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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… and update of the ZICGC experience in participatory management and integrated development of protected areas in … Ecosystems such as forests and lakes but also the global ecosystem, which constitutes the Biosphere, thus enter into … the Earth defines sustainable use as “use of an organism, ecosystem or other renewable resource at a rate within its …
The importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas
… coastal defences. These may have an impact on the ecosystem services on which coastal communities depend, … of change and cause erosion of coastlines; NOTING that ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and disaster risk … to risk reduction; and FURTHER CONSIDERING that management efforts are more effective when vulnerable …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… European Landscape Conventions. He wrote the Category V Management Guidelines (published in 2002) and was the series … have recently been summarised in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA): “Genetic diversity has declined … the web of life. Conserving agrobiodiversity The Millenium Ecosystem Assessment referred to above provides many good …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… to the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. Three things have become clear in … provide a background to issues of biodiversity information management and to set some suggestions for a framework for … to the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. A world full of unused information The …
What is Agrodiversity
… food and livelihood security depend on the sustained management of various biological resources that are important … are necessary for sustaining key functions of the agro-ecosystem, including its structure and processes for, and in … provide sources of medicines and vitamins, and * Conserve ecosystem structure and stability of species diversity. (A da …
Water Law and the Environment
… a process of integrating environmental concerns into water management priorities and decision-making practices.[1] This … in Article 20 requires that a particular watercourse ecosystem be transboundary; it must only be part of a … https://www.informea.org/en/terms/marine-ecosystem 4. How international water law incorporates …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… 65 II RBA in the Community Forest Management Context … of Nature JFM joint forest management MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MDG Millennium Development Goal NGO … to conservation remains slow to date. As the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment indicates, continuous environmental …
Capacity Development for Protected and Other Conserved Areas in the Pacific Islands Region: Strategy and Action Framework 2015-2020
… About BIOPAMA The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme aims to address threats to … with capacity development to strengthen protected area management. It has two main components: one concerning … ecosystem services and cultural values’. (Dudley, 2008) …
Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions
… transboundary conservation can lead to a juridical common management structure 25 Czech Republic and Germany: … familiar with the negative impacts of fragmentation on ecosystem functionality. However, to successfully facilitate … protection. This in turn benefits the integrity of the ecosystem and its services. Improved institutional presence …