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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… critical habitat and species, surrounded by a buffer zone which allows more uses but insulates the core from the … of trees that do not meet the definition of a natural or semi- natural forest: i.e. industrial plantations for timber, … Guidelines for Environmentally-Sustainable Mining in Arid and Semi-arid Regions, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland 143 US …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Agrobiodiversity conservation in the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park, Spain: Experience and recommendations for … of how communities, sometimes supported by official or semi-official bodies, have taken action to conserve … operating at various collective levels. The savannah, arid lands, and forests that have been selected by State …
Aquaculture - site selection and site management
… organizations 149 IV Methods Guide M: Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) 157 Guide N: The site selection … development, e.g. inland areas (estuaries or wetlands), semi- enclosed sea areas (bays or fjords) or open sea areas … sites, 52 river mouths, 159 dams and hill dams, 115 semi-arid and Saharan sites, 12 chotts and sebkahs), distributed …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… of the Council of Europe. It recognises natural and semi-natural areas and landscapes of exceptional European … of sufficient size to meet these objectives. (b) buffer zone or zones clearly identified and surrounding or … in northern Tunisia, in an area with a typically semi-arid climate. The site consists of marshes, an isolated and …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… 134 741 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) 119 613 International Institute of … cannot be used directly in breeding populations (exotic or semi-exotic; wild species), and to transfer these traits to …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… including at the integrated river basin and coastal zone scales. This is necessary since broad-scale policy and … are crucially important everywhere and even more so in arid lands. Thus, the Ramsar Secretariat was present at the … State Government, and civil society organizations from the semi-arid region of the country. In order to bring the …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds
… and in Buenos Aires Province it now exists only in a semi-captive state on ranches. Found in open scrubland and … Peten lowlands, the south-east Pacific lowlands and arid interior, apparently absent from the humid Caribbean … in spring and summer. Visitors to the arid lower tropical zone. Now reduced in numbers (Thurber, 1978) and not recorded …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… of households (millions) Households living in electrified zone (millions) Existing Household customers (millions) Total … in the extreme western part of Africa. The country has a semi-arid tropical Sudano-Sahelian climate, with a relatively …
Guide explicatif du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture
… avec des agriculteurs du voisinage ou éloignés de leur zone ou région de culture. L’amélioration scientifique des … la détérioration des terres en Afrique sub-humide et semi-aride. ICRISAT – Institut international de recherche sur les cultures des zones tropicales semi- arides Mèl : icrisat@cgnet.com Recherche et activités …
Energy law and sustainable development
… Case Studies" Brazil International Development Semi- nar on Fuel Ethanol December 14, 2001 Washington DC. 3. … are most environmentally vulnerable, such as those with arid and semi-arid zones, coastal and mountainous areas. … the impacts of climate change through integrated coastal zone management plans, plans for water resources and …