy until they are deposited in a suitable … become an aggressive invader outside the species’ natural range. In 1984, the seaweed was discovered growing in a small …