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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… to adapt to modifications in the environment – such as climate change. It also allows farmers and breeders to alter and … potential indirect and cumulative impacts and possible mitigation measures, possibilities for enhancement or the …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… most serious current issues. Among the potential threats, climate change is assessed as by far the most serious, followed by … and therefore building local capacity for prevention and mitigation is required to help improve the conservation …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… UNFCCC   United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  REDD+  … urbanization  rates  in  addition  to  the  impact  of  climate  change  and  …
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Share - Managing water across boundaries

… river basin management is practised, the uncertainties of climate change are likely to pose new risks that will challenge … economy impacts Regional fragmentation • Flood and drought mitigation • Erosion and sediment management • Wetlands and …
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In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

… 18 Climate and global carbon … damage sustained, and approaches to reconstruction and mitigation are critically relevant to future management of … corals more susceptible to disease (Hawkins et al., 1999). Climate change There is now general consensus that extreme storm …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… Program UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change WWF World Wildlife Fund for Nature Acknowledgements … is presented on how forest resources contribute to poverty mitigation, e.g. by acting as subsistence safety nets or …
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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

… deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific re- … BBP seeks to encourage transformational and de- monstrable change at the company and sectoral level in how biodiversity … and ecosystems, the effective- ness of their biodiversity mitigation and habitat re- habilitation measures, and how …
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Transboundary Lakes and Reservoirs: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… in preventing, buffering or mitigating impacts of global change on human livelihoods and the environment. 3. Areas of … economic production, environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation. The TWAP assessment covers 42 … used, where possible, for acquiring population statistics, climate data and climate projections, and geo-referenced data …
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Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… in preventing, buffering or mitigating impacts of global change on human livelihoods and the environment. 3. Areas of … economic production, environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation. The TWAP assessment covers 42 … used, where possible, for acquiring population statistics, climate data and climate projections, and geo-referenced data …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… wise use of wetlands, 4th edition 28 granted, any use of mitigation/compensation conditions and the use of monitoring … and the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change with regard to issues such as: the vulnerability of …
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