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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… East. Her work focuses on landscape stewardship, private land con- servation, and community involvement in protected … V Task Force of WCPA. He has written and lectured on land- scape and now serves on the boards of several major … in December 2004 with the Agreement on the Repatriation, Restoration and Monitoring of Agrobiodiversity of Native …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… 2. Protection and security for occupiers and owners 84 3. Land management 86 4. Land and soil agreements 88 5. Markets and farmer … productivity and profitability, enhanced protection and restoration of biodiversity, and more people taking an active …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris), UKTS 64 (1978), Cmnd. 7251; 13 … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Athens), 19 ILM (1980), 869. In force on … Includes protection, maintenance, rehabilitation, restoration and enhancement of populations and ecosystems. …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… and species, freshwater and forests, and freshwater and land uses and soils. This is why relevant instruments on … assist the Contracting Parties to minimise the impacts of land-use projects on wetlands and their biodiversity; n … water regimes to conserve wetlands; n protection on restoration of wetlands and biodiversity; n management of …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… patterns and use of all natural resources – from air to land, from rivers, lakes and aquifers to oceans and seas – … degradation, including desertification, drought, land degradation, freshwater scarcity and loss of … strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 6.3 Legal Measures to Support Restoration of Native Biodiversity … of this type can usually be addressed through conventional land-use and environmental management regulations or … contributing directly to such degradation in- clude land clearance, intensive exploitation and pol- lution. Many …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… live in fragile areas where they compete for water and land. In marine waters, nearly three-quarters of all … Consent 38 4.6 Environmental Impact Assessment 38 4.7 Land Use Regulation 40 4.7.1 National and international … of causing pollution has to pay damages (compensation) for restoration of the environment and ecology. . . In addition …
The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… of environmental crime Responding to environmental crime Restoration case studies Coordination of efforts Conclusion 7 … destroyed, and nearly one million hectares of productive land (pastures and soybean) were embargoed. Correspondingly, … and radiation hazards, with negative impact on arable land, economic crops and trees.13 A broad understanding of …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… 28 Chapter 3 Land degradation and desertification in Western PRC … 31 3.2 Definition of land degradation and desertification … and the natural reserve system; closing forests for restoration; improving the EIA procedure and practical water … the application of the Ecosystem Approach, Ecosystem Restoration, establishing Indicators of Ecosystem Status, and …