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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards. IUCN … and infrastructure • What infractructure and tools are best sutied to drylands? • What is best sutied to uncertainly … and 12 Water in drylands other organizations in policy and practice. The UNCCD targets for Land Degradation Neutrality …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… 53 3.1.3 “Tilted playing fields” and the theory of second best: The counterintuitive argument 56 3.2 Institutionalizing … Through this process, The ABS Series seeks to create the best possible basis of researched information on the … of those industries that utilize genetic resources. In practice, however, the implementation of these provisions has …
The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation
… comprises 12 Principles (page 2). In considering how to best implement the Ecosystem Approach, several attempts have … and • developing the relationship between them. It is best to work simultaneously on defining the ecosystem area … of society, and its knowledge, over any other, though in practice that will be necessary. That requires a stakeholder …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… and enforcement mandated in law are carried out. The best institutional set up for any country depends on its … diagnose and monitor the status of the aquifer system. The best methods for characterizing groundwater systems are … policies that combine land surface zoning with a code of practice that advises what activities are acceptable in the …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global … that this publication will contribute to the promotion of best practices in transboundary nature conservation and will …
Energy law and sustainable development
… systems. Case studies of these experiences are the best evidence that the practical measures needed to implement … paints a "picture of a warming world."31 This picture is best seen with the aid of a few graphic depictions of the … system of GHG emission measurements that meet IPCC best practice guidelines. Projects must first be approved, after …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… mechanisms, processes and actions; • give examples of good practice – what has worked, where, why and how; • provide … of legal services to undertake due diligence to the best of their ability when providing services, and on … and forests should undertake due diligence to the best of their ability when providing their services, …
Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare
… and specific and may therefore be more easily measured in practice. Finally, because these criteria may eventually … Another type of non-binding instrument is a model code of best practice, which usually sets out standards with which … include both binding minimum standards and non-binding best practice recommendations. The method for drafting and …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global … aim of the IUCN Ecosystem Management Series is to support best practice ecosystem management, both at field and policy …