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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… and Partners, and especially the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), and with a range of partners, IUCN’s … concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … research tool for World Heritage site managers and protected area professionals generally. Most of the …
Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
… the state and the dis-empowerment of communities in this area, curtails it from being a resource that can be used in a … 2 Protection of Existing Rights32 All rights that are protected in law may not be arbitrarily extinguished. This … Africa wildlife and forest laws and the creation of protected conservation areas. In most of the region these …
Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… the state and the dis-empowerment of communities in this area, curtails it from being a resource that can be used in a … 2 Protection of Existing Rights32 All rights that are protected in law may not be arbitrarily extinguished. This … Africa wildlife and forest laws and the creation of protected conservation areas. In most of the region these …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … financed ecological corridors or strengthen networks of protected areas. Offsets could also help ensure that national … explicitly require the purchase of land or support for a protected area as a form of compensation. (See section 4.3.1 …
Nature-based solutions to address climate change
… CO 2 emissions generated by human activities each year. Protected areas host at least 15% of global terrestrial … waves by cooling the air while improving its quality. If protected and sustainably managed, ecosystems provide a wide … than half of the oxygen we breathe. The marine protected area networks help maintain a healthy ocean. They preserve …
Assessing the international forest regime
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … interesting initiatives, such as its alliance with WWF on protected areas and certification that may prove fruitful. … NFP. Paragraph 46 (c) would result in the establishment of protected areas in drought-affected zones, in particular by …
Aspects of Trans-boundary Snow Leopard Conservation in Central Asia
… the legal status of any State, territory, city or area, its authorities, or the delimitation of their frontiers … work on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, protected area management planning and support, training, … and occupy large home ranges. Single sites, including most Protected Areas (PAs), are rarely large enough to harbour …
Principles of phytosanitary legislation
… the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … to import beef from the United States consumers were protected from a risk, even though the American experts … are not yet considered to be competitive and are therefore protected from any regional competition. Most of the Asian …
Global Land Outlook
… or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … consider land to be a communal or sacred asset, to be protected for current and future generations. Many faith … of land as a habitat for species or as a wilderness to be protected. Timber, paper and pulp companies focus on the …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… also anticipates adding energy resources as its third area of emphasis, with an emphasis on renewable energy … or sewage). Viewed from a different perspective, legally protected instream uses can preclude new uses that would … At the same time water is a heritage that shall be protected, conserved and used as such regarding the future …