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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… Region, South Africa © Olivier Langrand; Important Plant Area, Romania © Anca Sârbu. Layout by: Bookcraft Ltd, … . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 20. Conservation in IPAs – IPA protection and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … through the Important Bird Areas program, the Important Plant Areas program, the Alliance for Zero Extinction, and …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… places can play in envir- onmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity and, ultimately, the sustaina- ble … plans to reclaim the tideland, to build a thermal power plant and to transform the area into a tourist resort. … val- ues which, following Smyth (2007), in- clude: high plant diversity and intact fau- nal assemblages; coastal …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and … produce propagules that are relatively easy to collect and plant and, in the right conditions, growth is fast. … for example, has initiated a four- year operation to plant 150 000 hectares of mangroves along the coast of Aceh …
Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… area of the oceans has been placed under a specific protection regime. The countries who signed the CBD have … West Africa basically are. “Multiple use” means that the protection conferred on the area is neither total nor … to this question is “no”. The best way to ensure the protection and sustainable use (which is what is meant by …
Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities
… CIESM Petra Rodic Baranovic, State Institute for Nature Protection, Croatia Maria Salomidi, Institute of … resulting from climate change and partly to the success of protection measures that provide the right conditions for … of flowering could be a response mechanism by the plant to thermal stress and its prevalence and intensity may …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… They also provide environmental services, such as soil protection and drinking water supplies, and secure homes for … exercises include the IUCN/WWF/Kew ‘Centres of Plant Diversity’, Birdlife International’s ‘Endemic Bird … with scientific value, protecting functions of animal and plant genetic resources, and as places for scientific …
Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK
… PPA Privately Protected Area RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds SAC Special Area of Conservation SNH … Natural Heritage SoC Statement of Compliance SPA Special Protection Area SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest UNEP … of their natural aspect, features and animal and plant life’ (there is a separate National Trust in Scotland …
Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas
… some kinds of protected area that specifically include the protection of human-altered landscapes (Dudley 2008). This is … in, and a specific spiritual relationship to nature. Protection of cultural landscapes can contribute to modern … of ‘wild’ biodiversity, but also in the protection of plant and animal genetic diversity (including …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… Legal Expert, Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, Croatia. A version in Croatian is also available. … well as the right to construct and use installations and plant necessary for exercising such activities in protected … protection of strictly protected and protected animal and plant species and use of natural assets. — The Department for …