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Giraffids: reversing the decline of Africas iconic megafauna
… WCC-2016-Res-012-EN Giraffids: reversing the decline of Africa’s iconic megafauna NOTING that the Giraffidae family includes only two living species, restricted to the African continent: the giraffe … in West and Central Africa and Recommendation 5.157 Protection of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve and communities of …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the … Additional to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Protection of Victims of international Armed Conflicts … Convention on international Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… the most important techniques for the economic valuation of eco- system services, and how their results are best … measures, such as forest management or wetland protection, and realization of sustainability of new … relationships through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life.5 In …
Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets
… underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services essential for human well-being. It provides for food security, human health, the provision of clean air and water; it contributes to local livelihoods, … recovery plans and measures are in place for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… Legal Aspects in the Implementation of CDM Forestry Projects Maria Socorro Z. Manguiat, Roda … implementation of CDM activities and its role in climate protection and national development remain unsolved – … the type of AR project to be implemented, including the species and varieties for planting, the project location, and …
Annotated Example of a CMS COP Resolution
… preamble words: recognizing, noting, concerned at, aware of, acknowledging Preamble – sets out the background to the … third parties are instructed/ urged to take action Title of resolution ANNeX 4.2 CMS COp Resolution 10.4 (Bergen, … numbers of migratory marine wildlife, including many species of birds, turtles, sharks and marine mammals that are …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … of environmental water allocations 5.7. Zoning for the protection of water-dependent ecosystems 5.8. Factoring … of harmful substances, under the Convention on Migratory Species, 1979, Art.V(5)(i) to promote the protection of …
Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing
… UNEP is committed to supporting the process of finalizing the negotiations of an International Regime on … the Executive Secretary of Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Charlotte Boumal was an intern with DELC. … Programme (SPREP) has developed a “Model Law for the Protection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Innovations …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… Pacific Padma Narsey Lal and Paula Holland The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation … sugar industry regularly invested in drainage and flood protection infrastructure, but the level of investment has … into Resource and Environmental Management While coral species have some capacity to recover from bleaching events, …
International biofouling
… towards a binding framework to control the introduction of unwanted aquatic organisms from ballast water; FURTHER … IMO committed to minimise the transfer of non- indigenous species in adopting the International Convention for the … 2004; FURTHER RECALLING that the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO adopted resolution …