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Nature-based solutions to address climate change
… and parties concerned in order to keep the increase in global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial … and marine ecosystems play an important role in the global carbon cycle: when adequately preserved, they act as … solutions are an essential part of the required strategy in order to address climate change. They constitute …
Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions
… Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Published by: IUCN, Gland, … IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Global Protected Areas Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland … Initiative 29 Czech Republic and Germany: Transboundary strategy for communication about nature conservation 30 …
GEO yearbook 2003
… infectious diseases? Could reduced ocean salinity due to global warming affect the planets heat distribution system? … GEO YEAR BOOK 2004/5ii Preface iii 2004 Overview 1 Global 2 Africa 12 Asia and the Pacific 17 Europe 22 Latin … in achieving the 2010 target, and adopts the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. CBD COP 7 also serves as the …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… their asset and want to preserve it. At the same time, our global heritage of living species is threatened as never … areas now form part of international networks, both global systems, notably World Heritage sites, Ramsar sites … try to minimise this leakage (WTO, 1999). Whatever the strategy employed, it is important that local communities are …
Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc
… of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN … and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 … a coordinated and integrated approach of policy and strategy implementation, and communication among the public …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation / Global Marine Programme Maritime traffic effects on … Relationship of UNCLOS to other relevant legally binding global and regional instruments … as compliance with, the two relevant PSC MOUs. An initial strategy for implementing this approach by IUCN-Med could be …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… in various countries in the tropics. ITTO joined the Global Partnership for Forest Landscape Restoration in March … concept. IUCN was also one of the founding members of the Global Partnership for Forest Landscape Restoration and … are going to contribute to an integrated restoration strategy. On the whole, it is forest management practitioners …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… will be presented for discussion during the 15 th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action … Silva: rossana.silva@unep.org. Discussion at the 15th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action … approach has been described by the COP to the CBD as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… Communities to Disasters (Madang Framework). This regional strategy outlines the major policy imperatives recognised as … 88 fatalities, according to statistics reported to the global databases, EMDAT and GLIDE and records maintained by … to the monetary crisis following the 2006 coup and the global financial crisis, the Government of Fiji devalued the …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… the context of wise use. At COP 9, this multifaceted global issue resulted in a request for guidance from … held in Vlieland, Netherlands, 2010; and the ‘OIE Global Conference on Wildlife - Animal Health and … may require knowledge of points of contact and a strategy to disclose information. CHAPTER 3 – PRACTICES – …