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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… by Cam pese, et al. The links between human rights and biodiversity and natural resource conservation are many and … CCA Community Conserved Area CCBA Carbon, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance CDO Community Development Organisation … Case 4. Failing to realise human rights can lead to loss of natural resources and biodiversity (Encroachment and …
Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of land and water is causing shifts in ecosystems and loss of biodiversity; plastics in the ocean is on the rise and there … pollutants contribute to air pollution and loss of biodiversity (Vet 2014). Similarly there have been great …
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 … site. The designation of an LSMPA may be perceived as a loss of inherent cultural rights to conduct certain …
Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. … through the support provided by the Office of Forestry and Biodiversity, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and … and large-scale developments have caused major habitat loss as wild lands are converted to TRAFFIC report: Wildlife …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. … say Join email/web-based Europe Overseas Forum to advance biodiversity and climate change action in Europe overseas … targets 141 6 2 Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity 144 Conclusion & Recommendations 146 References …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… considered as priority issues under the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), with clearly rights-related challenges. … obligations.4 Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems generally have to be taken into … not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation (Article 1 (f)). Furthermore, …
Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe
… mission is to engage in strong partnerships to conserve biodiversity for future generations. Under the leadership of … Serbia SVN Slovenia TEEB The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP … of biodiversity including the growing cost of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. TEEB presents an approach …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… FoProBiM - Foundation for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity FUNDEMAR - Dominican Foundation of Marine … degraded by overuse and anthropogenic impacts resulting in loss of biodiversity and loss of natural storm buffers such as corals …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… UN Member States on occassion of the High-level Meeting on Biodiversity, 22 September 2015 • 5th edition released as … in 2010 on the occasion of the High- Level Meeting on Biodiversity during the 65th UN General Assembly . Since its … to prevent large-scale conversion and soil degradation and loss, to combat desertification, to safeguard the processes …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… challenges related to the manage- ment of agricultural biodiversity. It is a major contribution for the effective … the agriculture-related targets of the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity for 2011–2020, and to the celebration of the … the same throughout the world (SoW1-PGRFA, 1996). This loss of agricultural biological diversity has not only …