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Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… Africa Sharing governance XIV XV Preface Conservation of biodiversity and fair access to coastal resources: MPAs under shared gover- nance on the front line The loss of biodiversity observed in the world is spectacular, and it is … for their meat… The need to protect the mangrove forest for its multiple ecological, economical and even …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… in the majority of years. Dryland ecosystems and their biodiversity are uniquely adapted to these twin features of … as a zone with climatic characteristics of a dry tropical forest, with an accentuated and long dry season (“verano”), … in the Rif Mountains of northern Morocco. In Effects of Forest Land Use on Erosion and Slope Stability, 23-29. …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… to imProveD Sanitation FacilitieS 13 million hectareS oF fOrESt per Year continue to be DeStroYeD Y e t Global carbon … on micro-entrepreneurship [29]. vietnam increased its forest cover by over 14% between 1990 and 2010, in part by … intractable conflict, skyrocketing humanitarian needs, biodiversity loss and con- tagious disease are among the …
Document - ABS information kit
… why is it important, and what does it cover? Glossary Biodiversity: Refers to the variability that exists among … diversity. CAse sTUdy The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) Bioprospecting Programme in Panama … Image copyright: Eky Chan/Shutterstock: Tropical forest in Malaysia Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic …
Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 7 - Wetland products
… play important ecological roles and support a range of biodiversity, including internationally important populations … industrial-scale production of palm oil threatens the biodiversity of wetland ecosystems in parts of south-east … annual value per household from direct use of the mangrove forest to be around US$924. This figure does not include the …
The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan—Convention on … their Climate Change State Action Plans and Programmes on forest and coastal conservation and promot- ing the … National Strategy on Biological Diversity and the National Forest Strategy) in cooperation with German Federal State …
Water Management and Stewardship
… FEMSA Fomento Económico Mexicano, Mexican company FSC Forest Stewardship Council FT Financial Times GIZ German … ecosystem services, freshwater systems, and ultimately biodiversity. This study was guided by IUCN’s Business … that he considered that water stewardship was not like forest stewardship, in that it did not allow a label to be …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… below. Ia. Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/geomorphological … forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Large-Scale Marine … may implement an eco-certification strategy to improve forest conservation. Part of the logic of the strategy is to …
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 … both PAs. The Balkans have a great network of old farm and forest roads and paths 29 Projic, I. (2011). Dinara Mountain …