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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma (in 2500 BC).5 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified more … including agriculture, industry, recreation, flood control, hydropower, environmental protection, and human … many of the older agreements lack provisions on water quality management, monitoring, public participation, …
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Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

… Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Netherlands. Published by IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, … sustainable management in the existing protected areas • control large-scale poaching and any other unsustainable use …
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The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?

… hand, and the use of ecosystems through activities such as food production, aquaculture, transport, hunting, mining, … uses or activities. Regulating services, such as pest control, flood control, soil fertilizer, and water filtration … and pharmaceuticals. Regulating services include air quality maintenance, climate regulation, and water …
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The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries

… ENDA-Santé African Environment and Development-Health FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GIE Economic Interest Group … well as local retailers. Data was collected on the volume, quality and prices of wild products on display. These visits … of “fishing units” in both the dry and rainy seasons, to control for seasonal effects; followed by Daily surveys of …
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IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… in databases that are subject to peer-review for quality-control and are regularly updated. IUCN experience, expertise … 22 Case Study: Monitoring biodiversity for food and medicine The Biodiversity for Food and Medicine …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… scope The Helsinki Convention deals with the prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impacts relating to … required to establish national and local targets for the quality of drinking water and the quality of discharges, as … of the regional economy and poverty alleviation, food security and industrial development. It was established …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… and activities which impact on the environment 11 3.1 Control of pollution and waste management 11 3.2 Military and … modern solutions to maintain and improve environmental quality across Africa. The African Convention provides an … to the Parties, including energy, mineral resources, food, agricultural and animal resources, forestry, water …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… extraction. Some protected areas ban activities like food collecting, hunting or extraction of natural resources … comprehensiveness and balance ● : including highest quality examples of the full range of environment types … protected areas. In some cases, the government retains the control of a protected area – in other words decides the …
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Feasibility study on establishing transboundary cooperation in the potential Tara-Drina National Park

… border crossings with organized sani- tary and veterinary control. The Karakaj border crossing near Zvornik, which is … several direct and indirect effects that would improve quality of life for citizens on both sides of the border. … industry, textile industry, construction, agriculture and food processing (slaughterhouses and production of malt), …
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Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa

… the governance structure The shared governance bodies The quality of the governance Learning by doing 18. Implementing … which the different institutions concerned are tempted to control. Furthermore, any decision to create an MPA taken by … liveli- hoods of human communities, at the basis of their food and physical security. The deterioration of the …
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