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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… challenges faced in practice. The Guidelines also assist national governments, protected area agencies, … threatened species of Outstanding Universal Value from the point of view of science or conservation. … provide benefits to people and infrastructure for four focal ES; 2) how provision of these benefits may change under …
26 May 2026 Literature

Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… Climate Initiative (IKI). It was implemented at global and national levels with pilot sites in six countries from three … at local and national levels, as well as climate change focal points • Environmental agencies/ministries, … and Rehabilitation (CONASUR) which provides a good entry-point to leverage policy commitments, continued efforts and …
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Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'

… ICOMOS rights policy review. Brief reports by the ICOMOS National Committees of Australia, India, South Africa and … World Heritage system, however, has long lacked a solid point of anchorage or a policy framework on human rights. For … Amund Sinding-Larsen Dr.; Chartered Architect ICOMOS Focal Point 2011-2015 OuR COMMON dIgNIty INItIAtIve 14 3 OuR …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… of 1972 had been a long and remarkable one from a personal point of view, it was no less so in political terms. The idea … system, strongly anchored in the overriding principle of national sovereignty, had not been equipped to respond to the … — as was the intention of the General Assembly — as a focal point enabling them to review the environmental …
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Funding Methods of some CMS Family Instruments

… Manual for national focal Points for cMs and its instruMents ChApTeR 2 p. 23 …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… The fulfillment of their objectives and their effective national implementation are a true litmus test for the … organizations. The conference marked a turning point in the development of international environmental … are sometimes involved. For most MEAs, the national focal point prepares the national report. Usually, the …
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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… anyone who may have been unintentionally omitted. �e fifth national reports submitted by the Parties to the Convention … Outlook 410 Background Published almost at the halfway point of the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, this … legislative, administrative and policy measures, national focal points and competent national authorities, and permits …
26 May 2026 Literature

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… set of screening criteria to be further elaborated at national level / … - CBD launches web-based case studies database - CBD focal points invited for internet discussion - IAIA … Recognition of these opportunities and constraints as the point of departure for 47 Biodiversity in Impact Assessment …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Aspects of Trans-boundary Snow Leopard Conservation in Central Asia

… conservation in Central Asia since 1996, including work on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, protected … (Snow Leopard Network 2014). In mountain regions, where national boundaries commonly run along ridges, landscapes … cooperation. Snow leopard and Argali were among the focal species. An Altai-Sayan Ecoregion Conservation Strategy …
26 May 2026 Document

Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… for respond- ing to these issues at global, national and river basin levels. Background In the STRP work … However, direct cause-effect relationships are not clear: national wealth may enable extensive water storage, or … River basin authorities are increasingly becoming focal points for decisions concerning water allocation and …
26 May 2026 Document