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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 2012
… in Uppsala. I am affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Species Information Centre, … and disease transmission from livestock. • Expanding agricultural, recreational and industrial footprint in … communication, particularly a website that includes best practice information and tools. • Re-invigoration of the …
Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants
… termites and as a broad-spectrum insecticide on a range of agricultural crops. DDT – Perhaps the best known of the POPs, … to control insect-borne diseases and insects living in agricultural soils. Dioxins – These chemicals are produced … for example, have killed and seriously sickened agricultural workers. But the kind of harm caused to human …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… ACQUISITION Land used for human activities (industrial, agricultural, commercial or residential due to urbanization) … diligence techniques. These may include chemical stores, agricultural sites and waste disposal facilities. Land or … the soil characteristics of the site. It has become common practice to use organic vapour detectors (OVDs) to sample for …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… These standards may also be relevant, as ‘best practice’ for instance, through IUCN guidelines or other … as being an “incarnation” of the ecosystem approach in practice and as a means to make linkages in the landscape … (GAVI), the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), or the International AIDS …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… Conservation Measures Partnership’s Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.4 The One Plan Approach The One Plan … biological systems such as culture) may never exist in practice. This does not prevent develop- ment of good … by asking, ‘What causes this Threat?’ For example, agricultural subsidies may be a Driver of land use changes on …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… These Guidelines are one of the Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines series. The Series Editor … of the latter are the globally important ingenious agricultural heritage systems, many of which are attributed … As elaborated by the International Fund for Agricultural Development,31 “Free, prior and informed consent …
Introduction to Freshwater Resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… sources of freshwater pollution include untreated sewage, agricultural run-off and discharge of chemical substances. … of uses for convenience: domestic uses; industrial uses; agricultural uses; recreational uses; navigational uses; …
What is Agrodiversity
… resources that are important for food and agriculture. Agricultural biodiversity, also known as agrobiodiversity or … wider environment that support food production ecosystems (agricultural, pastoral, forest and aquatic ecosystems). … agrobiodiversity management; ≠ many economically important agricultural systems are based on ‘alien’ crop or livestock …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… critical analysis of both development thinking and practice. By linking such knowledge to the concrete context … trying to service a national debt through the export of agricultural resources. We will return to this. sustainable … in a Traditional Grazing Context ´, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 63, 595-606. Quoted by Swaney …