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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge
… different times of the year. In recent decades, however, human population increases and severe drought, along with the … management system for maintaining the foug- garas, human-made undergrou- nd water systems, has assured water … the New Zealand Govern- ment has given the Maori sole rights to areas where they can manage the harvest of seafoods …
Moving towards effective implementation
… actions • Objective (article 1) – to protect the human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions … that measures are in place to ensure the protection of human health and the environment and to ensure its compliance … products, unless there is an environmental or human health benefits Parties may propose new products and …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… more efficiently and reduce pollution risks to both human beings and the environment. The approach of DTIE is to … In October 2001, a law removing Pertamina’s exclusive rights over upstream-oil development within two years was … forest cover, soil erosion and local climate changes. Human activity, including the overuse of grazing and pasture …
Promoting Locally Managed Marine Areas as a socially inclusive approach to meeting area-based conservation and Marine Protected Area targets
… IUCN’s leadership in promoting equity, good governance and human rights and elements of protected area management … resources, while providing for both biodiversity and human needs; and CONSIDERING that climate change and overuse …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… that the Mediterranean region is particularly rich in human settlements and civilizations, both ancient and modern, … 2016-2025 MSSD 2016-2025 addresses key areas impacted by human activity, from the marine and coastal environments, … to regulate, register and manage land, with- in a rights-based framework. In addition, planning measures will …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… those elements of the environment with direct relevance to human well-being (e.g., sanitation and water). Over 30 … for bushmeat. Furthermore, logging, mining, hunting and human population growth are placing extreme stress on the … once extensive Mau Forest has been seriously degraded by human actions. This situation is threatening the very …
Strengthening business engagement in biodiversity preservation
… and should adopt an ethical approach based on respect for human rights, biodiversity, the diversity of life and the cultural … and environmental engineering; g. mobilise the necessary human, financial and technical resources, including capacity …
AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 10 - Guidelines on Avoidance of Introductions of Non-native Waterbird Species (TS No. 12)
… border control. Aside from the obvious need of adequate human and financial resources in this regard, identification … land for the control of Ruddy Ducks. Special land access rights would be required to ensure eradication (B. Hughes, … despite considerable threat to habitats and perhaps human health because of real or perceived public pressure in …
Aspects of Trans-boundary Snow Leopard Conservation in Central Asia
… is essentially continuous, apart from a few natural and human barriers, so demarcating boundaries of any kind within … ranges is a barrier to movement of snow leopards and prey. Human barriers consist of border fences and minefields. An … access and use • Verifying the accuracy of information • Rights to access and use of information • Misuse of data for …