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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… use of natural or human-caused fire in maintaining ecological values and integrity of certain ecosystems, and … a model law on forest fires: as technical issues and ecological and social conditions vary greatly from country to … to single out those legal provisions of a promotional character whose violation is not to be punished. One common …
Negotiate: reaching agreement over water
… all levels define and get to grips with the political and ecological complexity of water management, and respond to it … 3.7 Companion Modelling). • Combining maintenance of the character of natural floods with hydropower generation in the … in the availability of water. Critics cite the negative ecological, economic and social costs, and argue for more …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… which, for reasons relating to their ‘oceanographical and ecological condition’ (such as low water exchange caused by … action by IMO because of its significance for recognised ecological, socio-economic, or scientific attributes where … and ecological condition and to the particular character of its traffic, the adoption of special mandatory …
Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law
… sampling and testing methods, specific diseases or pests, ecological and environmental conditions and, in the case of … policy objectives, institutional capacities and social, ecological, political and economic conditions. These many … is not a strict necessity. Novel foods lose their novel character with time (for example kiwi fruit that reached …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… The concept of FPIC has a continuous, rather than one-off, character, and indigenous peoples can have the right to say … of women’s participation in community forest governance’. Ecological Economics, 68(11): 2785-2799. Alden Wily, L. 2005. … B. 2007. More than socially embedded: the distinctive character of ‘communal tenure’ regimes in South Africa and …
Brexit: environment and climate change
… however, much legislation that was ‘environmental’ in character continued to be made under the standard Single … practices, such as the maintenance of permanent grassland, ecological focus areas and crop diversification.17 16. The … Mirroring the Minister’s point, Mr Hutchings drew on the character of environmental issues as a driver for …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… community size, and species abundance as well as ecological regime shifts. Such shifts often interfere, or are … and predictions for the future matter from moral, social, ecological and economic perspectives. The value of our … Pacific (5oN – 5oS, 120oE – 80oW). Note the change in character in the late 1990s. Modified from …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… early 1960s, has provided a forum for discussion on all ecological, social, economic, political and practical matters … requirements, species migration requirements, integrity, ecological processes and ecosystem services. Z KBAs provide … “the sites should, as far as possible, 1. be different in character or habitat or ornithological importance from the …
GEO yearbook 2003
… Applied Geoscience Commission. The index integrates both ecological fragility and economic vulnerability. UNEP-WCMC … developing countries (International Consumers 2004). The Ecological Society of America has also recognized the … threaten not only public health but also livelihoods. The character of solid waste has changed over the last two …