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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… and whom to contact for more specialised assistance. Such capacity building of Customs officers was initiated under CITES and … agencies and the private sector * Provides a range of capacity-building, training and technical assistance, and …
Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)
… principally meant to provide guidance to countries who are building their capacity to manage waste in an environmentally sound and … such as 1 Some PCDDs are poisonous. They can have the capacity to provoke cancer and reinforce the carcinogenetic …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… attempts to maintain water flows for ecosystems, the capacity of wetlands to continue to deliver benefits to … and nutrient retention in floodplains; timber and other building materials; energy resources, such as peat and plant … of initiatives as regional or subregional networks for capacity building and cooperation and several others as …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… land is already overstretched, and can be the spur to building alliances between conservation organisations and … in nature conservation. He is Deputy Vice-Chair for Capacity Building in the WCPA-Mountains Biome and is member … indigenous knowledge and to strengthen the institutional capacity of communities to manage local knowledge and …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… the first works of the park authority were to convert one building in each village into a museum, most of them … Bialowieza is that the Park has both its own scientific capacity and close links with the various research … of its members, networks and partners to enhance their capacity and to support global alliances to safeguard natural …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… problem and adoption of appropriate technologies. Capacity to gather information, conduct research and adopt … of institutional and legal frameworks; promotion of capacity-building, promotion of environmental education; and …
Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK
… approach would be needed to the Assessment Panel’s work. Building on a suggestion made during a PNOTM workshop, … mapped database of protected areas will provide a key building block for new landscape scale initiatives, such as …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… The Global Strategy aims to assist countries in developing capacity to manage their AnGR for food and agriculture, … report on the state of diversity and the state of country capacity in the implementation of the Global Strategy. 1.2 … to conserve; and (4) what are the critical capacity building needs in the AnGR sector. Given scarce human and …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… in this paper more relevant to them than others, since the capacity, challenges and priorities of each group are unique. … complex, costly and time-consuming, and may be beyond the capacity of many small- scale producers or communities. LCAs … successful there is an urgent need for improved capacity building, technology transfer and programmes that assist …
Prevention, management and resolution of social conflict as a key requirement for conservation and management of ecosystems
… levels; and CONVINCED that strengthening this role and capacity of IUCN will greatly benefit conservation and will … for conflict; and f. propose a policy framework for IUCN, building on existing Resolutions and experience from IUCN … inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogue and consensus-building; and b. seek the advice from the IUCN and its …