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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… National Park* Cuba 42 Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Gabon 43 El Pinacate and Gran … Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas China 201 Trang An Landscape Complex Viet Nam 205 Ujung Kulon National Park* … Areas (South Africa) Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (Gabon) - mixed site iSimangaliso …
Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN
… or feature IV Habitat/species management area V Protected landscape/seascape VI Protected area with sustainable use of … manage- ment practices influence conservation value of the landscape. Impact evaluation is a high priority for assessing … of In- donesia. The assessments were at the concession, landscape and district level. At the concession lev- el, FFI …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… levers for action. An example of this is the approach to landscape management in Indonesia (Box 10). Crowd funding has … agriculture techniques, organic farming, and integrated landscape management can significantly reduce pesticide and … cases and strengthen the overall institutional landscape to combat pollution. Today there are over …
The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration
… and deforestation has reduced the capacity of the landscape to retain water. The resultant increase in the … Deforestation reducing the water retention capacity of the landscape • Reforestation with native tree species enabling … and communications, adoption of an integrated approach to landscape management, and reaching out to higher level …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… all the relevant levels of biodiversity – bioregional, landscape, ecosystem, habitat, communities, species, … of any observable adverse effects in the larger ecological landscape. From these criteria, it can be seen that it is … process starts with shaping the mine pit to produce a landscape that blends with the surrounding forest. Seeds of …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… locations, which have different environmental qualities or landscape values. For example, in the case below the value of … contribute to a fund for the conservation of a beautiful landscape or rare species, or the extent to which they would … the Youngsan River in Korea. It focused primarily on the landscape, recreational, amenity and existence values. The …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… monument, habitat/species management area, protected landscape/seascape and managed resources protected area. 52 … in- terventions (Habitat/Species Manage- ment Areas); v) landscape/seascape conservation and recreation (Protected … ecological proc- esses; • to safeguard structural landscape features or rock exposures; • to secure examples of …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… Cover photos: Nor Yauyos Cochas Landscape Reserve in Peru © IUCN/ Doris Cordero Back cover … al., 2013). If 80-90% of the wetland area is cleared in a landscape, there is an increase in the risk of flooding and … forests for stabilizing slopes slope restoration, forest landscape restoration, protection forest designation, …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… forms of land-use around parks; promoting large landscape connectivity and creating a synergy that also … the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) in a human-dominated landscape outside protected areas. Animal Conservation … and 80% of the livestock; and in this human occupied landscape 65% of Kenya’s wildlife is found, with 40% in …