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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… ensuring effective and equitable gover- nance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global … areas and the nearest 0.25 hectares for smaller areas and water bodies. Each habitat block larger than 1 ha should be … (such as, for example, the construction of a permanent water body or wetland in an area where these have been …
The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation
… Ecosystem Approach puts people and their natural resource use practices squarely at the centre of decision- making. … is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and … Approach 1. The objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal choice. …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… 13 fIgUrE 1.3: ChIlD DEAthS 14 fIgUrE 1.4: ACCESS tO wAtEr 14 fIgUrE 1.5: NEt OffICIAl DEvElOPmENt ASSIStANCE, … today’s challenge is to revive this shared conviction and use it to drive the leaps in progress we need to build a … in low-carbon energy and infrastructure, including water and sanitation projects in fast-growing urban areas, …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… peoples are interested in the conservation and traditional use of their lands, territories, waters, coastal seas and … free and prior informed consent, · incorporate sustainable use of natural resources using methods that maintain the … as of the complex interplay of factors driving resource-use patterns. In line with current understanding of the …
Atmospheric brown clouds Regional Assesment report with focus on Asia
… any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other … of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA; Water Impact Study Group coordinated by Nanyang Technological … A. K. Singh, D. R. Sikka, J. R. Vincent, R. Wassmann, Water Impact Study Group S.K. Tan, W.-C. (Victor) Chang, S. …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 19 4.5 Land-use planning and land ownership … product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On the other … level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on sub-national level …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… natural resource governance, and to strengthen the use of indicators for monitoring desertification and land … their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy … value as well as productive value, providing food and water, fuel and fibre, employment, waste purification, and …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… the views of the United Nations Environment Programme. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other … Living Resources COP Conference of the Parties CWA Clean Water Act (U.S.) DDE dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene DFG … waste from landfills sited near coastal areas, storm water runoff, ineffective sewage treatment, industrial …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… regional mechanisms for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, identifying their legal, … nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in … CBD as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure … species, both terrestrial and marine, and has deep water seamounts with areas of high biological diversity and … range of important ecosystems in both shallow and deep water, reaching abyssal depths of up to 6,400 meters 9 …