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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… youth and education, climate sustainability, clean energy, biodiversity and forests, water, healthy seas and oceans, … sustainable energy, securing ecosystem services and biodiversity and ensuring good management of water and other … with water, 180 with chemicals and wastes, 155 with biodiversity, 60 with the atmosphere including climate …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… trails in Southeast Asia .......... 88 10.1 Valuing the biodiversity of secondary forests in the Brazilian … forest management, the role of forest management in biodiversity conservation, and forest policy. Jennifer … of human well-being and ecosystem functionality (including biodiversity conservation); • land-use and ecosystems change …
African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas
… local responses that also achieve mutual benefits for biodiversity conservation and community resilience. Inger … species (octopus, holothurians) and provided strict biodiversity havens within the Mohéli island ecosystem. • The … climate change and food security Alfredo Simão da SILVA, Biodiversity and Protected Areas Institute Guinea Bissau …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… the role of the Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity and in positioning the worlds’ most iconic … iv v Foreword As the global climate change and biodiversity crises accelerate, the importance of protecting … ecological integrity becomes ever more apparent for both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. On a planet …
Assessing the international forest regime
… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … Mackenzie (United Kingdom) is Programme Director of the Biodiversity and Marine Resources Programme at FIELD and … NFPs with the treaty requirements to prepare national biodiversity and desertification strategies, as well as …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… and action groups, focusing in partic ular on species and biodiversity conser va tion and the manage ment of habi tats … communities and left undisturbed as both ecosystems and biodiversity habitats. (Courtesy Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend); … years. Many such landscapes have outstanding aesthetic and biodiversity value and are now protected under co-management …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… world moves towards conservation goals, such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals, … nature-based solution to climate change, as it uses both biodiversity and ecosystems as part of a larger adaptation … change adaptation benefits, but also contributes to biodiversity conservation and to enhancing local economies. …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… below. Ia. Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/geomorphological … Box 16 Ecologically or biologically significant areas, key biodiversity areas and important marine mammal areas 33 Box … islands The waters of the Chagos Archipelago are rich with biodiversity, containing at least 220 coral species and over …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… of the Convention, to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking … and currently a Legal Adviser of the National Institute of Biodiversity in Costa Rica. Furthermore, he is Lead Counsel of the Biodiversity and Biosafety Law Research Programme at the …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… 29 4.1 The southern Africa context 30 4.1.1 Status of biodiversity in southern Africa 30 4.1.1.1 Socio-economic … of southern Africa 30 4.1.1.2 Significance of ABS to biodiversity conservation 30 4.1.2 ABS in southern Africa 31 … activities and support 40 4.5 Recommendations 40 5 Biodiversity Access and Benefit Sharing in Arid Countries and …