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… illustrations: Solar Panel: Shutterstock, Gyuszko-Photo; Forest: Shutterstock, Calin Tatu; Chimney Silhouettes: … youth and education, climate sustainability, clean energy, biodiversity and forests, water, healthy seas and oceans, … Other indicators show much slower progress. Total forest loss continues, although it has slowed from an annual …

… that such areas are essential for the conservation of biodiversity and, indeed, for human wellbeing and … (such as that caused by acid rain) has an impact on forest landscapes throughout Europe. Excessive abstraction … Park and the Bukit Timah Nature Reserves. Others cover forest areas, mangrove swamps, ridges and offshore islands …

… and health of rural ecosystems is fundamental for both biodiversity conservation and human well-being. The … on the value of ecosystem services and the implications of biodiversity loss. The Strategy also recommends inclusive … of habitats. It is recognized as one the 25 top global biodiversity hotspot and characterised as an area of …

… 29 4.1 The southern Africa context 30 4.1.1 Status of biodiversity in southern Africa 30 4.1.1.1 Socio-economic … the terms and con- ditions as if for the collection of forest products.106 There is no appreciation of the potential … resource issues (generally treating the matter as a forest extraction contract), key issues relating to the …

… CONSIDERING that the Amazon Basin is the largest tropical forest ecosystem in the world, covering an area of 7.8 … million km2, and that it holds the greatest terrestrial biodiversity on the planet, for which it is a region of … have conserved and continue to conserve the ecosystems and biodiversity of their ancestral territories as a guarantee of …

… sharing of benefits arising from the use of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge, innovations and practices. … protection, preservation and maintenance of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge and the sharing of benefits … and other appropriate forms of protection of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge, innovations and practices. …

… Each year we are losing over 5 million hectares of forest, and an estimated 10,000 distinct species. Climate … achieving justice and equality, and halting loss of biodiversity. These goals are the most ambitious targets for … managing the process. 69 Joint ANZECC / MCFFA National Forest Policy Statement Implementation Sub-committee (1997). …

… free pulp, from sustainable forests, PEFC-Pan European Forest Certification, Chain of Custody in Austria Preface … The relationship between peo- ple, landscape and biodiversity is profound. The farm- ers are, and have been … in the Albufera Nature Park. Wild flora, avifauna and agro-biodiversity are at the heart of the island’s conservation …

… (or have already crossed) thresholds – experienced as biodiversity loss, climate change or atmospheric, freshwater … of timber harvesting in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (WWNF) in 1992. Sawmills closed and WWNF revenue … of the WWNF was cut by 50%, leading to removal of the forest management regime and decline in forest health. Pest …

… Foreword Ensuring sustainable and equitable management of biodiversity from local to global levels is the heartland of … The FAO states that Indonesia has the largest mangrove forest area in the world.9 However, detailed calculations of Indonesia’s mangrove forest area vary. According to Martosubroto and Naamin’s …