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Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets
… water; it contributes to local livelihoods, and economic development, and is es- sential for the achievement of the … impacts, and positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are de- veloped and applied, … B: Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and promote sustainable use By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural …
Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… relevant term is wise use, that has been defined as the sustainable utilization of wetlands for the benefit of human … http://leo.informea.org/terms/sustainable-use 2. Purpose and mission The purpose of the … and wise use as a means to achieving sustainable development. Later on, the mission of the Ramsar Convention …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… printed on “hello silk” made from chlorine free pulp, from sustainable forests, PEFC-Pan European Forest Certification, … protected area and to the social well- being and economic development of the communities. The establishment of the … IV (managed nature reserve) and partly Category VI (sustainable use reserve). Zone C obviously equates with …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… comprised of a number of steps relating to definition of development objectives, specification of investment … a means of providing water services in more efficient and sustainable ways than grey infrastructure alone. Green … delivery of ecosystem services are at the core of sustainable and resilient economies and growth in the …
Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers
… trade zones. 8. Air pollution control is linked to several sustainable development targets, promoting e.g. healthy lives and well-being, sustainable energy, safe and sustainable cities and …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… Guidelines by Elisa Morgera Maria Teresa Cirelli for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office 6151 0 9 TABLE OF … 1.2 Forest fires and the international framework on sustainable forest management 1.3 The role of legislation and … Fire Summit in October 2003, the Ministerial Meeting on Sustainable Forest Management in March 2005 and the FAO …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… from ecosystems) when making decisions about coastal development. The aim of this publication is to help decision … skill, and there are few examples of successful sustainable reef restoration over large areas. CORAL REEF AND … MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE Investing in environmentally sustainable management and development of the coast will be …
A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… Transboundary Natural Resource Management Areas 16 Spatial Development Initiatives and Development Corridors 16 Regional … management of natural resources is essential for long-term sustainable development in the region. Yet these resources … (SADC, 1992). One of the objectives of SADC is to “achieve sustainable utilisation of natural re- sources and effective …
Waste or Wealth
… in communication with substantial positive impacts on the development of economies, the end-of-life mobile phones and … telecom operators signed a declaration entering into a sustainable partnership under the umbrella of the Basel … of mobile phones is a part of the wider question of sustainable management of chemicals and waste in general, …
Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development Community Objective Principle of unity and … by ensuring rational use of water resources with a view to sustainable development. Transboundary waters are defined as … is: “[…] to foster closer cooperation for judicious, sustainable and co-ordinated management, protection and …