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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… approaches? 15 Stewart Maginnis and William Jackson 3 Building support for … of uncertainty and surprise by increasing the societal capacity to ‘roll with the punches’; • it offers a social … 49 with industrial timber plantations, could reduce the capacity of the remaining landscape components to maintain …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… 17 Legal Resources and Capacity-Building … all sectors. By increasing their information-sharing capacity, INTERPOL and UN Environment can ensure that … sanctions and punishments. It also involves capacity building and technological support to enforcement agencies, …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… to cope with increasing risks and recurring shocks. Building a more holistic and ambitious disaster-resilience … effective and sustainable strategies to build their coping capacity against shocks and stressors. Nearly half a billion … in Africa. Insufficient governance and institutional capacity to deal with the resulting challenges pose a serious …
Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
… Sherry Rowland and his doctoral student Mario Molina, building on the work of fellow-scientist Paul Crutzen, … includes information on: (a) Production and production capacity; (b) Use and use patterns; (c) Imports/exports; (d) … radiation, Noting the current need to enhance the capacity of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 …
Farmers' Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… 3. Further protection throughout the Treaty 4. Joint Capacity Building Programme on Farmers´ Rights Key Activities 1. … http://www.informea.org/terms/multilateral-system 4. Joint Capacity Building Programme on Farmers´ Rights The good …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… to exercise their right to self-determination and the capacity of states (at all levels) to provide for the … a minimum level of economic security must be ensured, capacity building activities (including human rights education) must …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… 14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop re- search capacity and transfer marine technolo- gy, taking into … The dimensions that SDG 17 encompasses (finance, capacity building, trade, information and communications …
Global Land Outlook
… Without better adaptation strategies and resilience building devoted to responsibly managing and restoring our … together, further jeopardizes resilience and adaptive capacity, particularly for the rural poor who depend most on … 2. Resilience building: enhancing the adaptive capacity of communities and ecosystems through a mix of …
Handbook for the Preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNR)
… national reviews. It is designed to provide elementary building blocks for a country in the preparation of its … by peers as a benchmark for their own preparations. ✓ Capacity building support is also available for countries. … preparations. They are discussed further below. Further capacity development building support is available from the …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Treaty to live up to its full potential. The need for capacity building and training to that end has been voiced by a large … the FAO Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building. We express our gratitude to those experts …