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Enlarging and connecting protected areas for the Ecological Corridor of Northeast Asia
… and Semi- Natural Areas adopted by the 1st IUCN World Conservation Congress (Montreal, 1996) and Resolution 4.035 … work on protected areas adopted by the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress (Barcelona, 2008); EMPHASIZING the … of ROK by the Korean Ministry of Environment and Korean Forest Service, protecting transboundary areas between China …
Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation
… IUCN’s Overall Programme, adopted by the 2nd IUCN World Conservation Congress (Amman, 2000), which requests the … zones and migratory corridors; ecosystem restoration, conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems; protection of species, and maintenance of forest quality; FURTHER RECALLING Resolution 4.075 Climate …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… state constitution drafted after 1959 explicitly addresses conservation of nature and environmental protection.76 The … certification schemes for sustainable fisheries and forest practices, for example, provide people with the … requires greater technical capacity for agriculture, forest, and fisheries management and for effective management …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… and shares water equitably. About IUCN IUCN-The World Conservation Union brings together States, government … Australia, a 1-in-5 year flood event in the Barmah-Millewa Forest is enhan- ced through releases from a major storage in … management measures where feasible, e.g. adapting: • forest and vegetation cover manage- ment; • agriculture land …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… Bonn, Germany Copyright: © 2011 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of … naturally established between water, flora (mostly forest), soil, subsoil and fauna, and among these resources … of Germany. Facts The Danube, has its source in the Black Forest in Germany, and flows through the Jura Mountains in …
Sacred Natural Sites – Support for custodian protocols and customary laws in the face of global threats and challenges
… NOTING the importance of sacred natural sites for the conservation of biological and cultural diversity as they … Landscapes; RECALLING Resolution 4.038 Recognition and conservation of sacred natural sites in protected areas adopted by the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress (Barcelona, 2008), with a high level of …
Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn: an Assessment Report to Improve Law Enforcement Under the Wildlife TRAPS Project
… Sadly, interventions under CITES and national-level conservation actions have been insufficient to prevent the … Africa's elephant populations have been decimated, with forest elephants in the Congo Basin reportedly declining by … G., Hart, J., et al. (2013) Devastating Decline of Forest Elephants in Central Africa. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59469. …
Safeguarding indigenous lands, territories and resources from unsustainable developments
… areas are one of the most important tools for biodiversity conservation and that unprotected forests and other … to development", "Indigenous peoples have the right to the conservation and protection of the environment and the … climate and the preservation of culture; The World Conservation Congress, at its session in Hawai‘i, United …
Terms of Reference for National Focal points
… Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Secretariat … national, regional and sub-regional experiences in species conservation. The Focal Point also handles the mobilization … of Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, National Forest Service, General Directorate of Water, National Marine …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … through a competence-based process Position Senior Forest Protection Officer/Station Head Grade According to the … area. Working Relationships Reporting to: Head of Forest Protection Division. Responsible for: Teams of rangers …