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Toward an IUCN standard classification of the impact of invasive alien species
… framework and guidelines for implementing an IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) … changes in classifications over time can be used as an indicator of trends in invasive alien species impacts and … 2. REQUESTS Council to adopt the framework for the IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa, once the …
Improving standards in ecotourism
… the Promotion of ecotourism for poverty eradication and environmental protection and believes that "ecotourism … in the spirit of the One Programme, to: a. ensure that environmental, economic and social impacts and opportunities … for culturally sensitive community engagement and welfare, environmental learning, appropriate infrastructure and …
Main Provisions of the Stockholm Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … C to the Convention 6. Best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT and BEP) 7. Other provisions 1. … promotes the use of best available techniques and best environmental practices for preventing releases of POPs into …
The Role of Indigenous and Local Communities
… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … Akwé Kon Voluntary Guidelines for the Conduct of Cultural, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment regarding … and local communities in the assessment of cultural, environmental and social impact of proposed developments on …
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, with more than 1,300 government and … Fund Adria Marianne Kettunen, Institute for European Environmental Policy Lisa Mandle, Natural Capital Project and … regional, national or sub-national scales (e.g. Strategic Environmental Assessment), understand implications for …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… seen as one of the primary indicators of unsustainable environmental pressures, while re- duction of inequality has … mainstreaming gender equity and equality in all relevant environmental law and policy. IUCN seeks to influence, … and reducing inequality has been seen as a key indicator of success in the realisation of the MDGs. Securing …
System of categories for indigenous collective management areas in Central America
… of natural resources; 2. CALLS ON the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and the … territories that fall within that category, implementing environmental, social and cultural safeguards, generating …
CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … committee drafted the revised NBSAP and the Central Environmental Council conducted interviews with sectors …
Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas for safeguarding biodiversity
… information about such important sites by Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), finance institutions, the … the coverage of KBAs by protected areas and OECMs as an indicator for Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and Sustainable … and donors to consider KBAs as critical habitats for environmental and sustainability safeguards; 6. INVITES the …