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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 7, 8. 81 Volta Convention, supra. 31 evapotranspiration is high. Two of the countries (Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire) … Bank borrower compliance with MEAs, including regional seas and other riparian agreements, and thus through the … been.182 The website of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, for example, states: The …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… species are species that are facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. Endangered species are species that are facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. Vulnerable species are species that are facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. 44 See the 2003 IUCN Red …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… use of their lands, territories, waters, coastal seas and other resources, and their fundamental human rights … rights to their lands, territories, waters, coastal seas, and other resources, · recognise their rights to … cultural and/or ecological value, and often with high biological diversity. Safeguarding the integrity of this …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… experienced around the world. • The satisfaction of a high level of recognition in the global soil science … use of soil. Of greatest concern is the continued high rate of expansion of soil degradation globally and the … paleontological and archaeological information of high value for the understanding of the history of earth and …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… Pond and McMurry Restoration projects was to remove high, artificial banks created along the riverbank during … site therefore involved three key strategies: lowering the high bank to widen the riparian zone and connect the river … importance of functional floodplains, and the necessity of high river flows to spill out of its channel. The City of …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge
… practices in wetlands in the face of demands for high economic returns. Some ancient traditional management … disputes over water based on quick, oral procedures and a high level of social consensus. Known as Water Tribunals … For the Maori people in New Zealand, the coastal seas and their fishing grounds have been as important to them …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… the Protocol may accede to it. Expectations ap- pear to be high at present that the Protocol may enter into force in … applications and is likely to be further developed due to high expectations of its po- tential in healthcare, … into an area beyond national jurisdiction, e.g. the high seas. The Protocol addresses both intentional and …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… the Protocol may accede to it. Expectations ap- pear to be high at present that the Protocol may enter into force in … applications and is likely to be further developed due to high expectations of its po- tential in healthcare, … into an area beyond national jurisdiction, e.g. the high seas. The Protocol addresses both intentional and …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… the Abruzzo National Park (Italy); the verdant woodland in high summer of the Bialowieza National Park (Poland); and a … The Grossglockner High Alpine Road ......................................27 The … fishing and anchorage are controlled by law. The onshore seas have extensive seagrass beds, mainly of Posidonia …
Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK
… the agencies had limited leverage over the owners, and a high proportion of sites were degraded or destroyed after … Panel and Statements of Compliance, all designed to ensure high quality decisions. Finally, we describe how the … process to A young common seal (Phoca vitulina) in the seas around Lundy Island, England which is owned and managed …