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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… groundwater extractions to safeguard groundwater’s ecosystem-support function 5.10. Downscaling the limits of … “Greening” of domestic water laws implies recognising the ecosystem-support function of water resources, quantity- and … by EU member states of nitrate-sensitive or nitrate-vulnerable areas. The Directive also provides that farmers in …
Mekong River Basin. Mobilising grassroots engagement and facilitating high-level dialogue for transboundary water management
… through focusing on the interlocking themes of knowledge, ecosystem services, negotiation and multi-stakeholder … regions in the Mekong Basin. m Better understanding of ecosystem services through aquatic resources, biodiversity … which are predominantly low-level subsistence systems and vulnerable to shocks such as climate variability. Some of the …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… that this effort has to include both large-scale ecosystem-wide approaches, and much smaller-scale focused … is impeded (cuts or breaks in fences often indicate vulnerable spots); The location of the border is obscured and … activities that will result in insecurity, to protect vulnerable people and infrastructure, and to ensure the …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… celestial of- fering. While Mount Mani-san has a unique ecosystem –it is the home of many migratory birds, well … in a systematic approach. The residents of the island are vulnerable to the temptations of the short-term benefits … 10 are in category E (‘en- dangered’), 9 in category V (‘vulnerable’) and 3 in category R (‘rare’). In addition, some …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… authorities; e) jurisdictional constraints on ecosystem management of river basins and coastal areas; f) … 3.5 Jurisdictional constraints on river and coastal ecosystem management 4.0 Developing legal and institutional … wise use considerations. Wetlands are exceptionally vulnerable to changes in the quantity or quality of their …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes where forest loss has caused … environmental security of poor people living or working in vulnerable locations. Box 3.1 The double filter as the basis … Adequate environmental security for people living in vulnerable locations such as upland valleys requires not only …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… order environmental harm to be cleaned up or the damaged ecosystem returned to a healthy state. Such orders, which are … automobile use and taken measures to protect those vulnerable to respiratory ailments. Legal regulation of other … natural resources and wilderness areas, is particularly vulnerable to poachers, smugglers and others who trade in …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… per cent of these species identified as near threatened, vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered on the IUCN … Red List (Gall and Thomson 2015). Examples include the vulnerable Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), …
The Land in Numbers
… that, far too often, we take for granted. A great bulk of ecosystem services are delivered by the world‘s finite land … materials and medicines. There are also many less visible ecosystem services such as climate regulation and natural … (51%) of the total value (US$33 trillion) of all ecosystem services’ provided each year. • In 2008, there were …