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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… an overview by Josep-Maria Mallarach Around the sacred mountain: the St Katherine Protectorate in South Sinai, Egypt … World’, Colombia by Danilo Villfañe Jabal La’lam, a sacred mountain in northern Morocco by Zakia Zouanat Landscape, … the value of Category V protected areas in conserving wild biodiversity, in bio-regional planning, in sustaining local …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… © Kostas Vidakis; South Eastern European Green Belt. Mountain ecosystems with Picea abies forests in the Central … how the initiative fits into global efforts to protect biodiversity and link important natural areas. We hope that … borders that also often follow natural features such as mountain ranges or river systems. The Green Belt itself …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… in French. Identification and Gap Analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for Comprehensive Protected Area … single tree or rock formation, or can extend to an entire mountain range. In some cases, whole landscapes are regarded … mainly for wilderness protection Mongolia Bogd Khan Mountain The mountain is significant to Buddhism and …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… La‘lâm Site, Northern Morocco Zakia Zouanat 77 Sacred Mountain of Ganghwa Island, South Korea Kyung-Koo Han 89 … 107 The protected area of the peninsula of the Athos Holy Mountain, Halkidiki, Greece Ioannis Philippou and … play in envir- onmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity and, ultimately, the sustaina- ble management of …
Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc
… Imre Sebestyén Jr. / UNITgraphics.com Cover photo: Dinara Mountain - BIUS, Mihael Drakšić Produced by: IUCN Programme … the management and conservation of cultural landscapes and biodiversity for the benefit of rural communities in the TBAs … NP Durmitor-NP Sutjeska, NP Tara-Drina, Neretva Delta, Mountain Dinara, and Prokletije / Bjeshkët e Namuna. The main …
Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe
… environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … Cover photo: Clockwise starting from top-left: i. Mountain yellow-legged frog © Adam Backlin ii. American … 71 Mountain yellow-legged frog in Southern California, USA …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Figure 2 The Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness is bordered to the west by the … at Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service Angie …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… for People in the Dinaric Arc project is not only biodiversity conservation. It also helps combat the impacts … to resolve issues regarding the management of shared seas, mountain ranges or river basins, or to foster regional peace … feature of the region is the Dinaric Arc karstic mountain chain, thus all the countries involved share the …
Feasibility study on establishing transboundary cooperation in the potential Tara-Drina National Park
… COOPERATION Legal and institutional framework for biodiversity conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 … in this region to date. This is a predominantly mountain- ous region belonging to the Dinaric Alps. The area … scenery with deep gorges and canyons, dense forests, mountain meadows and lakes. According to the Spatial Plan of …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… the role of the Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity and in positioning the worlds’ most iconic … large sites, for example in North America (Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks) and in Africa (Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania) … Area in Costa Rica was expanded to link coastal areas to mountain ranges (UNESCO 2014). However, most sites have not …