Search results

Explore only content tagged with
432 Results
Sorted by relevance

Managing Natural World Heritage

… Convention has become the most successful international instrument to recognize the most exceptional natural places … Crawhall, Co-Chair of IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) – WCPA Strategic Direction … by their natural environment and of successive social, economic and cultural forces, both external and internal’ …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… Convention has become the most successful international instrument to recognize the most exceptional natural places … Crawhall, Co-Chair of IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) – WCPA Strategic Direction … by their natural environment and of successive social, economic and cultural forces, both external and internal’ …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

European models of good practice in protected areas

… to the protected area and to the social well- being and economic development of the communities. The establishment of … places where the present way of life is marginal in economic terms. It works to reverse the trend of … (Plan Territorial Insular) – an important juridi- cal instrument for the biosphere reserve. Technical consultants …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?

… does contain some limitations. Most importantly, the true economic value of goods and services may not be fully … book I, Chapter IV. 4 More specifically, the standard economic assumption is that consumers will continue to … of how environmental goods and services support or protect economic activities and it has proven difficult in practice …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… of or threatened with extinction] as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate … severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and handling in connection with such slaughtering. … no fishing without a permit, no fishing in the “exclusive economic zone” for Atlantic striped bass, no exceeding the …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… individual miner to the largest company, as well as other economic sectors – to conserve biodiversity. There is … 1972 World Heritage Convention is an international legal instrument for the protection of cultural and natural … minerals are essential to modern life and important to the economic and social development of many countries. Assured …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics

… of the world and have serious environmental, social and economic impacts. What are the findings? Volumes are … into the sea from ships. Environmental, social and economic impacts Plastic pollution is reported to affect more … as carcinogens (North and Halden 2013). The socio-economic impacts include losses in earnings due to beach …
18 Jun 2026 Document

The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

… of EbA in the broader policy landscape (environmental, economic and social), the provision of adequate (financial … (EbA) to climate change The world is in a state of economic, social and environmental change, which has not … (ecosystem services); the development of a sustainable economic model (the so-called ‘green economy’2) as well as …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention

… programme, initiated by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and implemented by the Swiss Federal … s, vol. 114 No. 4, pp. A232-A235. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2009. UN … � HYPERLINK "http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/nomenclature/instrument-and-tools/interconnection-table.aspx" …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Promoting and supporting community resource management and conservation as a foundation for sustainable development

… of their environment, which has often been excluded from economic development strategies as well as conservation … is an important conservation tool because the social and economic benefits derived from such use provide incentives … resource management programmes, can be an effective instrument to conserve terrestrial biological diversity; …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX