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Global Land Outlook
… (UNCCD) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or … has shifted many natural resource pressures from the developed to developing countries, where the direct effects … of civil wars over the past 70 years that indicate that at least 40 per cent are linked to the contested control or use …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… Convention Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … the Conference of the Contracting Parties has further developed and interpreted the basic tenets of the treaty text … recent studies have indicated that ecosystems provide at least US$ 33 trillion worth of services annually, of which …
Legislating for property rights in fisheries
… Nations concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or … appears more appropriate to describe quotas quotas are at least a form of profit à prendre; in some cases they are … by legislative intervention. The public right to fish developed more slowly in continental maritime nations where …
Technical guidelines on hazardous waste from the production and use of organic solvents (Y16)
… consideration of relative cost, final choice will at least in part depend upon the quantity, physical and chemical … clean solvent waste is likely to be recovered, or at least used as a fuel. It is important to ensure that any … processes but with most of these having been developed for persistent substances such as polychlorinated …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… or cultivated species, in the surroundings where they have developed their distinctive properties” (United Nations 1992, … of conserving agricultural genetic resources for at least 25 years, since the publication of the World … in Europe and Gaspé on the one hand and the developing country case studies on the other, there is also a remarkable …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … fibre and of the Paper: 60% virgin wood fibre of which at least 50% is FSC certified. The content is printed on … it explores the ways in which conservation thinking has developed and been influenced by sustainable development …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… staff, most of whom are located in its 42 regional and country offices while 100 work at its Headquarters in Gland, … or to make recommendations on how it should be developed in the future. Chapter 3 draws together key legal … were released. The species has established itself in at least 22 states, has no natural enemies and has severely …
Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… part of MoEFCC or GIZ concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … and charismatic ones. economy grows at a high rate, at least for a few decades, to This is a daunting challenge for … Incentives for Conservation India has, fairly well developed forest and biodiversity conservation and …
UN Treaty Handbook
… character of the full powers, it is prudent to name at least two representatives, in case one is hindered by some … date thereafter, if 12 Governments of producers holding at least 60 per cent of the total votes as set out in Annex A to … the Secretary-General’s depositary practice, which has developed since the establishment of the United Nations, has …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… editors of the document concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … process and Acknowledgements These Guidelines were developed by members of the International Union for … with extinction’. This implies that there is at least basic information on the numbers of such species. Where …