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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… the future through 2-D or 3-D models of the geographical landscape and discussions on the desired socio-economic and … and housing, exerting even more pressure on the local landscape and its biodiversity. All year, the site receives a … protective capacity of the forests without altering the landscape in such a pristine environment. Policy influence …
Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… of the target NTFPs harvest and trade, while ensuring landscape-level conservation. There is a need for increased … to operate, introduction analysis of the regulatory landscape. This was completed within a project with the …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… this is not a requirement of the category. V. Protected landscape or seascape: Where the interaction of people and … environmental impact assessment that includes a cultural landscape or seascape approach. Chapter 3 explores important … based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscape and seascape (CBD Decision X/2 (2010). Box 5 What …
Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe
… has a true meta-population been established across a landscape, but proposals to replicate this elsewhere are … the disease, and elimination of bullfrogs has created a landscape where both L. chiricahuensis and L. yavapaiensis … of non-natives is possible if done by using a systematic landscape- level approach. Disease appears to be a major …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… protected areas1 and in areas within the wider production landscape. In particular, ecosystems span political and … namely habitat destruction and fragmentation, at the landscape scale. Rapidly expanding human populations and … resulting in transboundary conservation initiatives. These landscape-scale initiatives include bioregional conservation …
Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)
… may impose. Such disturbances include impacts on the landscape and sewage systems (contaminated by leachate, noise … erosion, maximization of the evapotranspiration rate and landscape quality maintenance; • A top substrate (with … may impose. Such disturbances include impacts on the landscape and sewage systems, noise levels, odour levels, and …
A Guide to Cooperation on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
… to the Swiss Federal Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape. This book is intended for information purposes … stockpiles and dumps of POPs that litter the world’s landscape. 3 oreword The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm …
AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 10 - Guidelines on Avoidance of Introductions of Non-native Waterbird Species (TS No. 12)
… environment, the frequency of disturbance within the landscape and historical events which may preclude or enhance … needs to be understood in the context of the regional landscape. Therefore, there is a need to undertake such …
An Ounce of Prevention: Snow Leopard Crime Revisited
… key informant surveys are part of the GSLEP Snow Leopard Landscape management process (GSLEP n.d.), and it is … key informant surveys are part of the GSLEP Snow Leopard Landscape management process (GSLEP n.d.), and it is … GSLEP. (No date). General Guidelines for Snow Leopard Landscape Management Planning. Snow Leopard Working …