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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… PES initiatives on the local level will be fed to decision-makers at the local, provincial and national levels, … of checks and balances is set up to prevent arbitrary decision-making. The following functions need to be … indicates centralized authorities should not have direct decision making or administrative powers in PES schemes. Such …
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Defenders of the Earth

… could wreak, Rodrigue made an extraordinarily courageous decision. He went Park ranger Rodrigue Katembo risked his … criminalised around the world. Excluding communities from decision making on their land and natural resources leads to … case for proper consultation: excluding communities from decision- making tends to lead to social conflict, stalled …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

… scientifically rigorous products and services to help decision makers recognize the value of biodiversity and apply … making the results available to national and international decision makers and businesses. Lead Author: Sue Wells … development. The aim of this publication is to help decision makers and policy makers around the world understand …
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Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.

… young people, farmers and landowners, professionals and decision makers. Landscapes should be included as a … to absorb the significance of landscape in their work. Decision makers and elected officials who authorise, or … a little bit of the politics that lie behind environmental decision making and environmental policy formation in a …
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Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe

… team • Providing leadership opportunities and increased decision making authority • Providing challenging assignments … 3 2 1 9. Participation/observation at events, conferences, decision making processes 5 4 3 1 3 1 5 1 2 2 10. … 5 6 3 9. Participation/observation at events, conferences, decision making processes 5 8 8 4 1 3 10 5 1 5 10. …
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Institutional Arrangements

… of the Parties The Conference of the Parties is the decision making body of the Convention. It is in charge of …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation

… NOTING the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Decision VII/15 and Decision VIII/30, which refer to the role of ecosystem goods and services in adaptation; FURTHER NOTING CBD Decision X/33, which makes direct reference to …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… approaches, for example: • At the CBD COP12 in 2014, a decision XII/20 titled ‘Biodiversity and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction’ was adopted. The decision encourages Parties to promote and implement … for risk management. • In June 2015, the Ramsar Convention Decision XXII.13 was adopted recognising the role of wetlands …
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Pangani River Basin, Tanzania - Building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaptation

… The report is being used to raise awareness among decision- makers on the condition of the Pangani River …
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Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century

… al., 2011). • Distributed governance – with decentralised decision making at different levels connected through … in a river basin trying to cope with water scarcity, decision making is then agile and the governance system … can adapt to change. Decentralisation and participation in decision making generates the capacity to self-organise and …
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