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Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change

… that protected areas and other effective area based conservation measures (conserved areas) play a critical role … negotiations about controlling climate change; The World Conservation Congress, at its session in Hawai‘i, United … the contribution of protected areas and other effective conservation measures to the national strategies to address …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and … land degradation, and disease; supporting services such as soil formation and nutrient cycling; and cultural services … catchments and transmitted through water (e.g., pollution, soil erosion and eutrophication). While all protected areas …
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Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems

… including the fight against climate change, biodiversity conservation, prevention of food health crises, and the need … changes in periurban areas, not only in terms of space or soil use but also at social, economic, political and … such as 3.012 Governance of natural resources for conservation and sustainable development, 3.017 Promoting …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… for financing biodiversity that promotes protected areas conservation and community development through technical, … collective land title has been conferred and of rights to soil and forest resources in the San Juan Territory have … | Appendix use and sale of surplus. The use of soil and timber resources is a recognised statutory right. …
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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… Whaling Commission), Heidrun Frisch (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species), Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, … and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human … to be the most common use of the term. In engineering, soil mechanics, materials science and geology, plasticity …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… M anaging M ID A s IU C N INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … areas only reinforce the degradation of air, water and soil quality, the noise pollution, the pressures of expanding … in elevation above sea level, changes in topography and soil types, patch systems and naturally regenerating patches; …
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Sources of international water law

… 1.2.1.1 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - Algiers, 15 … arising out of the acts of devastation perpetrated on its soil during the war 1914-1918, shall be deemed to be relieved … to ensure conservation, utilization and development of soil, water, flora and fauna resources in accordance with …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

… importance of peatlands for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and … RECOGNISING that a workshop held during the IUCN World Conservation Congress at its session in Jeju, Republic of … area or is subject to wetland preservation laws; The World Conservation Congress, at its session in Hawai‘i, United …
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Improving the means to fight environmental crime

… the emission or discharge of substances into air, water or soil, the illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances, or the … infractions and sanctions; RECALLING IUCN Resolution 4.040 Conservation of geodiversity and geological heritage (2008, … Council of Europe in 2004 of Recommendation Rec(2004)3 'conservation of the geological heritage and areas of special …
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The World Charter for Nature

… for scarce resources creates conflicts, whereas the conservation of nature and natural resources contributes to … proclaims the following principles of conservation by which all human conduct affecting nature is … both land and sea, shall be subject to these principles of conservation; special protection shall be given to unique …
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