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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- vices). At the beginning of the current … One of the significant challenges in any discussion of ecosystem management and conser- vation is to maintain … of wetland values has led to significant projects for the restoration of lost or heavily degraded wetlands, usually at …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 3.1.1 Ecosystem Management … 31 Box 18. CBD Principles for the Ecosystem Approach … 6.3 Legal Measures to Support Restoration of Native Biodiversity … 78 6.3.2 Restoration of Degraded Habitats and Ecosystems … form of damage inflicted on the receiving species, site or ecosystem. The CBD adopts the following definition: Alien …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… ecosystems, species and genes, together with the ecosystem processes which sustain them, and is the basis of … appropriate, to include conservation and management of ecosystem functions and services. 3 Biological diversity or … Useful references and guidance include the Journal of Restoration Ecology and the IUCN Species Survival …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… groundwater extractions to safeguard groundwater’s ecosystem-support function 5.10. Downscaling the limits of … “Greening” of domestic water laws implies recognising the ecosystem-support function of water resources, quantity- and … water resources from pollution and (b) insulating the ecosystem-support function of water resources from …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… wild, conservation measures such as habitat protection, ecosystem restoration, and law enforcement are underway, with varying … This may include re-establishing a flagship species in an ecosystem, maintaining or restoring natural biodiversity and …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… It focuses exclusively on the identification and restoration of species that have reached critically low … with the maintenance of the natural properties of the ecosystem" (Rec. C.3.3 rev.). Selection for the Ramsar List … with actual or potential use or value for humanity. "Ecosystem" means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Guideline 1.2 Ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Guideline 2.6 Linkages and restoration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Guideline 2.7 Ecosystem approach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
The importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas
… coastal defences. These may have an impact on the ecosystem services on which coastal communities depend, … of change and cause erosion of coastlines; NOTING that ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and disaster risk … of hybrid engineering approaches that combine ecosystem restoration and management with engineering techniques to …
World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law
… of law is the key to the protection, conservation, and restoration of environmental integrity. Without it, … and other measures shall be taken to protect and restore ecosystem integrity and to sustain and enhance the resilience … of the benefits of nature, including appropriate access to ecosystem services. There shall be a fair and equitable …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… drought effects 1975 2003 InvesTIng In large-scale resToraTIon InITIaTIves the climatic effects on land occur at ecosystem and landscape levels. therefore, individual and … World Day to combat Desertification 2005, unep. millennium ecosystem assessment 2005, Wmo. climate and land Degradation, …