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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… G. Davey, 1998, x + 71pp. Also available in Chinese. Economic Values of Protected Areas: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers. No. 2. Task Force on Economic Benefits of Protected Areas of the World Commission … for biodiversity con- servation. But they are only one instrument among several for the responsible management of …
Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… held in Geneva within the Framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on the Protection of … Europe (EMEP) has been established. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) initiated EMEP … application of best available technology and the use of economic instruments such as taxes of tradable permits. …
Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types
… Areas (WCPA) and its Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). Nigel chairs the WCPA … of conservation programmes; ● To support compatible economic development, mostly through recreation and tourism, … provide opportunities for enjoyment, well-being and socio-economic activity through recreation and tourism; ● To …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place … field. COM 2.2 Plan, lead and report on cultural and socio-economic surveys and assessments. COM 2.5 Facilitate and support establishment of community-based economic enterprises. A Global Register of Competences for …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… It refers to reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of land, reducing carbon … in turn by other societal change. Population growth and economic development, for example, are amongst a number of … degradation means reduction or loss … of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rainfed cropland, …
Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… adapta- tion, food security, water security, human and economic development. In an increasingly unpredictable global … has intensified in recent years due to global and regional economic, demograph- ic and climate changes, which in turn … (Hanjra & Qureshi 2010). Hydrological variability affects economic growth Rainfall variability can significantly impact …
Recommendations in furtherance of the national policy to combat wildlife trafficking
… International Tools and Forums to Emphasize the Serious Economic, Social and Environmental Costs of the Wildlife … setting, whether they are discussing trade relations or economic security, etc. This will continue to raise awareness …
PCB inventory guidance (PCB Elimination Network)
… DTIE Division of Technology, Industry and Economics ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECLA Economic Commission for … pumps oil Electronic components manufacture; laboratory, instrument and research applications; and waste water …