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Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… Area 76 Case Study 15 The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park’s Environmental Management Charge 76 Case Study 16 Accurate … the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environmental and development challenges. IUCN works on … network of areas should accommodate what is known about migration patterns, currents and connectivity among habitats. …
UNEP. The first 40 years
… … It seems, therefore, that a broad consideration of the environmental problems and of possible approaches to their … for the first General Assembly Resolution on the new environmental item that Sweden had proposed. In his … by a change in precipitation may lead to widespread human migration. The most significant consequences can be expected …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … prepared to adjust the restoration strategy over time as environmental conditions, human knowledge and societal values … thereby facilitating the movement of species (e.g. during migration). • The potential of restoration to increase …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… (Graham Shimmield) Information Paper 3 – Technological, Environmental, Social and 17 Economic Aspects (Kim Juniper) … and management tools, including area-based management and environmental impact assessments. The objective of these … workshops as well as the Working Group, the IUCN Environmental Law Centre, in collaboration with the German …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… to Climate Change Transboundary Water Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 75 IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … be generated through many realms, from population growth, migration and income, to technologies and infrastructure, …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Design and Implementation at the National Level IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 77 IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … and other public works that can fragment, and lead to mass migration into, forest areas. Governments have used land …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… offset? 9 Offset or mitigate? 9 Offset and the environmental mitigation hierarchy 9 Offset or compensate? 9 … law that can trigger negotiations on offsets 32 4.3.1 Environmental Impact Assessments 32 4.3.2 Planning law 33 … spawning grounds and nursery, rearing, food supply and migration areas on which fish depend, directly or indirectly. …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… and biodiversity benefits. The NbS concept, as used in environmental sciences and nature conservation contexts, has … However, it was only in the 1970s that the idea of environmental or ecosystem services began to establish itself … societal challenges. The emergence of the NbS concept in environmental sciences and nature conservation contexts came …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… genetically modified organisms will lead to unanticipated environmental hazards – such as the aggressive invasion of … United Nations FSC Forest Stewardship Council GEF Global Environmental Facility ITTO International Tropical Timber … of forests to climate change by facilitating the migration of species in the face of changes in total …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… survival rate in captivity is very low, due to distinct environmental requirements (Honegger, 1979). REFERENCES … protection status is from African Wildlife Laws by lUCN Environmental Law Centre. There is no information on … is collecting data on population size and trends, migration, hatchling and adult behaviour, etc., and …