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IUCN response to the Paris Climate Change Agreement
… change, including Resolutions 5.083 Advancing the role of nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and … the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans, and the protection of biodiversity when taking action to address … peoples, contributing to the resilience of vulnerable species, ecosystems, and indigenous, local and other …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Plant health and food security
… International Plant Protection Convention Plant health and food security Plants account for over 80% of the human diet. As such, they are essential for food … crops in the 1 Pest in the IPPC contexts refers to any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic …
Improving standards in ecotourism
… in 2014 tourism contributed USD 1.2 trillion (nearly 10% of global Gross Domestic Product) to the global economy, … of ecotourism for poverty eradication and environmental protection and believes that "ecotourism creates significant … seek the prevention of negative anthropogenic influence on species, ecosystems and more; c. work with existing national, …
Principles of phytosanitary legislation
… The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression … needs, FAO has set about revising the International Plant Protection Convention, which from now on will make it … use of insecticides, it was decided to use a particular species of beetle to eliminate this pest. In view of its …
Incorporating urban dimensions of conservation into the work of IUCN
… WCC-2016-Res-029-EN Incorporating urban dimensions of conservation into the work of IUCN CONSIDERING that IUCN … services, such as drinking water, energy, food and flood protection, provided by rural ecosystems; FURTHER NOTING that … airports, and gardens are entry points for invasive alien species, and that urban sprawl is often a major threat to …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment UNEP … of practical and innovative examples of environmental protection viewed through a human rights lens. These examples … often focus on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, …
System of categories for indigenous collective management areas in Central America
… WCC-2016-Res-080-EN System of categories for indigenous collective management areas in … important contribution to the management and conservation of natural resources, managing to preserve large areas with forest cover, water sources and endemic species, because they are spaces that are an integral part of …
Assessing the global applicability of the concept of ancient forests as understood in European forest policy and management
… WCC-2016-Res-046-EN Assessing the global applicability of the concept of ancient forests as understood in European forest policy … been and are still under management; RECALLING that many species are restricted to ancient forests as understood in … Assessing the global applicability of the concept of ancient forests as understood in European …
Introduction to Freshwater Resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … of regulation long before the emergence of environmental protection and sustainable development concerns. … breeding and feeding grounds for many important species and serve as nurseries for half of the living …
Defining Nature-based Solutions
… Nature-based Solutions RECOGNISING that the concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), developed during the UNFCCC … considered as a milestone for IUCN, representing a third of its Global Programme; NOTING that the concept of NbS … for conventional conservation actions to safeguard species or protect ecosystems against risk; CONSIDERING that …