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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… Paper No. 71 The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not … rights–complaint procedures to protect nature or other species have had only limited success.5 Yet with close to 115 … Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam, 10 September 1998) in Article 15 (2) …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… www.unep.org www.unep.org Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals UNEP promotes … terrestrial and marine areas protected and proportion of species threatened with extinction) indicates slow progress … driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century. Nature Geoscience, 3, …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… Aspects of Integrated Coastal Area Management in National Legislation1. The preface to that publication … and health of the coasts and of the people and other species that live along it will be impaired, and future … and Instruments ix 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… Law Papers No. 75 The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not … water containing a geographically distinct assemblage of species, natural communities, and environmental … and communities in an equitable manner that accounts for trade-offs between various interests, including countries in …
State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
… State of Biodiversity in Latin America and The Caribbean | 1 State of Biodiversity … cent of its total mammals, 35 per cent of its reptilian species, 41 per cent of its birds and 50 per cent of its … moist forests and coastal and marine ecosystems. 27. Some trade-offs between conservation and development are …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse … World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN Member organisations, … cooperation has resulted in action to tackle illegal trade of Siamese Rosewood, is one such site. The 241 existing …
The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?
… FROUKJE MARIA PLATJOUW* One of the key challenges today in relation to the use of and preservation of the environment … economic interests in particular. It thus requires that a trade-off is made between environmental considerations and … of habitat types within their natural range and the species diversity and ecological processes that are …
Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… and threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and thus in need of urgent priority action to ensure their … threatened ecological communities, as well as threatened species, under Ramsar Criterion 2 will often be of particular … and souvenir collecting for national and international trade are major agents of reef destruction. Rising carbon …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of … and policy priorities. As such, there are likely to be trade-offs, as is the case in any negotiated national … and number; biomass and/or other allometric functions for species or species groups; analysis of different error …
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?
… how and when they decide who may harvest resources and in what amounts; how permit requests are reviewed; and how … in transporting illegal timber, as well as endangered species, out of the country and across multiple borders.6 … in part to help counter the world's illegal logging trade by making it a crime to knowingly import wood …