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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… their operations and their dependency on biodiversity and ecosystem services1 can have major implications both for … performance. Negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services from unsustainable business operations … for agriculture or forestry activities. o Promote land restoration: For raw materials or commodities that have a …
Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
… health promotion, thereby minimizing the need for dental restoration; (ii) Setting national objectives aiming at … clinically effective mercury-free alternatives for dental restoration; (iv) Promoting research and development of quality mercury-free materials for dental restoration; (v) Encouraging representative professional …
GEO yearbook 2003
… is considered the first ever attempt to pursue integrated ecosystem management across political jurisdictions. In New … to maintain the fire-climax vegetation of the savannah ecosystem. In addition, nutrients are released from the ash … (MoU) and implement an Action Plan on the Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope. The …
Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach
… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … for the conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values, while promoting peace … offered more habitat that could be used in future. Habitat restoration was recognized as an immediate priority for Viet …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… methodology that can be used worldwide in any habitat or ecosystem; allow information to be collated internally as … features (e.g. karst caves) or a habitat with an important ecosystem function for the surrounding landscape (streams, … to pursue impact avoidance and reduc- tion, as well as restoration, prior to the offsetting of residual impacts. The …
Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe
… Values of biodiversity and ecosystem services … with national protected areas. values of biodiversity and ecosystem services ACTION B9. Develop and organise a set of … carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of …
Establishing marine protected area networks
… a real difference by sustaining or recovering wildlife and ecosystem processes; and o work on building networks should … o Ecologically. A network can help to ensure marine ecosystem function by encompassing the temporal and spatial … activities and non-use values, such as those provided by ecosystem services. Current social relationships and …
Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… (and in this case, irreversible) alteration of the marine ecosystem. The “service” the sawfish provided to people no … the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”.3 The IUCN definition … includes the preservation, maintenance, sustainable use, restoration, and enhancement of the natural milieu”.4 The …
Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application
… Capacity: Building regionally- and nationally-tailored ecosystem-based adaptation in Meso-America 5 About the … policy guidelines and best practice application 3.1 An ecosystem-based approach The ecosystem approach is a process … including land use planning; and ecosystem management and restoration. Other ’no-regret’ measures include improvements …