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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… Research Institute LTA Long-Term Average MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment OCHA United Nations Office for the … effects on food security, natural resources and the ecosystem. chapter i disaster damage and loss – a hefty share … on the availability and quality of natural resources and ecosystem services. Population growth, climate change and …
Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… following from the group ranches around the Tsavo-Amboseli ecosystem: Lolishoo Oltimbau, Haron Loosikira, Kimare Mapena, … Conservation Task Force”, with special focus on the Mara Ecosystem. KWS, KWCA, NGOs, Conservancies 5 Carry out a … Number of elephant carcasses and PiKe values in the Mara ecosystem (Sources: Poole and Granli, 2015; KWS) Figure 7. …
Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions
… familiar with the negative impacts of fragmentation on ecosystem functionality. However, to successfully facilitate … protection. This in turn benefits the integrity of the ecosystem and its services. Improved institutional presence … the ecological and economic situation; 3. Improvement of ecosystem integrity through extensive habitat restoration and …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… of Nature JFM joint forest management MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MDG Millennium Development Goal NGO … to conservation remains slow to date. As the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment indicates, continuous environmental … implementation in the environmental context; 2 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and Human Well-being: …
Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
… the effects on food security, poverty alleviation, and ecosystem health, as well as the resulting economic and … as a multilateral initiative embodying the principles of ecosystem management where land and sea meet. For more …
The human right to water and sanitation
… to water (which covers basic human needs), appropriate ecosystem management has an important role in the provision … and coastal areas; ALSO CONVINCED of the vital role of ecosystem services in securing access to and maintaining the … and national instruments; f. recognize the importance of ecosystem services to the viability of programmes for the …
Capacity Development for Protected and Other Conserved Areas in the Pacific Islands Region: Strategy and Action Framework 2015-2020
… ecosystem services and cultural values’. (Dudley, 2008) … ity for its intrinsic value. Their importance in sustaining ecosystem services, … to contribute to sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity, ecosystem protection, and community … Table 3. Common regional issues Societal Ecosystem values …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… and creating future options to adjust and further optimize ecosystem goods and services as societal needs change or new … • Allow for multiple benefits. Aim to generate a suite of ecosystem goods and services by intelligently and … species, as well as those that deliver important ecosystem services. Better accounting for the potential …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. www.iucn.org/asia/mekong_dialogues Contents … livelihoods and promote conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In order to gain further experience on … sources and seem to be well aware that wetlands provide ecosystem services, particularly filtration and purification. …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- vices). At the beginning of the current … One of the significant challenges in any discussion of ecosystem management and conser- vation is to maintain … to cultural influences, and as such, maintenance of ecosystem services and conservation of biological diversity …