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Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … careful balancing between the needs of biodiversity and human livelihoods. 1 Chair, IUCN WCPA Transboundary … also to the recognition of local identity, tradition, and rights to land and natural resources. In 1997, 72 …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… degraded. Drylands are more vulnerable to natural and human destruction due to the small water containment in soil. … Domestic Product (aGDP) through land degradation. Without rights to land, however, people like Maria have little … to climate change. Drought impacts are most visible in human losses and on agricultural production, but have higher …
International System of Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage
… it is located. Thus, territorial sovereignty and property rights over elements of the world natural heritage are … more of the following criteria: represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to participate in treaty-making and to claim certain rights can only go as far as States have empowered it to do … importance of a functioning environment for development, human well-being and other objectives of international … implementation of a treaty it is indispensable to assure human and financial resources and set political priorities …
Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… Are there any (special policy provisions recognizing rights or status of local communities or, in countries where … through prevention and deter- rence of such harm caused by human activity in the sea and in the coastal zone. The … introducing to markets, fishery products permissible for human consumption; and to promote and regulate scientific and …
Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
… Celsius, owing in part to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Unless concerted action is taken to … changing and that much of the change can be attributed to human activities 2,1 . “THE ORIGINAL TRICKLE OF EVIDENCE HAS … and sufficient water resources to meet their needs and rights, by means that maintain the integrity of freshwater …
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
… of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal seeks to protect human health and the environment from illegal transboundary … after the 1972 International Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. As has been noted, some studies have … utilization of genetic resources, taking into account all rights over those resources. Place and Date of Signature …
Additional Reading - CBD Programme of Work on technology transfer and technological and scientific cooperatioN
… that support them - is the foundation upon which human civilizations have been built. Sustaining that … biodiversity, in the face of considerable threats from human activ- ities, constitutes one of the greatest … that technology transfer and cooperation fully respect the rights of indigenous and local communities need to be taken …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… Chenje* (UNEP); Anantha K. Duraiappah* (International Human Dimensions Programme, IHDP); Aniket Ghai* (UNEP); … 2 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2005. Ecosystems and human well-being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington, DC. … resilient communities, infrastructure, civil and political rights and global governance. • In a German Development …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… Germany) – is an organisation for international human resource development, advanced training and dialogue. … fragmentation, at the landscape scale. Rapidly expanding human populations and demand for resources, particularly over … clear that each country retains full sovereignty and all rights and responsibilities in respect of the TBCA. It should …