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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… key habitats, etc.) in order to prioritise clean-up and mitigation efforts. Areas which are hotspots for marine … the promotion of scientific study and research. National Wetland Policies - The Wetland Policy inter alia intends to promote awareness and …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… concepts, crisis prevention, conservation of biodiversity, mitigation of climate change or ecosystem services. © IU CN / … Greek Prespa. Moreover, Prespa Lakes basin as a whole is a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar … of land use. Today, a cross-border national park covers a wetland area of approximately 300 km2 shared by Hungary and …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… internationally on transboundary wetlands, shared wetland systems and shared species. www.ramsar.org World … The Ramsar Convention would like to see many more wetland sites receiving the protection that they need in … biological pest control, organic waste degradation, and mitigation of climate change effects. The harvesting of food …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… significant gap between the aggregate effect of parties’ mitigation pledges in terms of global annual emissions of … parties shall address in a balanced manner, inter alia, mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology development and … policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species that Threaten … and developing procedures for their manage- ment and mitigation. While sometimes all threats will be clearly … law and policy. It emphasises anticipation, prevention and mitigation of uncertain risks, for which definitive …
Energy law and sustainable development
… technical and economic assessment of climate change mitigation options.75 Each report also contains a definitive … ecosystems; and • the creation of productive fringing wetland ecosystems with fish and waterfowl habitat oppor- … with special addenda devoted to desert, rainforest, wetland, mountainous and marine operations. 52 Sustainable …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… environmental flow is the water provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their … by providing information and knowledge on how a river, wetland or coastal ecosystem will evolve under various flow …