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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… Approaches to Mountain Conservation 9 Himal Initiative for Landscape Management WCF theme 2: Health, Poverty and … polje, a potential transboundary site in the karst landscape between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Martin … Its topography introduces attractive scenery to the landscape; cool heights and rain bring respite from the hot …
Regional Sea Agreements
… (Cartagena Convention) 4. The Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol to the Convention on the … 4. The Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol to the Convention on the … including wetlands, in the good ecological state and its landscape in the favourable conditions, to protect, to …
Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam
… and financially sustainable biodiversity conservation landscape in the Dong Nai watershed in southern Viet Nam. The … services provided by ecosystems: biodiversity protection; landscape beauty; watershed protection; and carbon … enable payments for ecosystem services. • Natural landscape preservation – other than the legal instruments …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 1 Introduction
… heritage – a management challenge Wetlands – a cultural landscape The World Heritage Convention, cultural landscapes and wetlands Wetlands – a cultural landscape for learning and leisure Wetlands and spiritual … represents a link with the past and the wetland cultural landscape still provides that intangible ‘sense of place’ …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… areas are well connected and integrated into the wider landscape and seascape 3 Initiatives exist to develop … use and rehabilitation of ecological processes at the landscape level to replace chemical inputs and reduce water … in the planning process (Target 1) • Promoting integrated landscape-level planning, taking into account the role of …
Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… reproductive units of plant and animal populations. Landscape fragmentation, which results in less connectivity … populations, species, functional types, communities, and landscape units in a given system. Biodiversity is both … removed some ten million tonnes of carrion a year from the landscape. With the decrease in vultures, carcasses waste …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… and emergence of a shared vision for bio- logically-based, landscape orientated partnerships, it is clear that … migratory birds. There is a need to determine the ‘ideal’ landscape for migratory birds in each geographical region of the world, where landscape-scale conservation is key to the protection of …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… through the process of precipitation draining through the landscape, into tributaries and into the main river channel. … people and nature The various components that make up the landscape within a watershed – for example forests, grass- … through the process of precipitation draining through the landscape, into tributaries and into the main river channel. …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… trade-offs between conservation and development at the landscape scale’. Prior to joining CIFOR, Terry was based in … being addressed),• level of implementation (local, landscape, national, international),• geographic region,• … that RBAs can protect the interests of poor communities in landscape conservation, but only if certain preconditions are …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… use mobility to optimize their use of resources across the landscape and to avoid degradation (IUCN, 2011a). There are a … pasture is dry. Water is irregularly distributed over the landscape and this can dictate livestock management. Although … a complex web of rights over different resources within a landscape, sometimes asserting these rights infrequently. As …