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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… to lay the foundation for the development of good practice guidance for the mining industry. Those case studies … • pulling together, disseminating and implementing best-practice experience; • instituting more rigour and … and • ensuring that finance agencies apply consistent best-practice criteria. Izabella Koziell is an Environment …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global … increased 4.1 By 2008, standards, criteria, and best practices for planning, selecting, establishing, …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… carbon process AD Air dried AS Ammonia scrubbing BAT Best available techniques BBF Biased-burner-firing BE Bitumen … each Contracting Party undertakes to develop the best policies and strategies including air quality management … of the Protocol, of VOC-emission reductions achieved in practice. 10. The investment/cost figures have been collected …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global … of the many benefits of restoration and share knowledge on best practices for restoration success. The GPFLR mobilizes …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… order to avoid pitfalls and be able to adapt examples of best practice to local situations. Countries with water … use of available freshwater resources and making available best practice for widespread adoption and adaptation …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… of conservation, livelihoods and development, and develop “best- practice” guidance for its implementation in the context of … of conservation, livelihoods and development, and develop “best-practice” guidance for its implementation in the context …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… It emphasizes that investing in the environment is the best way to secure long-term sustainable job creation: an … the conviction that investment in the environment is the best way to secure long-term sustainable job creation and … coordination on seas and coasts Number of good practice exchange programmes on seas and coasts annually …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… and helping to create conditions in which such sharing can best take place. Key elements in success relate to how … their funds like an investment portfolio, using the best available information to support the most promising … practitioners. We need to transform conservation practice so that learning from experience and especially from …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… basis for water allocations. Objectives and scenarios can best be defined with multi-discipline expert teams and … of river basin planning Environmental flow setting can best be done within the context of wider assessment … water to ecosystems and people. Environmental flows in practice may not be easy. But it is a key component of any …
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… array of land and water designations, of which some of the best known are national park, nature reserve, wilder- ness … a decision to leave the area untouched if this is the best conservation strategy. Many options are possible. For … where neces- ● sary, any exploitation or management practice that will be harmful to the objectives of …