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The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation
… The Ecosystem Approach puts people and their natural resource use practices squarely at the centre of decision- … diversity in areas where there are both multiple resource users and important natural values. It is therefore … stakeholders Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama The main resource managed at this site is the marine ecosystem. The …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… Protected Area Guidelines are the world’s authoritative resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration … with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. Generally large, mainly in a … condition, with a proportion under sustainable natural resource management and where low-level non-industrial …
Raising awareness of climate change: A handbook for government focal points
… toward the natural world. Rituals have been used to govern resource use, especially among indigenous peoples, and ethical concerns influence resource use and distribution. The institutional power of … . • PROVISION OF RESOURCE MATERIAL. A …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… weak position to bear opportunity costs to forego land and resource uses incompatible with ecosystem conservation. The … benefits to catchment forest reserves, village natural resource committees, and farming households. This alone will … of the Earth’s land surface, with the treeless alpine zone accounting for c. 3%. Often considered barren, it hosts a …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… extreme social disruption, crowding, or exaggerated resource competition. Re-introduction should not endanger … and repre- sentatives from governmental natural resource agencies, nongovernmental organizations, local … assess the potential for crowding, social disruption, and resource depletion. Reinforcement should be undertaken only …