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Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… traditional law and general law, land tenure, land use and planning may place significant constraints on the effective … Regrettably, no agreements or legal documentation on Spatial Development Initiatives were obtained;2 this section … into two groups: conservation focussed initiatives and spatial development initiatives. In the latter economic …
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Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region

… traditional law and general law, land tenure, land use and planning may place significant constraints on the effective … Regrettably, no agreements or legal documentation on Spatial Development Initiatives were obtained;2 this section … into two groups: conservation focussed initiatives and spatial development initiatives. In the latter economic …
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Implementing conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

… grounds and periods, proper coastal land use and watershed planning and the integration of marine and coastal areas … protected areas, including reserves and other effective spatial management measures; b. require comprehensive prior … and approaches, through actions to: a. ensure, through spatial and regional approaches, the identification, …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… remain stable or increase within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems” (UNCCD, 2015). The adoption of … as an ecosystem, as a landscape, as an administrative or planning unit, and as a social or cultural concept. Lands are complex systems operating on large spatial and temporal scales that present many challenges to …
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Global Land Outlook

… clear and pragmatic approach to land use, management, and planning for sustainable development and human security. … the rural-urban interface: framing a new approach to spatial planning to minimize the impacts of urban sprawl and … Gland, Switzerland. 10 Metternicht, G. 2017. Land Use and Spatial Planning to Support Sustainable Land Management. …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… basins over relatively short periods of time. Much of the spatial and temporal variability seen in patterns of heat … just to the north of the equator in the tropics. The spatial pattern of heat gain in the 0 to 2000m water column … Trenberth KE. 2009. An imperative for climate change planning: tracking Earth’s global energy. Current Opinion in …
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The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation

… in farming, forestry, fisheries, protected areas, urban planning and many other fields. This publication by Gill … ecosystem approach should be undertaken at the appropriate spatial and temporal scales. 8. Recognizing the varying … ecosystem approach should be undertaken at the appropriate spatial and temporal scales. 11. The ecosystem approach …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… on key components of the landscape mosaic needed for planning FLR strategies and … line planting, and even conversion or close planting. The spatial arrangement of the planted seedlings is reflected in … animals on the same land-management unit in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence (Lundgren & Raintree …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… the sustainable use of ecosystems through better land use planning and development planning, however it focuses on the … 2.1 Datasets and analysis The methodology adopted a spatial analysis approach to both visualize and analyse the … by Cyclone Yasi. Using ESRI ArcGIS 10.2 software the spatial datasets were assembled and compiled into one …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 ARTICLE 45: SPATIAL PLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … use of biological diversity and its components into their spatial planning utilizing ecosystem management; b) establish …
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