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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… efficiency, and prevent the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. These investments need to be catalyzed … increasing energy prices, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation have compelled countries in the region … the prevention of global warming by means of conserving wetland, grassland, etc. which absorb and fix much carbon …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services. It doesn’t aim to re-establish pristine … Global Programme. He has extensive field experience in ecosystem conservation and management at the global level and …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … to: ● Protect species, habitats and ecosystems; ● Maintain ecosystem services, vital for local and national economies; ● … drainage, vegetation control, tree planting and aftercare, wetland maintenance, etc.). ● Safe use of required tools and …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… Thus, implementing the UNCCD contributes to support an ecosystem approach to sustainable forest management as part … and the law 39 Under the 2004 Ministerial Regulation on Ecosystem Restoration in Production Forest Areas, forest … areas with the aim to restore the biotic and abiotic ecosystem functions and the economic potential of production …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… of collection practices that damage or destroy the ecosystem under study. While these issues, and the entire … seamount-current interac- tions (predict recruitment, ecosystem stability, estimate sustainability, identify … seed populations, under- stand how flow features affect ecosystem function), and the importance of these biological …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… Research Institute LTA Long-Term Average MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment OCHA United Nations Office for the … effects on food security, natural resources and the ecosystem. chapter i disaster damage and loss – a hefty share … on the availability and quality of natural resources and ecosystem services. Population growth, climate change and …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… IUCN Environmental Law Centre in the areas of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), Land Use, Land Use Change and … The social and economic consequences of the loss of ecosystem services provided by forests are also potentially … for rewarding the conservation of forest and other ecosystem services that have been made conditional on …
Legislating for property rights in fisheries
… FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. Further, an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management has yet to … resource for which it was established. Indeed, an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management has yet to … draft, ICLARM Rieser, A. 1997. Property Rights and Ecosystem Management in U.S. Fisheries: Contracting for the …