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Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… at local to transboundary levels. As a response to development challenges in the Volta Basin, WANI launched the … and development initiatives were serious threats to the sustainable management of Volta Basin. For many years the … on a set of key principles to guarantee equitable and sustainable water resources management. Simultaneously, PAGEV …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… and local communities, relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their customary use of … recognition of customary law may be significant for the sustainable use of the resources of our planet. As Bosselman … sustainably managing resources.6 They describe sustainable development as the goal, with customary principles of natural …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… began to collaborate closely with ITTO, supporting the development and dissemination of its Guidelines for the … restoration (FLR) provides a complementary framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in … researcher/writer specializing in conservation and sustainable development issues. She is based in Geneva, …
Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCNs World Commission on Protected Areas
… will help achieve the formal goal of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Convention on Biological Diversity, … social values and uses of nations and regions, and deliver sustainable development. This Plan of Action is a key part of …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… conservation and other values VI Protected areas with sustainable use of natural resources: Areas which conserve … mainly in a natural condition, with a proportion under sustainable natural resource management and where low-level … pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… 67 10 Tasks after the workshop 67 11 How long will development of a Species Conservation Strategy take? 68 12 … which improved the product immensely. They are: Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group: Rosie … use of the biosphere so that it may yield the greatest sustainable benefit to present generations while maintaining …
Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… gathered cover all that we need to know for the sustainable management of our MPA? Q 15: Does the Start-up … Research and Fisheries IRD French Research for Development Institute IUCN International Union for the … of the planet to launch major projects aimed at achieving sustainable development (Millennium Development Goals - MDG, …
Regional Sea Agreements
… (SPAW Protocol) to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean … of the world’s oceans and coastal areas through the sustainable management and use of the marine and coastal … principal objectives and recognizes the need to strive for sustainable development. In furtherance of these objectives, …
Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species
… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate … 14 Acknowledgements 15 Boxes Box 1 – Roundtable on sustainable biofuels 3 Box 2 – Key definitions 5 Box 3 – Weed … development of an invasive criterion in the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (see Box 1). It is also hoped that they …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… of IUCN, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) or the Ministry for Foreign … IUCN’s Policy on Human Rights and Conservation for Sustainable Development, which shall be implemented within … statutory laws. The goal is to ensure the protection and sustainable use of natural resources in the Xe Champhone …