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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic … services, identifying which groups of stakeholders benefit from particular services, and prioritising sites for … such as identifying areas where conservation will benefit most ES or to see which scenarios are most beneficial …
The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… essary decision-making, lack of mechanisms for information-sharing and knowledge management across sectors, lack of … to innovate lower-emission processes, as these will benefit their bottom line by requiring them to purchase less … of government legislation and regulations. The main benefit of self-regulation and voluntary standards is that …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of planned measures that might affect other states sharing a watercourse. The fundamental nature of the … a state’s “basic right to an equitable and reasonable sharing of the resources of an international watercourse”. … basis of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, mutual benefit and good faith in order to attain optimal utilization …
World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law
… Equity There shall be a fair and equitable sharing of the benefits of nature, including appropriate … to ecosystem services. There shall be a fair and equitable sharing of efforts and burdens. Natural resources shall be … such as regional enforcement networks, intelligence sharing, and judicial cooperation, h) Environmental legal …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… Adrian Philips and Sue Stolton 8 many more places could benefit from a formal designation as a protected landscape. … values. Such values are not only an additional significant benefit that Category V protected areas may offer to so- … Photo: Johanna Kijas. 43 played an important role in sharing and passing on knowledge and in the reproduction of …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public access to and sharing of environmental information, as well as unclear … a wide community of readers is given the chance to benefit from the fruitful outcomes of the discussions held by … market development. The big devel- opment projects benefit most of the urban population and industries by …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… of a public good is carbon storage by a forest. Humans benefit from this public good because it helps prevent … one is likely to pay for it; rather, everyone will try to benefit for free hoping that someone else will pay. Ecosystem … generally consists of organising their participation in sharing the spin-offs of industrial logging, while communi- …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… . . . 106 7.4 Law enforcement cooperation and information sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … or by creating new opportunities for local people to benefit from forest management. Without local support, law … 34 WILDLIFE AND FOREST CRIME ANALYTIC TOOLKIT or for whose benefit any offence, including wildlife and forest crime, was …