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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… Typesetter: Nancy Settecasi UNITED NATIONS Department of Economic and Social Affairs UN Secretariat, 405 East 42nd … fisheries subsidies negotiation 14.7 By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small island developing States and least … multiple impacts on marine ecosystems. The World Ocean Assessment do cu- ments such effects, which include: effects …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… guide explains the most important techniques for the economic valuation of eco- system services, and how their … Emerton, L., Bos, E. Value. Counting Ecosystems as an Economic Part of Water Infrastructure. IUCN, Gland, … is involving key stakeholders before, during and after an assessment. If their perspectives and interests are …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… iii Message The centrality of water in our lives—social, economic, political and spiritual—cannot be overestimated. … this need. At its core lie three components: assessment, management and co-ordination of actions. All … Its depletion in quantity and quality has profound social, economic and ecological effects. Water is a particularly …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… Disability-adjusted Life Years EIA Environmental Impact Assessment GWD Groundwater Directive IGRAC International … Convention to Combat Desertification UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNEP United Nations … health and more sustainable resource exploitation and economic development. The benefits of incorporating …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… areas. Sustaining land resources is critical to the PRC’s economic development: with only about 7 percent of world’s … protection, and medicinal products) and human social, economic and production systems”.13 It explains that IEM … environmental protection and environmental impact assessment; (iv) Capacity building for law and policy …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… goals (SDGs) that balance the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. This Paper … criteria are: (i) Strong linkage of environment with socio-economic developmental goals; (ii) Decoupling of … Diversity (SCBD); UNEP’s Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA); Division of Environmental Law and …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… for investment through valuation of watershed services The economic valuation of watershed services can be used to raise … the objectives should be clearly stated and the potential economic, social, health and environmental impacts should be … Payment schemes for watershed services demand careful assessment of how useful and accept- able they are to …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to Articles 15–16 and Annex III 105 Article 15 Risk assessment 107 Box 29. Examples of the types of scientific … 25 Illegal transboundary movements 159 Article 26 Socio-economic considerations 163 Article 27 Liability and redress … MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement REIO Regional Economic Integration Organization RNA Ribonucleic acid SBSTTA …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to Articles 15–16 and Annex III 105 Article 15 Risk assessment 107 Box 29. Examples of the types of scientific … 25 Illegal transboundary movements 159 Article 26 Socio-economic considerations 163 Article 27 Liability and redress … MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement REIO Regional Economic Integration Organization RNA Ribonucleic acid SBSTTA …