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National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Major trends in national legislation Integrated watershed management Sustainable development Impact assessment … dealing with the environmental aspects of water management. Many countries are also working to ensure that the institutions responsible for water management and the environment collaborate so as to ensure …
Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas
… extinctions, or actions that would result in an increased risk of extinction for restricted biodiversity, would be in … available to encourage stakeholder participation in the management of these sites; 2. CALLS on IUCN State Members to … areas; 4. ENCOURAGES further research on the sustainable management of karst areas within the ecosystem matrix and …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of 1998, section 1 … areas have become universal needs. Good tree and forest management in and around cities, associated with good … "Exploitation of granite has caused formation of numerous risk-prone areas and degradation of the soil and natural …
Water as a human right?
… and international society is critical for ensuring better management and planning for meeting basic water needs. The … present and future generations through careful planning or management, as appropriate.” 30 Preamble, United Nations. … World population, water use, and irrigated area 84 3. (Mis)management of water “The water crisis is essentially a crisis …
Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach
… www.protectedplanet.net/ IUCN PROTECTED AREA DEFINITION, MANAGEMENT CATEGORIES AND GOVERNANCE TYPES IUCN defines a … become so isolated and reduced that they are at risk. The protection of corridors and connectivity … allowing local populations to mix and reducing the risk of local extinctions. The need for this is all the …
CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and Environment, of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management and of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries … of guidelines for the selection, establishment and management of protected areas; The regulation or management of biological resources important for the …
Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation
… socio-economic and ecological systems through sustainable management of natural resources; NOTING that the outcomes of … work, including through conservation and sustainable management actions that protect and restore the resilience … adaptation and ecosystem conservation, water, disaster risk reduction and the marine environment; and c. encouraging …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… Josep-Maria Mallarach Integrating traditional values and management regimes into Madagascar’s expandedprotected area … tourism. However, this heritage had been put at serious risk from unsustainable development pressures linked to the … The tiny sub-populations of the butterfly are therefore at risk from four separate threats: normal year-to-year climatic …