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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices
… knowledge can make a significant contribution to sustainable development. Most indigenous and local … Many of them have cultivated and used biodiversity in a sustainable way for thousands of years. Some of their … indigenous and local communities to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity goes far beyond their role as …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… in regional criteria and indicator processes for sustainable forest management 123 Chapter 2.11: Certification … in regional criteria and indicator processes for sustainable forest management Certification of forest … of the role and limitations of industrial timber production in protected areas prepared as a result of …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting
… […]; agreed to continue with the present system of the production of explanatory documents with increased input from … developing member countries; and provide a sufficient and sustainable administrative support structure to meet its … trade. The strategic objectives are to: A. protect sustainable agriculture and enhance global food security …
European charter on hunting and biodiversity
… CONSEIL DE L'EUROPE COUNCIL OF EUROPE European Sustainable Use Specialist Group - 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1 Sustainable Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and training/awareness measures. These included the production of management plans for huntable species of …
Technical guidelines on used oil re-refining or other re-uses of previously used oil (R9)
… Recovery……………………………………………………….. 3 Road Oiling and Asphalt Production………………………………………………….... 9 Miscellaneous End … fuel or fuel extender. 11. Regeneration. This involves the production of base oils from used oils as a result of … of hazardous wastes. • Economics (economic viability/sustainable market and commercial feasibility; product …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world”. As of January … global intergovernmental treaties on the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, but, compared with more … the environment. Access to safe water, human health, food production, economic development and geopolitical stability …
Responsible renewable energy sources
… any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable”; CONSCIOUS that access to energy sources is … RECALLING that the same Congress adopted Resolutions 4.082 Sustainable biomass-based energy and 4.083 Industrial agrofuel production in which concern was expressed over the …
Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… water rights, which enable the orderly allocation and sustainable use of valuable water resources. This publication … Plant Genetic Resources PIC Prior Informed Consent SARD Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development SACU Southern … around the world and some forty percent of world food production is currently produced on around 250 million …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… Actions 14 1.7 Setting Risk-based Remediation Goals 15 1.8 Sustainable Remediation 16 1.9 Tax and Non-tax Incentives 16 … major risks to human health, the environment and overall sustainable development. Arguably, one of the dilemmas of … presence of toxic chemical substances and wastes in production and consumption processes and the environment, and …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. http: //www.iucn.org About the IUCN Water & … workshop on Environmental Flows during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002) at the … for the dominant services, e.g. irrigation or hydropower production, or envi- ronmental flows. The table below shows …