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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… Protected Areas (2003) and a book, The Protected Landscape Approach (2005 2 Amend T., Brown J., Kothari. A., Phillips A. … heritage. Unlike other values, such as agrobiodiversity or ecosystem services, which are relevant to many protected … are identified in its management plan, including an ecosystem approach, conservation of traditional cultural and …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… 2: Disasters and Conflicts 30 6 iii. Sub-Programme 3: Ecosystem Management 31 iv. Sub-programme 4: Environmental … based on the protection and sustainable use of ecosystem services, coherent, inclusive and participatory … so that UNEP progressively moves towards a harmonized approach to all safeguards. 11 SECTION I: CONTEXT Gender and …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… primarily as a result of a coordinated enforce- ment approach using satellite imagery and targeted police oper- … National International Lack of law enforcement Conflict Ecosystem depletion Human health Major routes from North to … water resources, land degradation and loss of ecosystem services. It will also significantly raise the …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… 1996, Füssel, forthcoming; Brooks, 2003). This integrated approach is adopted in the present report and is largely … change. It leads to alteration of surface properties of an ecosystem (e.g. albedo, roughness length) and changes the efficiency of ecosystem exchange of water, energy and CO2 with the …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… governance framework based on an holistic and integrated approach, including marine spatial planning, for the … the uniqueness, significance and diversity of the regional ecosystem. The region has one of the most heavily trafficked … was to protect the unique coral reef tract and its related ecosystem from potential threats from international shipping …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… viability. Transboundary Protected Areas are an ideal approach to satisfy the spatial needs of such species, but it … that this effort has to include both large-scale ecosystem-wide approaches, and much smaller-scale focused … complexity of co-operation in their management. The “ecosystem approach”2 seeks to address the fundamental cause …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… decline in biodiversity and irreparable alterations to ecosystem functions. The capacity of oceans to recover from global perturbations and, thus, to maintain ecosystem goods and services is rapidly weakening. Climate … of our knowledge it is essential to take a precautionary approach to noise regulation. Efforts to protect and preserve …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… are different ways to structure or imple- ment a specific approach? How is it funded? Who coordinates the activities? … tect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. In view of the different contributions to global … Parties to preserve a minimum net area of a particular ecosystem or type of habitat). In setting the baseline or …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC
… the level of confidence that a pest is present. The approach can also be used to determine that a pest is absent. … as wild endem- ic flora. Aquatic plants provide valuable ecosystem services. They are often the primary producers in … freshwater and marine plants will ensure their continued ecosystem services and sustain their natural environment and …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… to trade policy. This is due to the Convention’s holistic approach toward achieving its three objectives of conserving … are discussed below. Decision V/6 on applying the ecosystem approach is of general significance. Principle 4 of … “… there is usually a need to understand and manage the ecosystem in an economic context. Any such …