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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… What happened when a fisher caught the last fish of a ‘species’? Did the fisher who caught that last fish admit it? … in Handout 38 b. Participants identify at least one SMART indicator for each intervention identified c. Participants … framework on flip chart paper. There may be more than one indicator for an intervention. d. Participants explain to the …
Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to address problems relating to the oceans, endangered species, and other natural resources, date back to the … the issues. https://www.informea.org/en/terms/endangered-species … 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), fifteenth (i.e., 1979 …
Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers
… of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA USA 5 IUCN Species Survival Commission, Cetacean Specialist Group A … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Potentially Affected Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … G., ... & Bröker, K. (2015). Distance from shore as an indicator of disturbance of gray whales during a seismic …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… also compiled inventories that identified over 40 plant species including rafflesia, which they have documented on … systems or at least to provide sympathetic support. One indicator of the value of supporting informal arrangements … that has involved planting large areas with various species, including conifers. Despite extensive reforestation …
In Transition: Bangkok's Ivory Market
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CoPConference of the Parties … Elephant Loxodanta africana as a nationally protected species. Thus Thailand finally introduced a legal means to … or all trade in specimens of one or more CITES-listed species, consistent with the Convention. Such a …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… survival requires the existence of wild animal and plant species to hunt and gather for food and medicines, access to … the most desirable, Costa Rica is 48 on the GINI index (an indicator of equality in distribution of wealth in society), 89 in purchasing power parity (an indicator of economic well being), and 160 in infant …
Transboundary River Basins: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)
… local-level, tailored solutions are needed to address species extinction risks. 4. The construction of dams and … basins have moderate to very high risk for one or more indicator. Special attention should be paid to the impacts of … The Transboundary River Basins Assessment is an indicator-based assessment, which identifies and classifies …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… information. In the biodiversity field the very number of species means that information management has always been a … National Park. Given the millions of genes of millions of species interacting in millions of ways in hundreds of … as scientific information, primarily about biological species and specimens (see appendix 3)35. A survey of 18 …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… reading 180 Article 22 | Introduction of Alien or New Species 181 22.1 Commentary 181 22.2 Application 182 22.3 … to pages 173-180 Article 22 - Introduction of alien or new species Watercourse States shall take all measures necessary to prevent the introduction of species, alien or new, into an international watercourse …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… Earth’s Land Surface WCF Theme 3: Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction – Managing Risk in a Changing World 16 … Assessment, gmba@unibas.ch • Wendy Strahm, IUCN Species Programme, was@iucn.org • Sagendra Tiwari, IUCN … the challenge of human well-being 3) Biodiversity loss and species extinction – managing risk in a changing world 4) …