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Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… and Geographical Information Services, the Resource Management Support Centre of the Forestry Commission, and the … process respects their rights, is aligned with their land management practices and provides them benefits. A … strategies and programmes of work on FLR, sustainable land management and REDD+, by providing a general overview of the …
African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas
… . . . . . . . . 10 Comoros: Community participation in PA management provides development benefits in protected area . … Pioneering climate resilient marine protected area management in Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and through relying on protected areas as a holistic land-management tool. By drawing on these experiences and the …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… of Nature and Natural Resources and Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd, London, UK Reproduction of this … biodiversity offsets. Insight Investment is a fund management company based in the City of London managing … couched in terms of existing principles of environmental management. Sachin Kapila of Shell, for instance, describes …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… on the environment 11 3.1 Control of pollution and waste management 11 3.2 Military and hostile activities 12 4. … Environmental awareness has covered issues like ecosystems management; need to protect the ozone layer; pollution … progress in scientific knowl- edge and approaches to sound management of the environment. As science developed, a number …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… building for community forestry and devolved forest management in Asia - Pacific. Beginning as a knowledge hub in … on “Good Governance and Decentralized Natural Resource Management” since 2004. The materials have been revised and … Governance is the keystone of sound natural resource management. Its core principles –- accountability, …
Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Network of Basin Organization Cooperation and management 1. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and … and intend to cooperate in their conservation, management and use. An important example of regulation of … used with the aim of ecologically sound and rational water management, conservation of water resources and environmental …
Gender Action Plan of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS-GAP) for 2014-2015
… of the Parties, particularly the impact of poor management of hazardous chemicals and wastes on vulnerable … Paragraph 4 of the Bali Declaration on Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood “We are convinced … of hazardous wastes and safe and environmentally sound management of waste. In this way, progress can be made in the …
The SHPF toolkit - A toolkit to help you to monitor and report incidents of pesticide poisoning caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations in your country under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention
… alSo HaS THe PoTenTial To conTribuTe To imProved cHemicalS managemenT globally. Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention … as the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management by FAO and WHO in 2014, broadened the scope of the … aligned with developments in international chemicals management. ToxiciTy oF PeSTicideS The toxicity of a …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… more of the planet’s land and sea is under conservation management than ever before (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2016, Watson … types have sufficient funding, political support and management capacity, as well as support from local … to represent their OUV, as well as good protection and management, meaning the nominating States Parties must …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… Soft Law and is the headquarters for the UNEP, FAO, IUCN Management Unit for the joint initiative known as ECOLEX. The … project drafted two decrees – one national-level decree on management of Ramsar sites in Lao PDR generally, and one for the management of Xe Champhone Ramsar Site. This work complements …