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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… is compara- tively greater, both in terms of potential illegal use and visitor pressure. The category IV protected … areas will usually be subject to a certain amount of trade-offs as a result of competing land uses and of … management effectiveness that reveals a failure to control illegal resource exploitation in a category II protected area …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… also forms an important bridge between the timber trade and protected areas. The current lack of guidance about … from the presence of new roads and immigrant workers. Illegal mining in protected areas is already a serious issue … implemented and are already being degraded as a result of illegal activity (including sometimes illegal mining). – Are …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… of pressures and threats, external and internal, such as illegal extraction of timber and wildlife, impacts from … of pressures and threats, external and internal, such as illegal extraction of timber and wildlife, impacts from … of reciprocity (such as exchanges in marriages or economic trade) and redistribution (sharing economic surpluses among …
Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… will be difficult decisions to make that will require trade-offs among various resources, stakeholders, values, and … human activities (such as by inappropriate fire regimes or illegal logging), good Protected area “mainstreaming” is the … the GMS are at risk from a range of pressures, including illegal logging, wildlife trade, commercial crop plantations, …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… their origin) and should actively discourage unsustainable trade in geological materials as a whole. Where clearly … are game poaching, killing elephants for their tusks, illegal pastoralism in protected areas, spread of … patrolling rangers should be instituted to help reduce illegal activities (such as ivory poaching) across national …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… and Social Policy CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COAP … of industrial fisheries, which at times include illegal resource users. The CBD recommends that a national … or otherwise) that their activities may be considered illegal, now or in the future; • some rightsholders and …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… and climate cycles; and fishing, hunting and trade are decimating the last populations of high-value … of 60 sites (Figure 24). It tells us, for example, that illegal logging, charcoal burning and firewood collection are … (restricted- range) Low impact: Agricultural encroachment; illegal hunting. Sufficient: Legally protected as a National …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… systems will be necessary to ensure that unintended trade-offs are not created (UNEP 2004a; 2011a; 2012). The … water loss through evapotranspiration. Thus, there is a trade-off between a more constant supply of water and a … Hong and Tien’e Zhou have been seasonally re-opened and illegal and uneconomic aquaculture facilities and other …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… of the United Nations GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade HIA Health Impact Assessment ICESCR International … may only challenge a WUA’s decision if it is actually illegal. On the other hand, the oversight bodies must stand …
The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… fishing • Molecular genetic methods indicate significant illegal sales of whale products The status of natural … long-line fishing vessels. A rapid containment of illegal and unregulated fishing represents the single most … the Philippines and Taiwan. There is still international trade in whale meat. Smuggled whale meat totalling 540 tons …