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Nature-based solutions to address climate change
… climate change while providing benefits for biodiversity conservation. They constitute positive, “no regret” actions, … adaptation to climate change: Mitigation Terrestrial and marine ecosystems play an important role in the global carbon … landslides; wetlands regulate flooding and protect water resources during droughts, and mangroves and dunes act as …
Managing Natural World Heritage
… World Heritage site (Indonesia) Staff of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Parks Agency monitor … time, it points to existing best practice examples and resources, guiding World Heritage site managers to available … Conservation and Sustainable Use, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia • Guy Debonnet, Programme …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that … Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15. … fishers to marine resources and markets 14.c Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… tortoises 75 Chapter 9: Seafood Case Study: Caviar 83 Box: Marine turtles 86 Box: Glass eels 86 Chapter 10: Implications … Apes Survival Partnership, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, TRAFFIC International, UNEP-World … illicit interna- tional trafficking in forest and wildlife resources; and, - -- consider making illicit trafficking in …
Protection of the deep ocean ecosystem and biodiversity from the threats of sea bed mining
… impact in relation to the future exploitation of mining resources, namely in the seabed ecosystems with polymetallic … RECALLING Resolution 4.031 adopted by the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress (Barcelona, 2008) Achieving conservation of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdictions …
Achieving representative systems of protected areas in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
… Resolutions and Recommendations of previous IUCN World Conservation Congresses and General Assemblies that pertain … to facilitate development of representative networks of marine protected areas (MPAs), Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 … Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to develop a representative system of MPAs …
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 … civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,300 Member … agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while working towards …
Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas
… been identified as one of the four greatest threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based … of marine pollution, overexploitation of living marine resources, and habitat degradation. Management action against … Janeiro. The Convention establishes three objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… – Centre on Water and Environment, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the World Resources Institute (WRI). The guide’s principle authors, … breeding grounds and nurseries for freshwater and marine food species of fish and crustaceans. Services Value …
Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. TRAFFIC is a … for International Development in Kenya for providing the resources to complete this assessment as part of the global … conservation hotspots. Landscapes range from coastal/ marine to freshwater and saline lakes, from tropical montane …