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Promoting Locally Managed Marine Areas as a socially inclusive approach to meeting area-based conservation and Marine Protected Area targets
… and other agencies in the Pacific Region to promote the use of traditional and Locally Managed Marine Areas as the … General to promote awareness of the Pacific Region’s use of Locally Managed Marine Areas, as well as other similar … equitable, effective conservation and sustainable use of the marine environment, coastal zones and reef …
Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife
… including General Assembly Resolutions 8.12 Limitation of use of pesticides in National Parks (Nairobi, 1963), 10.27 … Africa, the poisoning of migratory birds, and the illegal use of poison baits in the European Union; AWARE of the need … wildlife resources and contaminates the environment and water resources, thus negatively affecting human livelihoods …
Brochure - Sustainable Ocean Initiative
… Achieving a balance between conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity » SOI is an … a bal- ance between the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, and promoting flexible and … By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, …
Operational articles of the Minamata Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… the importing country and may only export mercury for a use allowed under the Convention or environmentally sound … are put into place. Import is also allowed only for a use allowed under the Convention or environmentally sound … sources listed in Annex D and releases to land and water (Article 9). Parties shall establish an inventory of …
Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation
… NOTING that in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, ecosystem-based adaptation provides … Change’ (2009), i.e. “Ecosystem-based adaptation is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an … ecosystem-based adaptation and ecosystem conservation, water, disaster risk reduction and the marine environment; …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 8 Wetlands -- a cultural landscape for learning and leisure
… some wetlands for broadening this scope by making better use of their rich cultural heritage in developing more … visitors by virtue of the therapeutic properties of their water and mud. The Dead Sea, on the Jordan-Israel border, is … are ample opportunities in some wetlands for making better use of their rich cultural heritage in developing tourist and …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… concepts 65 2.4.3.5 Other possible ABS use of click-wrap concepts 66 2.4.4 Assignability, transfer … operations (less than five) so as to impart stability, water solubility, etc. 44 ‘Derivative’ means any discrete … means the Access Provider of the Environment and Water Resources and includes any Access Provider or agency of …
Recognising and respecting the territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) overlapped by protected areas
… care for, self-govern, manage, protect, sustainably use, restore and enrich – in one word ‘conserve’ – all or … (CBD) definitions of protected areas, and the CBD’s use of the term "other effective area-based conservation … responsibilities with respect to their territories, lands, water and resources, including within protected areas, and …