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IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… Red List of Ecosystem s measures extinction risk sites of biodiversity importance requiring conservation action … environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (Polynesia-Micronesia Hotspot) IBIS was developed in 2011. Data and information on …
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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… world moves towards conservation goals, such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals, … nature-based solution to climate change, as it uses both biodiversity and ecosystems as part of a larger adaptation … the Philippines ranks third as a “global disaster risk hotspot” after Vanuatu and Tonga. In almost a decade from …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… for the maintenance of the region’s ecological system and biodiversity; respect the Arctic’s significance for and … regulation. They are places of unique and rich biodiversity, cultural diversity within largely traditional … 43 S’pore, Indonesia Working on Plan to Prevent Fires at Hotspot, The Straits Times, 7 March 2007. A Breakthrough in …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … represents a very major commitment to the protection of biodiversity, along with associated environmental services … the critical role that management needs to play to secure biodiversity within protected area networks created a flurry …
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Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities

… provided financial support through the project “Preserving biodiversity and the sustainable use of marine and freshwater … Impact of climate change on marine biodiversity … climate change is now considered a major driver of biodiversity change and loss. Its importance has been …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… Box III(2)-6: CBD Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity—MPAs and national legislation 231 Box III(2)-7: … areas has expanded despite the ongoing loss of global biodiversity. At the same time, the use of protected areas as … in the Conservation of the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot, Brazil. Parks 15(2): 30–38. Available at http:// …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… challenges related to the manage- ment of agricultural biodiversity. It is a major contribution for the effective … the agriculture-related targets of the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity for 2011–2020, and to the celebration of the … The Near East region has also been recognized as the hotspot for genetic diversity of 10 out of 16 crops, whose …
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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… 2.1.1 Threats to High Seas Biodiversity and Productivity 2.1.2 The Need for … A. Colaço & F. Cardigos……………………..152 “Protecting the Biodiversity of Seamount Ecosystems in the Deep Sea – The … a challenge to those interested in safeguarding the marine biodiversity of the High Seas. Marine Protected Areas are one …
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Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong

… on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. … on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. For …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… role in relation to each site and their possible impact on biodiversity. For many of these activi- ties, objectives are … ad- vances have been made in the management of global biodiversity, but while environmental problems have become … The role of indigenous peoples, both as custodians of biodiversity and propo- nents of cultural diversity, is …
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