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Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… Korea) and Mongolia (Figure.1). This region has a combined land area of 11.79 million km2 and constitutes a large and … plateau, its highest peaks, and some of its deepest land depressions and most extreme deserts. Asia makes up 20% of the world’s land mass has very high biodiversity, and protected areas …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… List of Acronyms AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use CAS Climate Adaptation Services CBD Convention on … restoration approaches (Kumar et al.,2015), and addressing land tenure issues. Food security is addressed by the … vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for …
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. His observations and recommendations aim to … are directly or indirectly related to the environment and land use. Such a future, and those goals, are doomed to …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… in Brazil that cover an area of 75 million hectares of land. National parks, of which there are 70, are one of … Africa covering over 3.7 million hectares of protected land representing the indigenous fauna, flora, landscapes and … high research and management standards, has expand the land under its protection and generates 75 per cent of its …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… unwanted impacts on others. Zoning is used to ensure that land uses are compatible with protection of vulnerable … to extract groundwater, mechanisms to control pollution, land-use zoning and the means of enforcing rules through the … for ecosystem services can be used to reward farmers and land managers for protecting groundwater recharge zones. …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … deadly environment: the killing and criminalization of land and environmental defenders worldwide (20 June 2016). _ …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… condition where possible. Constraints e.g. conflicting land-uses Opportunities e.g. conservation initiatives Step 5: … document has broader relevance to anyone operating in a land, catchment or ocean management or spatial planning role, … at finer scales for other applications, such as informing land-use planning at the local level. The methods are …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… Professor and Vice Head of Institute, Contaminated Land Management, University of Natural Resources and Applied … Initiatives 12 1.4 Policy and Legal Issues Associated with Land Acquisition 12 1.5 Permissible Levels of POPs in the … and with the development of suitable technologies for land remediation in accordance with best available techniques …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… from industrial areas to degraded and agricultural land to pristine natural environments. The system aims to … whether the overall biodiversity suitability of the global land- holdings over which a company has management control is … two levels of monitoring: (1) monitoring across company land- holdings to provide an overview of changes to …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond national boundaries; • … areas, environmental impact assessment and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource … Ministerial technical / planning guidelines Rules on land tenure and resource use Contracts and concessions …