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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… authorities; e) jurisdictional constraints on ecosystem management of river basins and coastal areas; f) … 3.5 Jurisdictional constraints on river and coastal ecosystem management 4.0 Developing legal and institutional … with the maintenance of the natural properties of the ecosystem”. “Sustainable utilization” is defined as “human …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… processing the data with more information about the ecosystem or potential functions of enzymes. While the … can have several principles, namely sustainability; an ecosystem-based approach; integrated management; the … microorganisms considers their role in biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and opportunities for biotechnological …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… 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 multiplicity of temporalities and specialities of the ecosystem in question (shifting agriculture, crop rotation, …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… Thus, implementing the UNCCD contributes to support an ecosystem approach to sustainable forest management as part … and the law 39 Under the 2004 Ministerial Regulation on Ecosystem Restoration in Production Forest Areas, forest … areas with the aim to restore the biotic and abiotic ecosystem functions and the economic potential of production …
State of Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific
… poses a direct challenge to the resilience of the regional ecosystem. The serious effects of these activities are … are also many examples of traditional, community-based ecosystem management systems that are enjoying increased … science- policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services and to boost global biodiversity …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… 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 … also protect landscapes, important wildlife, and natural ecosystem values, as well as associated cultural values – a …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… decline in biodiversity and irreparable alterations to ecosystem functions. The capacity of oceans to recover from global perturbations and, thus, to maintain ecosystem goods and services is rapidly weakening. Climate … ‘Biogeochemistry of butyltins in an enclosed marine ecosystem’. Environmental Science and Technology, …
Redesigning future cities and related urban zones with protected area: cities, return to nature
… future-oriented concept, which takes into account ecosystem services as well as social, economic and ecological … areas; REMEMBERING that the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment underlines the functions of various ecosystem services (supporting services, provisioning …
Strengthening cross-sector partnerships to recognise the contributions of nature to health, well-being and quality of life
… the growth of the state of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services, for example through the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and the development of standards …