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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… forests, planted forests, the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and secondary tropical forests, … CBD in 2000, states that the objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal … and sub- national policymakers, decision-makers and land-use planners. Principle 9 contains specific advice for …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… enterprise. After all, the river runs through his land, and his family’s maxim has always been that "a drop … is also opportune when water allocation plans or river rehabilitation programmes are being developed. Best is to … practices and regulations, for example related to land-use, water rights and in-stream uses. Provision of an …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… school focuses on key thematic areas such as land use and food sovereignty, forests and large plantations, … increase access to information regarding environmental and land use projects in different areas and cities by enabling … quality standards and pollution prevention or rehabilitation plans. Each proposed rule or regulation is …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… against during agriculture will increase yield and prevent land soil erosion, water scarcity and overall land degradation hence sustainability of agriculture. Left: … Fund for research, conservation, clean-up operations, rehabilitation and pollution prevention (Article 25).An ESIS …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… and disadvantages of different choices in uses of land, water, resources or investments. Applying a simple … up the relative desirability of alternative uses of funds, land and resources. Chapter 4 identifies techniques for … private or public investments in ecosystem management or rehabilitation (Case 20). 59 value_CAG 13.10.2004 13:42 Page …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… global coverage of protected areas approaches 20% of the land surface and 10% of the sea surface, more and more … community members, NGO personnel, volunteers and private land owners. ● Helping to secure official recognition for … for ecosystem/habitat conservation, restoration and rehabilitation. ● Identifying ecosystems, habitats and …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… season, (f ) fishing fleet surveillance systems, (g) rehabilitation of fish resources and their environment, (h) … 32 The Indonesians call their homeland Tanah Air Kita (Our Land and Water). It is made up of 18,108 islands (based on … of Madura and Bali, accounts for around 7% of Indonesia’s land area, but is populated by 59.5% of the total population. …
Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work
… between water, energy and food (or the management of land for food, fodder, and fuel production) – the nexus – has … of Sussex, UK. • Tira Foran, Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australia. • Stephen Biggs, … fills up with sediment. It is during this phase of rehabilitation/reconstruction that disagreements and …
The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration
… soils that originate from volcanic sand rocks. Unregulated land use change is especially damaging in steep catchments … rates, very high population growth, and a complex land tenure rights situation. Unlike other places in … • Greenhouse production and mushroom growing along with rehabilitation of the irrigation system improving access to …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… 5.4 Protecting wildlife from harmful processes and land uses 5.5 Wildlife health 5.6 Human-wildlife conflicts 55 … (ownership and use rights and obligations, links with land and forest tenure), public participation in wildlife … parks, etc.), with a view to facilitating recovery and rehabilitation of threatened species and for their …