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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… services and disaster risk reduction in Manas World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, India Chapter 8 – … of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”. Globally protected areas cover less than … governance structures facilitate ecological, social and cultural priorities and thus regulate the pressures on the …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 ARTICLE 28: CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Commentary . . . . … of the biosphere and its various components, including cultural and natural heritage . Part V concerns substances, …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… flood control climate regu lation water purification Cultural Service recreation education spirituality … water quality as well as quantity (environmental flows). Cultural services:• Ecosystems build a framework for … natural resources are an opportunity for development or a heritage to be conserved. The preamble reaffirms Cameroon’s …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and local communities Prior informed consent 6. Common Heritage and Common Concern of Humankind 7. Good Governance … taking into account their traditional knowledge and cultural environment. Their involvement in EIA procedures is … of any resource, land or territory, the use of any cultural, intellectual, religious or spiritual property, or …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… systems and components and address social, economic and cultural considerations. These developments have shaped … ecosystems on earth and are of great economic and cultural importance to mankind. The term "wetland" is a … are mostly endangered.27 Finally, there is a rich cultural heritage closely associated with wetlands. Humans have been …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… appreciation of the environmental, economic, social, cultural and recreational importance of coastal areas, and of … UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, UKTS 2 (1985), CMND. 9424; 27 UST 37, TIAS 8225; 11 …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… where this applies, indigenous peoples rights)? • Cultural values. Objectives 11 Is the legal instrument … parks, marine protected areas, habitat conservation areas, cultural sites, etc.), and, if so, please provide. • Are any … special status under international law (e.g., IMO, World Heritage Site, etc.). The results of this state-of-the-art …