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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… myriad of challenges faced in practice. They also assist national governments, protected area agencies, non- … and managed to preserve their natural condition II National park: Large natural or near-natural areas protecting … Park, whereas most other islands, that are under State jurisdiction, are not. Guidelines for applying protected area …
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Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation

… is Germany’s central scientific authority responsible for national and international nature conservation. The Agency … . . . 42 12. Thaya River — Connecting Thayatal and Podyjí National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and/or areas beyond the limit of national sovereignty or jurisdiction, whose constituent parts are especially …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… discussing and negotiating over water access within national territories and beyond. The corporates and other … low-income countries is important for over-stretched national treasuries whose funds are liable to being applied … of those obligations will vary from country to country, jurisdiction to jurisdiction. 62 Some IWRM implementation has …
01 Jun 2026 Literature

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… been adopted in other international arrangements and in national law. Over the years following its adoption, there … necessary for several reasons. Many wetlands lay athwart national boundaries or derived their water supplies from … Thus, “agreements admitting the so-called compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice or …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… in production forests. Several global, regional and national certification initiatives now exist, including the … adjacent to the western border of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, northern Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … to encompass the full range of governmental bodies with jurisdiction over forests and forestry. It includes forest …
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European models of good practice in protected areas

… top left) The spectacular landscape of the Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria); chamois atop a crag in the Abruzzo National Park (Italy); the verdant woodland in high summer of … (Professor Juan Rita Larrucea). Because the geographic jurisdiction of the Consell Insular and the extent of the …
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Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application

… the need to account for the relationship between local, national, regional and global regimes. Decision-making should … Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area and the Botswana National Action Plan under the auspices of OKACOM. Attention … to the Committee; it usually has no or limited legal jurisdiction. Authority An organization which makes planning …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… and reform, investment choices, and activities to deliver national, regional, and global commitments to resource … impact investors. This could include development banks, national government, private finance, philanthropy, urban and … – and at levels from the village commons to the national and regional levels. This has the advantage of …
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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… and wise use of all wetlands through local, regional and national actions and international cooperation, as a … The Ramsar Convention budget 3.7 The Ramsar regions 3.8 National Ramsar Committees 3.9 Cooperation with other … on surface area, altitude, wetland types, location, legal jurisdiction, etc.; justifications for the Criteria cited for …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… E-mail: tkom@nki.hu Tapan Chakrabarti, Acting Director National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, India … Arab Emirates Jonathan A. Allotey, Executive Director and National Project Director, Environmental Protection Agency, … relative importance of different criteria in each jurisdiction; however, each factor should at least be …
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