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Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… of trade Timber: Over the past three decades, the rate of deforestation around the world has been alarmingly high. Between 1990 and 1995, it is estimated that the net deforestation rate was 13.7 million ha per year in natural …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… and rangeland to provide more food has also contributed to deforestation and higher greenhouse gas emissions.39 But an … 39 See for example, DeFries et al. 2010. Deforestation driven by urban population growth and … al. 2011. The root of the problem. What’s driving tropicl deforestation today? Union of Concerned Scientist. …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals
… a result all species had declined in number (Coe, 1975). Deforestation for farming and shifting cultivation is … (Cameroon CITES MA, 1987). Central African Republic Deforestation has reduced suitable habitat in the south … one; ammunition is also easy to obtain (Verschuren, 1983). Deforestation for farming and shifting cultivation is …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… and tracking trends in environmental degradation, such as deforestation and drought, and restoration. Integrated risk … Disaster Risk Reduction 3 REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries 12 • …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Organic Pollutants REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon … (4) land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation; and (5) chemicals and waste. The GEF is the … roles is to ensure that MEAs 94 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… – such as waste heat from industrial activities and deforestation. GI can help to: ▶ Reduce temperature of … thereby reducing the risks and disaster caused by storms. Deforestation is a major cause of land degradation and soil … elimination of existing pressures, e.g. limiting coastal deforestation, 12 Pneumatophores are lateral roots that grow …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… assurance/quality control REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UNFCCC) SDG Sustainable … Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries … are at stake (as is the case for assessment of historical deforestation trends in REDD programmes). Remote sensing may …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… because they do not reproduce a lot. Lack of food and deforestation were the other reasons given by respondents in … areas, people still need wood so the cutting continues and deforestation has resulted. 4. Wild animals have decreased, … rock blasting, making of roads, urbanization and deforestation have also contributed tremendously towards this …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Organic Pollutants REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon … (4) land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation; and (5) chemicals and waste. The GEF is the … Danube, Guarani, and Volta. 94 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… production forests. Subsidies and credits that favour deforestation or forest degradation should be identified and … Acre state capital, on the edge of the so-called Amazonian deforestation arc. As part of the Southwest Amazon ecoregion, … production forests. Subsidies and credits that favour deforestation or forest degradation should be identified and …