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Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas

… and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world … wilderness areas are important aspects of climate change mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… (such as purification of air and water, disease and climate regulation) and goods (such as food, drinks). In … to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developed countries set limits on the amount of … endangered, seriously endangered, or vulnerable species.10 Mitigation and adaptation to climate change (carbon …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme … adjacent States about the possible impacts and potential mitigation measures.157 Similar provisions are found in the …
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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… 2014 that is consistent with the three Rio conventions ( Climate Change, Desertification and biodiversity). This strategy … soil conser- vation21 , and climate change adaptation and mitigation in general. In turn international PES financial …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… Indigenous Protected Area IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCCA Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Area … human rights and the rights implications of climate change mitigation mechanisms. CIFOR and IUCN are pleased to bring …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… to retain the water and regulate its flow. drawdown: the change in head or water level relative to background … industrialization, political instability, conflict and climate all play a role in the drama of water scarcity. … is converted, another wetland be protected or restored as mitigation. Scientific understanding of the water cycle must …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… Managing for invasive alien species 34 3.6 Managing for climate change 37 3.7 Taking an international perspective 39 4 … area legal frameworks to accommodate both adaptation and mitigation, including by creating corridors that ensure …
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D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… environmental performance of dams and how concerns about climate change have prompted a debate over the relative environmental … or approval of the activity and the effectiveness of mitigation measures; (b) Review of an impact for proper …
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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… others things, develop IUCN policy on options to address climate change, including difficult topics such as assisted … the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. l) Biodiversity and climate change: Biodiversity considerations introduced into …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change … Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ......................................27 … governance, including climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable consumption programmes, and …
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