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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches … that 22 year period. In this assessment cropland and forest land were disproportionately degraded: 19% of … mosaics; 43% of degrading land was forestland even though forest occupies only 28% of the world’s land surface. The …
The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… substances, illegally caught seafood, timber and other forest products, as well as conflict minerals, including gold … to any new opportunity – hazardous waste and chemicals, forest products, pangolins, giant clams, minerals and … fishing undermines food security, livelihoods, fisheries management and biodi- versity.150 Illegal fishing threatens …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… instruments is working to enhance the sustainable management of natural resources, lowering negative … and social impact study EU European Union FES Forest Environmental Services FIT Feed in Tariff IMCSD … Enterprises REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation UNCSD United Nations Conference on …
Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… water meadows, wet grasslands with (intensive) water level management, lakeside grasslands, vegetation dominated by … and to problems with water level control and agricultural management. Ramsar COP8 Resolution VIII.11, page 7 Applying … by mangroves, they should not be managed as a simple forest resource. 42. A large proportion of the world’s …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… Still Pictures Cascade in Sucker Creek, Siskiyou National Forest, Illinois River Valley, Siskiyou Mountains, Southern … and promoting human health), conservation and resource management, major groups (e.g. women, indigenous people, … rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land use or from a …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… and update of the ZICGC experience in participatory management and integrated development of protected areas in … (enrichment of biological diversity, increase in forest areas, etc.), and a deeper understanding of the rural … A., Roy, S.B., Singh, N. and Singh K. (1996), Grassroots Forest Protection : Eastern Indian Experiences (Berkeley : …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… Evaluating Effectiveness: A Framework for Assessing the Management of Protected Areas. No. 6. Marc Hockings, Sue … adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical Rain- forest World Heritage Areas. Website: www.jcu.edu.au Contact: … for spatial analysis, for a species restricted to a single forest reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… ISBN 2-88032-95A-X Printed in Canada by the Canadian CITES Management Authority (Canadian Wildlife Service), Ottawa. … destruction owing to timber extraction and conversion of forest and scrub to agricultural land (Salas, 1985; Gruss and … strewn hills with scattered scrub. Not found in of primary forest. G. p. babcockl is often found on mountain masses, and …
Haze Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… in the air. This unit discusses smoke haze created by forest fires. Southeast Asia is particularly confronted with forest and land fires. The worst fires accompanied by smoke … the region. It has been estimated that the 1997 and 1998 forest fires cost the region approximately $9 billion in lost …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… – GOOD PRACTICES IN THE FIELD OF SUSTAINABLE FRESHWATER MANAGEMENT … 86 5.3.3. Forest monitoring and REDD+ … ...................................... 87 5.4.2. Waste management for inland navigation … Oscillation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FIP Forest Investment …