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Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… Mondial IMELS Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea IUCN International Union for the Conservation of … of the western Balkans. The shoreline is a narrow strip of land (2-10 km wide) separated from the country by the high … areas currently covers 124,964 ha or more than 9% of the land area of Montenegro. The country’s five national parks …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… areas have been expanded in number and extent, both on land and in coastal waters. In Eastern and Southern Africa, 14.6 per cent of the region’s total land area is protected. This compares to 10.5 per cent of … of the Mau have been cut off and converted to other land uses, such as human settlement and private agriculture. …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… (for ex- ample, Weitz and Nilsson, 2014, for climate, land, energy and water). As far as we are aware, a similar … reduce ma- rine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … and coastal areas are vulnerable to the pollu- tion from land- and marine-based activities, includ- ing from urban …
The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices
… Approach – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at … of wastes n Coastal and marine resources n Freshwater n Land n Energy n Tourism n Biodiversity resources n National … of focal areas including biodiversity, climate change, land degradation, international waters and persistent organic …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… “nature, forests and landscapes”. 5) Conservation land as a result of default or debt work-out. Should … acquire a significant amount of biodiversity- sensitive land as a result of default or debt work-out situations, … in finding suitable (conservation) purposes for the land. While the bank remains owner of the land, it could use …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… a number of conventions dealing with matters related to land degradation, desertification and/or drought, such as the … focusing specifically on the problem of desertification, land degradation and drought is the United Nations Convention … objectives that relate to the integrated development of land, control of soil erosion, deforestation, reclamation of …
Regional Seas Agreements
… joint action to mitigate the impacts of pollution from land- based activities or from other sources. … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land- Based Sources was adopted on 17 May 1980 and entered into force on 17 July 1983. Land- based pollution presents 80% of harm done to the …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… patterns and use of all natural resources – from air to land, from rivers, lakes and aquifers to oceans and seas – … degradation, including desertification, drought, land degradation, freshwater scarcity and loss of … to strengthen cooperation on desertification, dust storms, land degradation and drought and to promote resilience and …
Managing Natural World Heritage
… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands … of the important links and interaction between land and culture. It is not surprising that such management …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands … of the important links and interaction between land and culture. It is not surprising that such management …