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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… fragmentation; • Where a set of species in a community or ecosystem needs specific conservation support either as a standalone project or as part of a wider ecosystem plan; • Where a translocation with conservation … only occupy relict habitats such as the forest on isolated mountain tops. Many reptiles exhibit temperature-dependent …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… information concerning the impact of the wastes on the ecosystem. Legal Framework The Constitution of Chile … was known to be crucial to the irrigation system as the mountain jungles intercepted and stored the monsoon rains47. … networks of irrigation furrows, collecting water from the mountain streams and transporting it over long distances to …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… Community 33 Ecological character Combination of the ecosystem components, processes and services that … health, environmental and other related matters. Ecosystem Dynamic complex of plant, animal, micro- organism … Ecosystems are irrespective of political boundaries. Ecosystem approach Strategy for the integrated management of …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… other means, including new technologies and investments in ecosystem services. The Dialogue grew out of the Bonn Nexus … Brief, February. International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal. Jantzen, D., …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … to: ● Protect species, habitats and ecosystems; ● Maintain ecosystem services, vital for local and national economies; ● … ● Developing plans for multifunctional landscape/ecosystem scale conservation (e.g. watershed management …
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Defenders of the Earth

… Site and home to some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas.61 Half of DRC’s murdered park rangers in … of Rodgrigue and his colleagues which means that the mountain gorillas remain in Virunga, in spite of local …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… of Nature JFM joint forest management MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MDG Millennium Development Goal NGO … to conservation remains slow to date. As the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment indicates, continuous environmental … Change, Physiography, Local Economy, and Institutions in a Mountain Watershed in Nepal,” Environmental Management, vol. …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Columns to SW-846 GC Methods. Environmental Laboratory, Mountain View, CA. 99 Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI-S2) … Columns to SW-846 GC Methods.Environmental Laboratory, Mountain View, CA. 116 Detailed Site Investigation Checklist … the potential to cause serious effects on an organism, ecosystem or environment • exposure pathway: a route or …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… and impacts of environmental hazards, like loss of ecosystem services, climate change and environmental … caused by mounting pressure, the refuse erupted from the mountain of waste and engulfed some ten slum dwellings … of about 65 residents of La Oroya, a town in the Andes mountain of Peru which was contaminated by a metallurgical …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… BY STANLEY JOHNSON © S H U TT ER ST O CK Sugarloaf mountain, Rio de Janeiro. 127 M aurice Strong served as the … and Drought • Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development • Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and … beginning of the third millennium. First, the global human ecosystem is threatened by grave imbalances in productivity …
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