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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges through supporting scientific … coincide: 141 A human rights approach to conservation and development in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa Wendy … cannot provide them for themselves, such as providing food aid following a severe drought. Within the UN framework, the …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… – is an organisation for international human resource development, advanced training and dialogue. InWEnt was … (CDG) e.V. and the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and can draw on decades of experience in … staff trained in fire management, rescue, first aid, etc. 22 3.1.1 Police The role of police is focussed …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… is likely that the current trend will persist, undermining development and economic growth and putting more and more people and development investments at risk. People from low-income … events” (UNISDR, 2009b). The international humanitarian aid assistance funding has steadily increased in the past …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… The Scientifi c and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development (STK4SD) Consortium United Nations Convention to … and drought for poverty reduction and sustainable development: the contribution of science, technology, … role for engaged researchers and activists, NGOs and even aid donors in changing the terms of debate, the biases of …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… applications 14 1.4 Protected areas and sustainable development 16 2 Perpetual integrity 17 3 Management … for Nature 68 7.3 World Commission on Environment and Development 69 7.4 United Nations Conference on Environment … These guidelines are intended to serve as an aid in a legislative review and drafting process across the …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… us closer to a pollution-free planet. The Sustainable Development Goals provide an opportunity to accelerate the … measures – such as flue gas desulphurization and the development of low-sulphur fuels – have led to a total … identified, assessed and addressed. It aims to support the development of an overall, preventive chemicals management …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… from ecosystems) when making decisions about coastal development. The aim of this publication is to help decision … ecosystems and the role that they can play in coastal development and in restoring and maintaining the livelihoods … However, in the rush to provide humanitarian aid, fishing gear and boats have been distributed in large …
Water Management and Stewardship
… knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. … to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN … (Perry, 2013, p.7). It will be used in this paper as an aid in answering, the following questions:- for effective …