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Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… for fisheries under their jurisdiction.62 One common method for redressing inadequate local rights is the … economic factors, including the economic needs of coastal fishing communities and the special requirements of developing states, fishing patterns, the interdependence of stocks and any …
Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… preexisting solutions for the most pressing problems (e.g. fishing on seamounts)? 2.3.8 Where to Begin? Practical Steps … effects of overfishing, bycatch, habitat degradation and fishing-induced food web changes have already had significant … worried that the increasing scale and impact of deep-sea fishing means that a “silent” (as-yet unnoticed) biodiversity …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… outdoor activities, such as walking, nature study, fly-fishing or wildlife observation. Or again, a reduced demand … campers” while another might be “wildlife viewers”. This method is easy, because the segments are easily identifiable. … which may support other compatible new activities, from fishing to service or product-based industries n Improves …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… is altering biogeochemical and climate cycles; and fishing, hunting and trade are decimating the last … are not required to identify and delineate KBAs, since the method is based on individual biological values of particular … mortality (bycatch) of ‘trigger’ species – hunting – fishing Habitat effects – hunting and trapping – gathering …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… traditional knowledge about agriculture, hunting, fishing, foraging and the use of medicinal plants. In the … areas. Coastal zones with economies that are based on fishing and tourism will be most affected by sea-level rise. … than farmland in hill terrain. The traditional Quezungal method avoids widespread slash and burn techniques and also …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… water borne activities such as pleasure boats and cruises, fishing and cargo ships, offshore oil rigs and platforms, fishing piers, jetties and marinas. In order to manage this … The green economy approach was cited as a suitable method to reduce waste production. It also calls for the …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… agriculture, hydropower, and industry. This allocation method is not only adaptable to the available water flows, … sector actors from agriculture, forestry, hydropower, fishing, and manufacturing can also share valuable … reproduction area for crabs and shrimps), and to restore fishing as a means of supporting sustainable livelihoods. …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… decline in species diversity due to increased hunting and fishing, may result in alteration of the food web structure … contaminant patterns in top predators is a promising method for studying the possible role of changes in ecology … threatened by other anthropogenic factors such as over-fishing, petroleum-based activities, eutrophication and …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… impact logging versus conventional logging) the first method is preferred. The second method is used when new activities are undertaken in addition … bark from only part of a tree, and poisoning streams (for fishing) only once a year or less. There is concern, however, …
The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… and sale of gold and minerals, illegal fisheries/fishing, trafficking in hazardous waste and chemicals and … scale. A single individual vessel involved in illegally fishing Patagonian toothfish was estimated to have had … that the vessel engaged in an extremely harmful fishing method using gillnets, which involves the setting of nets of …