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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… preservation, maintenance, sustain- able utilization, restoration, and enhancement of the natural environment. … fragmentation; • Where a set of species in a community or ecosystem needs specific conservation support either as a standalone project or as part of a wider ecosystem plan; • Where a translocation with conservation …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… that soil has a fundamental role in the terrestrial ecosystem as a three-dimensional body performing a wide range … lowering the potential capability of the soil to produce ecosystem services. It includes physical, chemical, and … productivity and profitability, enhanced protection and restoration of biodiversity, and more people taking an active …
Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 2012
… because these organizations do not encompass wildlife and ecosystem health, IUCN is now bringing in this aspect through … Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). We also played a prominent role … in Australia, NGOs active in land management and restoration as well as academic institutions. • We have not …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services through scientific assessments, the … of a number of semi-natural habitats with some still under restoration. • Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve: 101 ha …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… and sustainable consumption and production, and improved ecosystem resilience to support cleaner and more sustainable … especially to women, children and vulnerable groups, ecosystem health and future generations require a preventive … soil management activities including preservation and restoration at the global, regional and local levels. …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… resources offences of the first grade: Warning, payment of restoration damages, transaction fines, termination or … and nurturing; Destroy young trees planted in restored ecosystem; Operation of equipment that may disturb by noise, … cause pollution or destructive effects to the biota and ecosystem. No physical person or legal entity may have …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 99 5.7.2. Protecting the watercourse and ecosystem … 110 5.8.6. Ecosystem protection … change, because forests can act as carbon sinks; their restoration and preservation is one of the feasible ways to … best practices in water management, preservation, and restoration. The GEF, Strengthening Cooperation in the Danube …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… to maintain and restore the biological diversity and ecosystem services necessary to meet social and economic … eradication and a lasting prosperity cannot be achieved if ecosystem services and natural capital are degraded or lost.2 … Ushering in this Green Economy, and conserving and using ecosystem services and natural capital in a sustainable …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… Initiative is an action programme to demonstrate that ecosystem-based management and stakeholder participation will … and fair allocations, protect water quality for human and ecosystem uses as defined by water policy, and set up an … the river and its floodplain. Promote and support the restoration of damaged ecosystems throughout the river basin, …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… have recently been summarised in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA): “Genetic diversity has declined … the web of life. Conserving agrobiodiversity The Millenium Ecosystem Assessment referred to above provides many good … in December 2004 with the Agreement on the Repatriation, Restoration and Monitoring of Agrobiodiversity of Native …