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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… levels – local, national, regional, and global – should be mutually reinforcing. International governance does not … areas it is useful to explore what is meant by the term “governance” in this context. In recent years the term … People and Protected Areas (EPP) project to develop agreed standards for protected areas.15 Workshops have been …
Managing Natural World Heritage
… Heritage managers. • Strengthened protection and long-term conservation as a result of the national commitment … adhere to the World Heritage Convention and have thus agreed to identify and nominate properties within their … for further details. These designations are not mutually exclusive, as some may be recognized by more than …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… Heritage managers. • Strengthened protection and long-term conservation as a result of the national commitment … adhere to the World Heritage Convention and have thus agreed to identify and nominate properties within their … for further details. These designations are not mutually exclusive, as some may be recognized by more than …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… Reducing extreme poverty and hunger is an internationally agreed goal. Achieving this goal is within our reach given … to conservation’s potential to contribute actively to long-term sustainable development and, more immediately, to … Poverty reduction and environment conservation can be mutually reinforcing objectives. C h a p t e r 3 : C a s e S …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to new and more challenging targets for protected area … these guidelines. Early protected areas laws used the term ‘co-management’ and it has developed a legal history for … the World Network, a biosphere reserve should serve three mutually reinforcing functions (Art. 3): • conservation: …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… types of structure finance products, as well as for long term corporate loans. The ability of commercial banks to … on this segment of the financial sector. Due to the long term horizons of their investments, pension funds, insurance … the project. Gazprom, the state-controlled gas monopoly, agreed to take a shareholding in the project in 2005. As it …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… 3.2 and 12.12). A number of companies have voluntarily agreed to adhere to the Guidelines both in their own … Guidelines are part of a growing body of interrelated and mutually supportive international guidance on matters … cost-effective and practical to implement over the long term. 5.1 “States should provide and maintain policy, legal …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem … of improved marine management globally, WCPA- Marine agreed to create a task force with IUCN specifically to … and decision-support tools but also be based on an open, mutually agreed- upon process for monitoring and assessment …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… of genetic resources, often upon prior informed consent on mutually agreed terms, as set out in the CBD and its Nagoya Protocol.4 … in Ethiopia. The SoS programme is aimed at promoting long-term food security for marginal farming communities in …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… or approach will be enough. Policy packages using a mutually reinforcing mix of institutional and policy reform, … can be solved. But we must have the will to deal with long-term environmental problems. We must be willing to invest in … only to find later on that their understanding of what was agreed differs markedly from other collaborators’ …