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Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas
… Target 12, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially Sustainable Development Goal 15; RECOGNISING the high levels … and to assess the potential impacts resulting from their use, in order to ensure that these areas are managed in a …
Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol
… than EIA, and it is therefore seen as a key tool for sustainable development. SEA allows the identification and … right from the start in decision-making— developing a more sustainable transport policy rather than just minimizing the … decision-making in numerous development sectors, from land-use planning to transport and from agriculture to industry, …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… will need this to protect the Earth’s ecosystems through sustainable living. Sir David King UK Foreign Secretary’s … this report, a second volume is in production, which will use the knowledge on ocean warming to revaluate the risks to … de Villefranche-sur-mer, France; & Institute for sustainable development and international relations, Sciences …
Development of IUCN policy on biodiversity conservation and synthetic biology
… aspects of biodiversity and nature conservation, including sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of … of synthetic biology techniques on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity published in CBD Technical …
Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… place in the absence of strategic and jurisdictional land-use planning and without appropriate consideration for the … Targets, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and AWARE that many of …
The "Chemical & Waste Conventions": the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
… should be mutually supportive with a view to achieving sustainable development…”. => Trade/trade measures may … to green trade, green economy and green growth => sustainable development / United Nations Sustainable … B), or a continued reduction (Annex C), or in production/use, with specific exemptions/acceptable purposes – through …
Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
… plans of action across the globe, and an increased use of both integrated coastal area management and … Water? – The central role of wastewater management in sustainable development”. As a follow-up, UNEP has led a … as a contribution to the development of possible Sustainable Development Goals for Water Security. The Global …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… and coexist with new collections 11 1.2.6 Increased use of intellectual property to secure market value for … collect germplasm in the framework of providing access are sustainable and leave no negative effects on the environment, … to the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of its components [italics mine] (Para. 12). …