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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… reduce the impact of hazard events. As such, this “natural infrastructure” is in many cases equally effective in … events, and is often less expensive than human-built infrastructure. Disasters also hamper development goals, and … their labour and capital in restoration of natural infrastructure. As self-organization expands, communities are …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… mining, industrial logging, agriculture, transportation infrastructure and large hydropower projects (MA 2005, … population density and that are mostly free of industrial infrastructure (Kormos et al. 2015, Kormos 2008, Watson et … in terms of remoteness from urban settlements and modern infrastructure and the degree of ecological impacts from …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… to law enforcement and protection of the biodiversity, infrastructure and environment of the protected area. Working … and maintain condition of allocated equipment, facilities/infrastructure. Law enforcement and protection activities ● … for dealing with disasters (acquiring equipment, design of infrastructure, training staff and stakeholders, etc.). ● The …
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Feasibility study on establishing transboundary cooperation in the potential Tara-Drina National Park

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Transport infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and properties on the other side of the border. Transport infrastructure The density of road network in the Tara region … transboundary area has a much more developed tourism infrastructure and includes well known tourism destina- tions …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… will be pursued: • Food security, land and agriculture; • Infrastructure and services; • Industry, trade, investment … underdevelopment in the spheres of production and infrastructure. Further, such a strategy was intended to be … many ways ranging from shared cultures and tradi- tions to infrastructure (roads, rail and electricity grids), trade and …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… management 9 Roads 8 Water Pollution 8 Fishing 7 Tourism infrastructure 7 Invasive species 6 Crops 5 The most … 15 Climate change 6 Impact of tourism 5 Erosion 3 Tourism infrastructure 3 Fishing 2 Housing and urban Areas 2 Logging … of tourism, water pollution and tourism and recreational infrastructure, followed by dams and water management issues …
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Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 4.3 Infrastructure and technology in wilderness protected areas . … that help achieve wilderness protection objectives. Infrastructure and technology in wilderness protected areas. … and ecosystem processes), mostly free of industrial infrastructure, and without significant human interference …
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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… data e.g. species, ecological processes Ecological infrastructure or supply of ecosystem services A B C … data, data on ecological processes, data on ecological infrastructure, and a range of socio-economic data. Citizen … related to ecological processes or ecological infrastructure. 5.2 STEPS FOR CONDUCTING A SPATIAL …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… settlements and structures 1.4 Wetland archaeology 1.5 Infrastructure 1.5.1 Terrestrial transportation networks … 2.8.1 Irrigation 2.8.2 Domestic use 2.8.3 Water transfer infrastructure 2.8.4 Industrial use (energy production) 2.8.5 … of wetland heri- tage found in peatlands (new). 1.5 Infrastructure 1.5.1 Terrestrial transportation networks  …
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Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… flood risk management relied mainly on the construction of infrastructure such as retention basins, coupled with …
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