Search results
313 Results
Sorted by relevance
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… Gustavo Alfonso Lacera (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia), Paivi Munne (Finnish … Institute, Finland), Marion Gust (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France), Marine Arabidze … Coastal tourism … Maritime–based tourism …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… 14 1.3 Special applications 14 1.4 Protected areas and sustainable development 16 2 Perpetual integrity 17 3 … and Agenda 21 70 7.5 Earth Charter 70 7.6 World Summit on Sustainable Development 71 7.7 Sustainable forest management … forestry, fisheries, land and marine resource use, tourism, and economic development are compatible with …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… Ban Ki-moon, World Wildlife Day, March 2014 1) Summary Sustainable use and trade of natural resources is at the … with the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, including the right to security, to … levels of poaching also impact on other areas, such as the tourism industry. 4 May 2014 Poaching and illicit wildlife …
Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… CHAPTER 3 Inland Wetlands 35 CASE STUDIES conservation and sustainable management of inland wetlands 46 for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, … is expected that further increases in trade, transport and tourism will only aggravate the problem. In India, a country …
State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
… and its countries are keen to harvest benefits from the sustainable use of that biodiversity and their ecosystems, in … to ensure the protection of their biodiversity and the sustainable use of its components. A. Biodiversity in 2010 2. … sewage treatment by mangrove wetlands systems and the eco-tourism essential for many Caribbean economies. These coastal …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… is achieved through promoting protection, restoration and sustainable use of forest resources, so that forests provide … xi Summary xii Chapter 1. Introduction 1 The challenge of sustainable development 1 Livelihoods, poverty and … and food security, particularly through bushmeat and tourism.” According to the study “[o]f the estimated 1.2 …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… conservation and other values. VI. Protected areas with sustainable use of natural resources: Areas which conserve … mainly in a natural condition, with a proportion under sustainable natural resource management (where low-level … Study 4 Sustainable human use: collection fisheries and tourism in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 36 Case Study 5 …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… depend on climate-vulnerable sectors such as agriculture, tourism and fisheries (IPCC, 2007). Additionally, IPCC (2007) … people depend to adapt to climate change, EbA integrates sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in a … climate-related hazards and gradual climatic changes. The sustainable management of ecosystems can provide social, …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… sharing of PAs. • The third element focuses on fostering sustainable PA systems and sets targets for a number of … and regional networks, to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, implementing the … IUCN’s best practices series Adopt and enforce eco-tourism codes of conduct Develop broader alliances for PA …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… supply economic benefits, for instance through tourism, and give us all space for recreation and renewal. It … in regional criteria and indicator processes for sustainable forest management 123 Chapter 2.11: Certification … in regional criteria and indicator processes for sustainable forest management Certification of forest …