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Introduction to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
… human activities Industrial and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and … by humans, serious human health concerns can also arise. Population Increasing global human population in recent … cities that currently experience the highest population growth, such as São Paulo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila and …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… revolutionary council of Gilgit, representing the local population, the Government of Pakistan took over … practices and customary law. A largely illiterate population, however, had very little or no knowledge of the … in turn means less food for the wild animals and slower growth of plants and trees in the nullahs. They say that …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… these are often driven in turn by other societal change. Population growth and economic development, for example, are amongst a … of freshwater scarcity under a warming climate. If current population trends continue, food demand continues to …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… for a 29-hectare expansion involving the felling of old-growth forest on the allotted leased land. If snowmak- ing is … art exhibitions include works by local monks. The local population and visitors alike have always held both the … depends, in turn, on the local au- thorities, the local population and visitors. Although all three are aware of the …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE REDUCED … limits Trends in fishing effort capacity Trends in population of target and bycatch aquatic species Trends in … target and bycatch species with recovery plans Trends in population of target and bycatch aquatic species Trends in …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… rising population and urbanization rates in addition to the … in agriculture and food systems promotes business growth, … output, food insecurity and poorer economic growth. In many developing … The emergence of a large youth population of unprecedented size can have a profound …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… of entire ecosystems (Toonen, et al., 2011). Rapid growth has also brought criticism. Concerns about the overall … new to science, abundant giant lobster and a relict population of the Juan Fernández fur seal, once thought … where human benefits are particularly high (often near population centres) (Spalding, et al., 2013), recognising …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… and inclusive, and where sustained and inclusive economic growth, social development and environmental protection are … the perspectives, insights and experiences of 50% of the population. 22. Due to these and other longstanding … for the new, more equitable and more sustainable model of growth proposed in The Future We Want. 14 26. The Rio+20 …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… of the social processes that have led to their growth throughout the world, and few precedents to guide … of intensive cultural land use and increasingly high population densities conservation is often about taking … (e.g. in the USA privately held lands contain at least one population of many species listed as being federally …