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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… types (only types with more than 1% area) . . . .49 9. Environmental education: Czech pupil with pearl mussel . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 40. Visitor management in the Harz Nationalpark, Germany . . . . . . . . … that take place within biosphere reserves must be based on sound scientific information and since the 1980s, ecological …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Design and Implementation at the National Level IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 77 IUCN Environmental … and help promote socially positive and environmentally sound REDD project activities, and thus deliver towards the … and climate change benefits of community-based forest management”. Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… contribution to biodiversity conservation planning and management practice. The review is focused on published … led to patterns of global forest use with many detrimental environmental consequences. This study demonstrates the … time-specific and place-specific information required for sound biodiversity management. The special contribution of …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… of Nature and Natural Resources and Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd, London, UK Reproduction of this … offset? 9 Offset or mitigate? 9 Offset and the environmental mitigation hierarchy 9 Offset or compensate? 9 … activities. For the argument of better conservation to be sound, a number of things are necessary. The policy framework …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… countries relies on diverse cropping systems as risk management strategies against pests and severe weather conditions. The need to adopt ecologically sound agricultural practices is being increasingly recognized … crop is uniformly susceptible to a given pest, pathogen or environmental hazard. Genetic uniformity creates a potential …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and natural resources. The Union has … area planning and management. The Department, through its Environmental Planning Research Unit, is actively involved in … objective, the existence of such a shared resource is a sound reason for co- operation in management. The following …
The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… The status of natural resources on the high-seas Part 1: An environmental perspective Part 2: Legal and political … that would be required to afford real protection and/or management can be determined and focused. It is expected that … / actual threats In order to achieve economically sound nodule mining, thousands of square kilometres of …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… Edited by Thomas Greiber Papers and Speeches from an IUCN Environmental Law Programme (ELP) Side Event at the 3rd IUCN … a variety of public and private stake- holders in resource management, to decentralization of government institutions … utilization of resources; • “precautionary principle,” “sound scientific knowledge”, and “the polluter pays …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 18 4.4 Environmental legislation … 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of 1998, section 1 … living environment in cities. Healthy and environmentally sound agricultural activities and the provision of common …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) The Aarhus … Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2009 to … and access to justice to sustainable and environmentally sound development. Making the connection to human rights The …