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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… key concepts. OVERVIEW – Page 6 Why this Manual was developed – the Ramsar context The Ramsar Convention on … guide and monitor accreditation of rinderpest freedom on a country-by-country basis. Disease surveillance and … preliminary study conservatively estimated a benefit of at least US$16 from each dollar spent on rinderpest eradication. …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… 37 4.2 Monitoring indicators developed for an FLR program in New … modified and sometimes degraded blocks. This means that at least 830 million hectares of tropical forest are confined to … healthier landscapes can contribute more generally to a country’s poverty reduction strategy by enhancing the …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… Environment Programme concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or … sound manner, taking into account the guidelines developed un- der the Basel Convention, and in accordance … quired to hold an environmental permit, so in theory at least, all mercury waste must be properly stored. Arti- sanal …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … benefits that neither country could achieve alone – not least because it allows river basins to be treated as … to strengthen transboundary water governance. It has been developed within the scope of IUCN’s capacity-building …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … tend to be similarly adapted to these features and have developed many ways of dealing with aridity and variability. … potential evapotranspiration. • Dry sub humid areas (the least arid drylands) have an AI of 0.65 or less, meaning that …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… Land and Sea, or IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … especially in areas of heavy maritime traffic and along developed coasts. Intense underwater noise is generated by … kind of incidents associated with acute sound exposure, at least for beaked whales (Frantzis, 1998; NOAA, 2001; …
Risks from Maritime Traffic to Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Identification of Issues and Possible Responses
… Land and Sea, or IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … with European ports receiving the majority (at least 75 percent) of ship calls. European Mediterranean ports … ed and enter into force. The same applies to instruments developed in the context of the Barcelona Convention system3. …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… Nations concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or … in plant varieties. The concept of farmers’ rights was developed to reflect the contributions that traditional … predecessor, the 1991 Act requires states to protect at least fifteen plant genera or species upon ratifying or …
Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing
… agreements.8 Compliance mechanisms must therefore be developed to facilitate compliance and address … and to improving the general administrative structure of a country. As a rule, the absence of appropriate national … Facility and several special funds (the Climate Fund, the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Adaptation Fund) were …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … as well as special protected area types. Last but not least, it became possible to produce the guidelines in the … studies. An outline for the national framework studies was developed, along with a matrix of questions related to the …