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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … to: ● Protect species, habitats and ecosystems; ● Maintain ecosystem services, vital for local and national economies; ● … plans and activities for ecosystem/habitat conservation, restoration and rehabilitation. ● Identifying ecosystems, …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICOMOS International Council … areas also provide a wide range of other essential ecosystem services (Figgis et al. 2015, MA 2005). For … vitally important as they provide greater biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits than smaller and more disturbed …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… 4 1.3 Ecosystem protection and management … should cooperate in the conservation, management, and restoration of natural resources that occur in areas under … provisions concern the conservation, sustainable use, and restoration of biological and landscape diversity including …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… efficiency, and prevent the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. These investments need to be catalyzed … increasing energy prices, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation have compelled countries in the region … development. The protection, conservation, rational use, restoration or substitution of the natural resources is …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… that this effort has to include both large-scale ecosystem-wide approaches, and much smaller-scale focused … complexity of co-operation in their management. The “ecosystem approach”2 seeks to address the fundamental cause … TBPAs and the re-establishment of peaceful conditions and restoration of damaged ecosystems after armed conflict. 22.. …
Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… and positive implications for wetlands and wetland ecosystem services. In this Note, the STRP provides an … increased demand for water storage. • Wetlands and wetland ecosystem services can be negatively impacted by dams and … Riddington, R. 2003. Hy- drological impacts of floodplain restoration: a case study of the river Cherwell, UK. …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… activity, from the marine and coastal environments, using ecosystem-based approach and planning tools such as … areas, enhancing stakeholder awareness on the value of ecosystem services and the implications of biodiversity loss. … of non-renewable resources and related post-extraction restoration. The target under this strategic direction is to …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… for the conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values while promoting peace … ago, while others that would complete the ‘picture’ of one ecosystem are still in the planning phase. This publication … administrative process. On the Hungarian side, ecosystem restoration figured prominently among the management tasks …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… rural development. Other potential benefits include: the restoration of degraded lands; reduced land abandonment; … peatlands, and other carbon sinks), the loss of essential ecosystem services and increases in greenhouse gas emissions … Use (Decision VII/12); • the application of the ecosystem approach, as defined in Decision V/6; • the …
Implementing conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… the use of diverse approaches and tools, including the ecosystem approach, the elimination of destructive fishing … areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and … to the goal of implementing effective protection, restoration and sustainable use of biological diversity and …