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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… Chapter 2.6: Using the IUCN categories to implement wider landscape and seascape planning 98 Chapter 2.7: Reporting the … game parks were created for wildlife, whilst in Europe landscape protection was more common. By the end of the … tended to be game parks whereas Europe focused more on landscape protection Lion in Serengeti, Tanzania: Marc …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… feed-lot production systems. viii Sheep moving across landscape, Spain. Credit: Jesus Garzon viii ix Development in … leading to decisions that are inefficient at a system, landscape or national scale. The cost of maximising … change, particularly in the absence of accepted rangeland landscape planning tools and in an environment of weak land …
Feasibility study on establishing transboundary cooperation in the potential Tara-Drina National Park
… . . . . . . . . . . .15 Existing and potential natural and landscape linkages across the border . . . . . . . .18 … managed as functional units at the scale of the regional landscape and would, therefore, benefit from ap- propriate … questionnaire provided sound insight into the traditional landscape, a more thorough overview of the local law …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… Landscape Restoration … many interpretations; for example, as an ecosystem, as a landscape, as an administrative or planning unit, and as a … and biodiversity), such as Sustainable Land Management, Landscape Restoration and/or rehabilitation, and … hungry people in the world by 12–17 percent (FAO, 2011). Landscape Restoration Ecological restoration is the process …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… where is it? What is the state of biodiversity across the landscape and seascape? Where and how should a country act … to focus and prioritise conservation action across the landscape and seascape, at the country level. This … is it? 2. What is the state of biodiversity across the landscape and seascape? 3. Where and how should a country act …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Wetlands and Why Do They Matter? temporary features of the landscape and will change and eventually disappear, whilst … Wetland Habitat Types Marine and coastal wetlands Wetland landscape units that are influenced by river flows include: • … and rich biodiversity they support and as "kidneys of the landscape" because of the functions they perform in the …
Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… provision to local communities and indigenous people, landscape stabilization, flood mitigation, removal of … System for Wetland Type. 36. Mangroves carry out critical landscape-level functions related to the regulation of fresh … whose persistence is critical for the maintenance of landscape and seascape functions well beyond the boundaries …
Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… must contain guidelines for the protection of natural and landscape values and cultural heritage, but without … 2000 network (chapter III, articles 30-34). Provisions on landscape protection and public participation (article 109) … with significant biological, geological, ecosystem and landscape diversity”. Six types of protected areas, three …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… urban vegetation management falls within the scope of landscape horticulture or forestry. Although arboriculture … to a lack of space, knowledge or awareness, no large-scale landscape development has been possible in the urban areas of … protection and development are principles of nature and landscape conservation according to the Nature Conservation …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… 2017 Africa Chad Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape 2016 Significant concern Arab States Iraq The Ahwar … of Southern Iraq: refuge of biodiversity and the relict landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities 2016 Significant concern … National Park 45 Gabon Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda 46 Mexico El Pinacate and Gran …