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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… achieving justice and equality, and halting loss of biodiversity. These goals are the most ambitious targets for … or used; • access to and benefit-sharing related to biodiversity and other natural resources; • many forms of … and social justice. The continuing decline in the world’s biodiversity is well documented.6 The secretariat for the …
UNEP. The first 40 years
… Page 97 Chapter 9: BONN CONVENTION (CMS), BRUNDTLAND AND BIODIVERSITY … two important conventions were being drawn up, one of biodiversity and the other on climate change. Unlike earlier … in clear unpolluted waters. 111 T he conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable management of natural …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… particular arable land, forests and the reserves of water, biodiversity, in particular native plant and animal species, … on the collective, stating that “Nature and its biodiversity, the environment and the national heritage are … while also preserving the ecological integrity and biodiversity of the STNP. The Conejo Community Forest …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … da Biodiversidade (ICMBio, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation) manages a system of 313 federally …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… in French. Identification and Gap Analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for Comprehensive Protected Area … countries prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies. The Union is a multicultural, … over a great portion of South America. It protects a hotspot of biodiversity, including a thousand varieties of …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … This line of argument points to the continued decline of biodiversity and increasing species extinctions globally as …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Adrian Phillips and Sue Stolton Protected landscapes and biodiversity values: an overview by Adrian Phillips and Sue … and Livelihoods. He has coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan process, and helped … particular with respect to international conventions, and biodiversity and organic agriculture. She established …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… how the initiative fits into global efforts to protect biodiversity and link important natural areas. We hope that … heritage and help fulfil Europe’s commitments to halting biodiversity loss by 2010. The Green Belt will act as a … virtually the whole area being designated a biodiversity hotspot. The region is host to a vast store of biodiversity, …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… and action groups, focusing in partic ular on species and biodiversity conser va tion and the manage ment of habi tats … communities and left undisturbed as both ecosystems and biodiversity habitats. (Courtesy Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend); … years. Many such landscapes have outstanding aesthetic and biodiversity value and are now protected under co-management …