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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… and practices of indigenous and local communities” for biodiversity conservation, the past two decades have … negotiations. The role of customary practices in biodiversity conservation is explicitly acknowledged in the … relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their customary use of biological …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… FoProBiM - Foundation for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity FUNDEMAR - Dominican Foundation of Marine … by overuse and anthropogenic impacts resulting in loss of biodiversity and loss of natural storm buffers such as corals … costs from marine debris to human health and safety; biodiversity and ecosystem services; sustainable livelihoods; …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… women, and underscores the contribution women have made to biodiversity conservation. Millennium Development Goals … energy; land use, change, deforestation and degradation; biodiversity and traditional knowledge; forestry; climate … management of land, water and living resources to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services sustainably and …
The Durban accord
… We celebrate protected areas as places where we conserve biodiversity – for its inherent value, for its value as a … status, exposing fisheries and rich store- houses of biodiversity to overexploitation. We voice concern that … areas, prioritised on the basis of imminent threats to biodiversity, natural and cultural heritage, and with special …
Introduced Non-native Waterbirds - Status within the African-Eurasian Flyways
… as being one of the most significant threats to global biodiversity. Within the AEWA region, the majority of … of their native range have no obvious impacts on native biodiversity. However, other species of introduced waterbirds … into the effects introduced species have on native biodiversity should be encouraged, so that control schemes …
Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application
… biological diversity (b) Align incentives to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use (c) feasible … approach that places human needs at the centre of biodiversity management, where ecosystems are managed based … on protection of transboundary freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity. J. Razzaque and E. Morgera. Biodiversity and …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… are reliant on the Basin water resources and to conserve biodiversity.”69 The agreement’s purpose is to “promote and … upon water by its various users, and the rate of loss of biodiversity in them surpasses that from other major biomes … global issues for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.”229 It is clear that the CBD itself includes …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… destruction of our rivers and thereby the loss of their biodiversity and societal benefits. I hope this guide will be … and specific water allocations. For rivers with high biodiversity values, for example, an environmental flow might … for the First Nations people; wildlife, fish and aquatic biodiversity protection; and maximum flexibility to respond …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… being promoted as a methodology that integrates the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into an overall strategy … management, energy, agriculture, health, risk management, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and levels (i.e., global, … Forest hydrology changed, leading to loss of forest biodiversity. Higher temperatures increase evaporation from …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… Regine Ariñez Fernández Vice-ministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Management and … Cynthia Silva Maturana Vice-ministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Management and … Miguel Blacutt Gonzales Vice-ministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Management and …