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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… 4. IUCN defines a protected area as ‘An Area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … the following: n originally purely a tool used on land, the requirement to create protected areas in coastal … arrangements which stem from national sovereignty over the land or seas. Protection of natural areas in recent years has …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… SLR, which is an upper bound for SLR in this century if land-based ice sheets respond faster than expected to … which could have additional consequences for wet- land and biodiversity loss (e.g., Wetzel et al. 2012). Time … for wetland managers and decision-makers on the extent of land use and population in the vicinity of wetlands in …
Preparing national regulations for water resources management: Principles and practice (2nd edition)
… 241 2.1 Occupation of Irrigated Land ..................................................... … 265 2. LAND DRAINAGE … issues from the highest lawmaking body or authority of the land (i.e. the Parliament, Congress or National Assembly) and …
Feasibility study on establishing transboundary cooperation in the potential Tara-Drina National Park
… values such as wooden architecture and traditional land use practices. The Bridge of Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic is … areas are no longer accessible due to the presence of land mines. Regardless of the ethni- cal, religious and … complicates the situation for people owning farms and land on the other side of the border. For citizens of these …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… parameter * Severe High 94 553 * Defined as the land ratio without vegetation coverage (forest area and … of Water laW10 freshwater habitat modification. Most land-based activities, such as agriculture and human settlements, generate pollution, land erosion (causing siltation) and nutrient runoff (causing …
Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… takes place in the absence of strategic and jurisdictional land-use planning and without appropriate consideration for … are avoidable or could be mitigated through strategic land-use planning and licensing, legal reforms to secure the … of palm oil expansion and operations on biodiversity, land-use planning and best practises, to: a. support …
IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES
… highlights opportunities to firmly embed conservation in land use planning and development. Continu- ously increasing … spatial distribution of biodiversity information on the land and in the sea. Such knowledge is used to underpin conservation, restoration, marine and land use planning and natu- ral resource management. In …
Capacity Development for Protected and Other Conserved Areas in the Pacific Islands Region: Strategy and Action Framework 2015-2020
… institutions and personnel; land and sea stewards; and a range of important partners, … of land throughout the Pacific (and ‘land’ often includes foreshore and inshore waters), which … biodiversity. This form of conserving and managing land and coastal resources will continue to be a …
Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China
… 40 sets of environmental regulations. Strict control of land use planning measures, and close attention to ongoing … to the environment (such as foreign affairs, health, land, minerals and mining, trade and industry, water, and so … since then. Also, in 2011 a dedicated Environmental and Land Court was created to hear matters related to land and …
Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits
… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …