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In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… on the part of these organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its … 5 Global status of reefs and … P ic tu re s In the front line 5 In the front line GLOBAL STATUS OF CORAL REEFS AND MANGROVES Coral reefs and mangroves …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… FLR work are not strictly technical but more often social, legal and political in nature. For example, ambiguity over … forest cover is now under some form of protected area status consistent with the IUCN categories. Although this is … pattern and slope characteristics Land-tenure patterns (legal and de facto) Biophysical Geological and soil patterns …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… of the Convention on Biological Diversity concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its … is enormous variation by sector, and the business and legal context of each is an important area for policy- makers …
Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam
… Background to the legal and policy … 3. Conclusions on the legal and policy basis for developing payments for ecosystem … Viet Nam....................................6 The current legal framework allows for taxes, charges and fees for … there would need to be a clarification of communities’ status as legal entities. Ways forward In Viet Nam, the …
Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector
… Nagoya Protocol could have provided for model procedures, legal certainty and, above all, com- petent institutions in … such compliance mechanisms. Despite the non-existence of legal frameworks regarding research permits, use of … material to third parties, use of traditional knowledge, status of research). INSTITUTIONALISED PROVISIONS: Key …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… at both the local and international level, and influences legal, political and institutional frameworks to support … effectiveness of forest restoration interventions Legal status of land conservation Indicators Vulnerability to …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… Volta Basin Authority. The Volta Basin now has a number of legal tools, knowledge and capacity to sustainably manage its … of Volta Basin. For many years the basin had no formal legal and institutional arrangements to manage disputes over … in 2007 the six basin countries signed a Convention on the Status of the Volta River and the Establishment of the Volta …
D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries
… part of the class, participants will be provided with legal texts and associated group exercises for the four … gases that contribute to global warming are impacting the legal and policy context for evaluating the environmental … States shall take into account, inter alia: (a) the status of the straddling fish stocks and highly migratory …