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IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas: User Manual, Version 1.0 - The global standard for protected areas in the 21st Century

… Areas “By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, … with legal or customary rights with respect to land, water and/or natural resources. Stakeholder Individual or …
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International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… themes of the first two Courses were, respectively, ‘Water’ and ‘Forests’. An aim of the organizers of the Course … restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services − in … dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity, forest biodiversity, inland waters biodiversity, island biodiversity, ma- rine and …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… 2.1 Nature-based Solutions for water security … Study 10 Guatemala and Mexico: Implementing transboundary water governance through community ecosystem-based action in … of the Manhood peninsula where new defences would be built inland from the existing coastline. This option was initially …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… a series of relationships between large marine ecosystems, water- sheds, national boundaries, and regional ocean … in the vast drainage basins of major river systems and inland with the many sources of airborne pollutants. Human … bays and seas and implicating human activities well inland. Impacts are suffered not only by particular species …
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The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… Vents 15 2. Seamounts 22 3. Deep-sea Trenches 28 4. Deep-Water, Reef-Forming Corals 33 5. Polymetallic Nodules 39 6. … and oil production) that can currently operate down to water depths of at least 2,000 m. These operations pose a … depth exceeds 300-500 m 3. in deep-water environments of inland lakes and seas (>300 m depth) These regions have the …
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Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation

… that the term ‘ecoregion’ meant a “large unit of land or water containing a geographically distinct assemblage of … management methods for the sustainable use of Prespa Lakes water, and spare no efforts so that Prespa Park becomes a … Thaya River, and the border infrastructure built 2–3 km inland was prohibited and therefore nature remained untouched …
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Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc

… should be done about a particular transboundary land or water issue and how people who care about such issues should … used to be characterized by unsustainable agricultural, water and land-use practices, excessive fishing and forestry. … the Eastern Adriatic coast and a wide belt of the inland area. The common historical name for this region is …
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Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe

… biodiversity, physical environment (soils, geology, water, air) and natural phenomena such as weather and … target 11 By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… mesophytic, broadleaf forest on high ground in a white-water drainage (Freese et al . , in Wolfheim, 1983), whereas … densely overgrown river margins and coastal swamp forests. Inland, it shows a strong preference for liane forest and … DISTRIBUTION Mountain areas of Ecuador and northern Peru; inland regions of Brazil, at least as far north as the Matto …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… 3.5  Tenure of land, fisheries, forests, and access to water............................................... 37  3.6  … or  lead  to  environmental  degradation  and water  scarcity,  thereby  reversing  development  pathways  … integrated aquaculture‐agriculture systems  for  inland  fisheries in water and land planning and management.  …
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