Search results
367 Results
Sorted by relevance
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… IUCN Environmental Law Centre in the areas of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), Land Use, Land Use Change and … intensified threats to water and food security, increased coastal erosion and forced evictions of communities from … 2.3 The Mining Act of 1989 With the exception of the coastal plain, Guyana is divided into six mining districts. …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… In 2000 the CBD also adopted twelve principles of an ecosystem approach, which set biodiversity conservation in … needs and stress the importance of maintaining ecosystem functions, achieving sustainable economic benefits, … of 751,000 is concentrated predominantly on the narrow coastal plain. Approximately 75% of the country is forested, …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… for the conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values while promoting peace … ago, while others that would complete the ‘picture’ of one ecosystem are still in the planning phase. This publication … (Ministry responsible for environment), local governments (coastal municipality) and NGOs. Once the Agreement is …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… and nurturing; Destroy young trees planted in restored ecosystem; Operation of equipment that may disturb by noise, … belonging to ICCs/IPs comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held under a … comply with the law provisions on insurance business. Coastal exploitation of aquatic resources The State shall …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… ivory seizures, it appears that the Selous Mikumi/Niassa Ecosystem (until 2013) and the Ruaha Rungwa Ecosystem (from … or provide others with the opportu- nity to do so. The coastal State shall determine its capacity to harvest the … living resources of the exclusive economic zone. Where the coastal State does not have the capacity to harvest the …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… 38 Table 12. Summary of direct and indirect markets for ecosystem services and potential for growth 43 Table 13. … Conservation Union JI Joint Implementation MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee … important driver for change in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems and mainly concerns synthetic nitrogen and …
Land and water - the rights interface
… of eventual exhaustion. Over- abstraction from aquifers in coastal areas has an additional risk, that of salt-water … areas in some European countries, 1980 (E* F* S*) 21. Coastal state requirements for foreign fishing has been … agrofroncières en Afrique francophone, 1996 (F) 57. Coastal State requirements for foreign fishing, 1996 (E), has …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Community Protocols in the Context of Payment for Ecosystem Services CHAPTER 7 Bio-cultural Jurisprudence The … Managed Protected Area COP Conference of Parties ESS Ecosystem Services FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF … otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their …