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Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors
… on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL), particularly the CEL Specialist … Asia, and Ms. Patricia Moore, Head, IUCN Regional Environmental Law Programme, Asia. Ms Katherine Warner, IUCN … for maintaining a network of suitable habitats related to migration routes. The Convention on Biological Diversity …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 18 4.4 Environmental legislation … Africa, section 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of … addresses the issue of steadily increasing rural-to-urban migration, particularly in developing countries, which has …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… conflicts, contagious diseases, climate change and rapid environmental degradation. Inadequate responses have left us … concern about the impact of climate change, inequality and environmental degradation. many countries had anticipated or … – often excluded from formal education because of seasonal migration patterns – attend primary school. within two years, …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… of Sydney Deputy Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law From the 1960s onwards, the global … and Agriculture Specialist Group, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Commission on Developing a global soil … urban development.6 Further issues involve the involuntary migration and displacement of people and communities from …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… treaty was being developed was a time of greatly increased environmental awareness. Looking back, we can see that the … to the Convention - wise use of wetlands, undertaking environmental impact assessments, making wetland inventories, … 0.2% of the total waterfowl population using a particular migration flyway, this being 10,000 or 20,000 birds in the …
Aspects of Trans-boundary Snow Leopard Conservation in Central Asia
… of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is an environmental treaty under the aegis of the United Nations … the conservation of migratory species, their habitats and migration routes, and brings together the States through … Kachibekova, representing the Kyrgyz State Agency on Environmental Protection and Forestry. The workshop consisted …
International Aspects of Implementation
… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course: Course for the National … Funding and expertise UNEP and the Integration of environmental sustainability in the UNDAFs and UN common … Range States sharing those ecosystems or situated along a migration route. Assessing which elements of implementation …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… a characteristic set of species, communities, dynamics and environmental conditions, of which WWF has identified 238 in … those areas and on those species communities that harbour environmental values which are crucial to the maintenance of … of other habitat patches), allowing seasonal migration, permitting genetic exchange between different …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs); environmental impact assessments (EIA); and capacity-building … 2.4. The value of ABNJ 14 2.5. Resources, activities and environmental impacts 16 3. EXISTING FRAMEWORK FOR … processes (Snelgrove, 1999). Many of these ecosystems and migration routes naturally span waters both within and beyond …
GEO yearbook 2003
… health of our environment. What were the most outstanding environmental events and developments of 2004? What new commitments did governments and stakeholders make on environmental management? What environmental priorities were … more than a decade ago. The increase was mainly due to in-migration. Satellite towns have been constructed covering an …