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Engaging people in sustainability
… Fountain (1995) ‘Education for Development: A teacher’s resource for global learning’ 6 All too often, people today … recommendations for preserving natural areas, protecting water and air and encouraging a compact urban form. Visioning … feature. I cannot picture myself leading a life without water, gas, electricity, cars, computers, supermarkets… …
Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc
… of the large carnivores (bear, wolf), and is the most water-rich area in the Mediterranean in terms of freshwater … only way to safeguard this biodiversity • Greater economic resource availability for ecological conservation • Increased … roads and paths, but also to infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, communications networks, power …
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
… or the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRCWG) could be … framework of management which incorporates, inter alia, water-shed management, coastal zone planning, shipping … other government agencies such as those responsible for water resources, hydropower, agriculture and tourism. …
IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 IUCN Natural Resource Governance Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … on The IUCN Red List show that that the proportion of warm-water coral, bird, mammal and amphibian species expected to … and biodiversity For the first time 845 species of warm water reef-building corals have been included on the Red List …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals
… mesophytic, broadleaf forest on high ground in a white-water drainage (Freese et al . , in Wolfheim, 1983), whereas … in primary varzea forest (periodically flooded by a white-water river) (Mittermeier and Coimbra-Filho, 1977). In many … of Nature (PHl'A) sees primates as an important ulilisable resource, and is keen to encourage the trade on a sustained …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… decision-making around the trade-offs involved in finite resource allocation 38 5.9 Resolving critical uncertainty … closest to the species on the ground (or in the water) who may provide critical information about the … distribution and habitat requirements, preda- tion, water quality, and hybridisation and competition with Murray …
Nature-based solutions to address climate change
… risk of landslides; wetlands regulate flooding and protect water resources during droughts, and mangroves and dunes act … play their regulating role in flood control by fostering water infiltration. This avoids the overflow of drainage … in turn a greater exposure to fire hazards and water resource protection issues. Focus on the Alpilles Regional …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… the general public. It can for example be used as a resource for NGOs to better understand the concept of EIAs … decisions taken by different competent authorities. The Water Act of Kenya (2016), for example, stipulates in Article … At the same time, sectoral permitting bodies, such as the Water Resources Authority in the case of the Water Act, will …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… extreme social disruption, crowding, or exaggerated resource competition. Re-introduction should not endanger … latter is chosen, indefinite provisioning with food and water, and active population management of the re-introduced … proposed release site, including seasonal availability of water and foods (phenology studies) preferred by the great …