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Implementing ecological restoration best practices in and around protected areas
… credible and trusted knowledge for valuing and conserving biodiversity should lead to better policy and action on the … to the achievement of the goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and the Aichi Targets, and … that achieving Target 11 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011– 2020 and the global results of the IUCN …
Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)
… from more institutional collaboration. Pollution and biodiversity arrangements often lack repercussions for non-compliance. Biodiversity/habitat protection arrangements are mainly just … fishing practices lead to depletion of fish stocks, biodiversity changes, and habitat damage. The causes of these …
Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and national economies dependant on agriculture and biodiversity. Taking into account socio-economic … also allows for the recognition of the value of biodiversity to indigenous and local communities and the … http://www.informea.org/terms/biodiversity http://www.informea.org/terms/indigenous-people/ …
The Role of Indigenous and Local Communities
… sharing of benefits arising from the use of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge, innovations and practices. … protection, preservation and maintenance of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge and the sharing of benefits … and other appropriate forms of protection of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge, innovations and practices. …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… play in envir- onmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity and, ultimately, the sustaina- ble management of … of Mount Athos with its rich fauna and flora, invaluable biodiversity and beautiful landscapes is indeed exceptional … concerned with the conservation of nature –and of its biodiversity– and the custodians of sa- cred sites, …
Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe
… environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … of, “A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity.” Environment Agency - ABU DHABI (EAD) The EAD … whose aim is to combat the ongoing and massive loss of biodiversity by using re-introductions as a responsible tool …
Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc
… the management and conservation of cultural landscapes and biodiversity for the benefit of rural communities in the TBAs … Border areas are often the most favoured regions for biodiversity, partially as a result of their geographical … and cultural heritage • Contributes to the conservation of biodiversity (including genes, species and ecosystems) • …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… units covering Wildlife Trade, the Red List, Freshwater Biodiversity Assessments (all located in Cambridge, UK), and the Global Biodiversity Assessment Initiative (located in Washington DC, … conservation and is dedicated to securing a future for biodiversity. SSC has significant input into the …
Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)
… in the present era of acute challenges for the world’s biodiversity. Task Force members Mark R Stanley Price … are increasing and acute pressures on much of the world’s biodiversity due to loss of habitats and reduction in their … it is expected to be increasingly used in future biodiversity conservation. Because of such anticipated …
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… of ecosystem services. EbA is defined as “the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall … while simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits” (Cohen-Shacham et al., 2016). This … change adaptation Element B EbA makes active use of biodiversity and ecosystem services Criterion 3 Restores, …