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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
… areas will usually be subject to a certain amount of trade-offs as a result of competing land uses and of … Active management is needed to control the bushmeat trade and to help restore areas of forest. IUCN category V … of trees to maintain an important cultural forest; using domestic livestock grazing to maintain biodiversity values – …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… options and resilience), or economic (globalization, trade, markets). Furthermore, the crisis is likely to impact … Coinciding with the precautionary principle, by decreasing trade-offs, EbA further lowers risks by reducing … Bay in Misamis Oriental, heavily loaded with sediments, domestic sewerage and mining by-products. During heavy rains …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… warm water in the west that drives the dominant easterly trade winds along the equator. Over time a see-saw in this … et al. (2016) estimated the direct contribution to gross domestic product (GDP; activities such as fishing and … and territories obtain a large proportion of their gross domestic product from revenue from tuna fisheries, including …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… scientific research under a regime of confidentiality or trade secrecy could contradict the requirement under the … stakeholders; and, compatibility with international and domestic legislation (e.g. the Nagoya Protocol and the … intellectual property rights (IPRs), including copyright, trade secrets and proprietary databases, also plays a role …
Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… threats to high seas biodiversity are looming. Ocean-borne trade is expected to double in twenty years. Ship generated … gear and intensity restrictions, controls on species trade and management, etc. As in all types of sustainable … whale watching industry. Moreover, international and domestic maritime traffic may pose a threat of pollution and …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… vitality and affect more than one-third of U.S. gross domestic product. NOAA’s dedicated scientists use … action taken by an established site, so that the trade-offs between investing in one conservation action over … or practice and may be part of applicable international or domestic law. For example, the FAO International Guidelines …
Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… on Biological Diversity CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora EIA … one of the leading sector of the national economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) of Montenegro amounted in total 3,149 … resources of the EEZ of Montenegro, the international and domestic rules, procedures and standards of protection of the …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… EU-27 The 27 Member States of the European Union GDP Gross Domestic Product HD Habitats Directive HNV High Nature Value … celebrities, local media, elected officials, business or trade union leaders, environmental organizations, chamber of … land area and contributing around 10% to the EU-27 Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A major influence on the development …
Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… on Biological Diversity CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora EIA … tourism. Tourism - as of 2013 - funds 10% of the gross domestic product, and this figure is expected to rise … by Albania in 2000 CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …