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Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK
… up of the Assessment Panel and the purpose of SoCs. In effect it provided a blueprint for much of the project. Any … A good starting point would be to ask which have most adverse impact on protected areas, and their immediate …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… continent’s native vegetation may have reduced the cooling effect provided by evaporation from the tree canopy in the … to proposed activities if necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse impacts on the environment or on communities.69 It … omissions by public authorities and project developers, adverse decisions and denial of access to information. The …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… ORs and OCTs to effectively manage MPAs and reduce the adverse impacts of anthropogenic threats, sig- nificantly … protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, … up to 91% of wave energy, (3) a dead reef reduces this effect to 10%, and (4) the width of the reef flat influences …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… alone, but includes the first-ever analysis of the effect on agriculture of conflict and food chain crises. The … period. Damage and loss in the crop sector The adverse weather conditions of 2008–2011 had a wide-ranging … (IOM 2017). Mitigation: The lessening or minimizing of the adverse impacts of a hazardous event (UNISDR 2017). …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC
… of benefits A benefit can be described as a positive effect of implementing activities within an IPPC mandated … it is possible to determine the economic cost in terms of adverse effects on production, at present there is no … that avocado imports have an economically positive effect on the economy of the United States and its component …
Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… whether at the regional or global level, should have the effect of strengthening the linkages and co-operation between … measures to protect ecosystems and species. Their combined effect has already i) altered the composition of ecological … Fund 2 Promote development of code of conduct to reduce adverse impacts of scientific research on biodiversity …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… and Weill, 2004). While some analysis of the operative effect of the principle has been undertaken in various fields … to avert it. Where the principle is given its fullest effect, however, it may lead to prohibition of activities … cautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… shifting baselines in historic accounts can have a marked effect on what is and is not considered natural, even among … compete to protect their interests, cause-and-effect relationships are often loosely coupled and … widespread ecological recovery within the park due to its effect on modifying the behaviour and numbers of elk in the …