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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… both for these additional people and to raise the standard of provision for those at present with an inad- … ■ There is generally a lack of consistency in the use of standard scientific soil termi- nology, and often there is an … and ecological principles aimed at achieving a desired standard of perfor- mance in sustainable soil management. 21 …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… water use do not require a permit. The law must detail the standard conditions of permits and licences, and itemize their standard contents. Decisions by governments to grant a permit … () /PDFXOutputCondition (ISO Coated \050Prozess-Standard Offset, gestrichenes Papier, 60 L/cm, ISO …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… independent third party against a pre- determined standard designed to ensure that operations are … acceptable. Forest operations found to conform to the standard are issued a certificate, which can then be used to … Implementation of new activities or modification of standard activities: Many of the actions set out in the …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… consists of the following three main steps: — Develop a standard analysis methodology that takes into account the … requirement (FAO 2005). The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… no established criteria, definitions or techniques for the standard measurement of wetlands. When does a wetland start … and include quantitative permits, discharge consents and emission limits, usually adapted to the nature of the … monitoring programmes, draw up inventories and elaborate emission limits and joint water quality objectives. Specific …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… Planning Cycle, reflecting the many other versions of the standard planning cycle, yet adapting it for this purpose. At … species planning. Further, the newly operational global standard for Key Biodiversity Areas8 will assist … Terminology The stages of the planning cycle do not fit a standard format: between sources and users, definition of its …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… of good transboundary practice, in which majority of Basic Standard Criteria are fully employed (e.g. common vision, … the same year. The two services use buses that run on low-emission natural gas or bio-gasoline fuels. The timetables of … beetles (Ips typographus) and cutting infected trees were standard management practices on the Czech side during the …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… In all cases, the Convention requires that the standard of “environmentally sound management” (ESM) is met. This standard is defined as “taking all practicable steps to … such wastes” (Article 2(8)). What is required to meet the standard of environmentally sound management may change from …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… or ‘maintaining river nitrate levels below a particular standard’. 6 Social and political objectives might, at first … variation of the indices is then set, for example + or - 1 standard deviation from the mean or between the 25th and 75th … toilets that use 1.6 gallons as opposed to 5 to 7 for standard models.82 Customers are either provided with rebates …