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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… Coverage: Global Ecosystem or sector focus: Wetlands, Water Topics: Financial mechanisms, Economic instruments, … ensure sustainability?', Ecological Economics 11:93-104 Standard measures of economic growth do not adequately … has yielded new insights, weak methodology and poor-quality The Use of Economic Measures for Biodiversity …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Convention on Climate Change VCS Voluntary Carbon Standard xiv 1 Part I 2 3 Introduction John Costenbader * … decrease in forest cover) and forest degradation (i.e., a quality decrease related to factors like vegetation layer, … in meeting their basic needs for energy, food, and clean water. * Legal Officer, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, …
Win-win solutions for the climate and the ozone layer
… and 2050. Today CFC-free foams are being produced with water, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, HFCs and (decreasingly) HCFCs.water, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, HFCs and (decreasingly) … reports, technical papers and methodologies have become standard works of reference for climate change policymakers, …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… the face of ODA funding, the role of CDM in ensuring high quality projects, and the extent to which ODA might be needed … and timber) and services (recycling of nutrients, water retention, and soil protection) that it provides.13 … in a timely manner in the host country, no international standard for conducting socio-economic or environmental …
Can carbon dioxide storage help cut greenhouse emissions?
… technical papers and methodologies that have become standard works of reference for climate change policymakers, … burn the fuel. It results in a flue gas containing mainly water vapour and CO2. The water vapour is removed by cooling … << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 …
The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?
… such as pest control, flood control, soil fertilizer, and water filtration are considerably more difficult to monetize … and pharmaceuticals. Regulating services include air quality maintenance, climate regulation, and water … (1776) book I, Chapter IV. 4 More specifically, the standard economic assumption is that consumers will continue …
Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
… Unfortunately, the commitment to setting aside land and water has yet to be always matched with similar commitments … and assessment criteria accord with an international standard. 2. Purposes and applications of management … involving local communities and should at least record the quality of relationships between protected area managers and …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… and ACB (ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity) to improve the quality of the WCMC data through developing a review … organisations should implement the CBD PoWPA as the global standard for the comprehensive and effective management of … framework of management which incorporates, inter alia, water-shed management, coastal zone planning, shipping …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… and the rule of law”, and the outcomes of the 3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto, 2003. Plan of Implementation stating that … protected areas in coastal and marine areas has become standard; n standard also has become the call for applying an … increase with the result that in some cases the quality of management is compromised. In many parts of the …
Legislating for property rights in fisheries
… the value of their harvest by only landing the best quality catch, instead of simply harvesting greater … 337 confirmed that state territory was bounded by the low-water mark, and Commonwealth fisheries jurisdiction extended … was completed. The Fisheries Management Act 1991 set the standard for the structure of fisheries legislation of the …