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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… healthy concen- trations of biodiversity, livelihoods, ecosystem services, natural habitats, and food security can … especially vulnerable to climate change, including mountain ecosystems such as cloud forest and páramos (high … example wetlands, coral reefs, rivers, and forests and mountain areas acting as “water towers”, among others). • …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type legislation 101 3.1.9 Hydrologic … Long-term Cooperative Action (UNFCCC) BDMS Baekdu Daegan Mountain System (South Korea) CAP Common Agricultural Policy … Management: A Global Guide (with particular reference to mountain con- nectivity conser- vation 2010 Graeme L. …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… Therefore, broadly speaking, the urban forest is an ecosystem that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, … lands, DENR Administrative Order No. 13, 1992 South Africa Mountain Catchment Areas Act, 1995 National Forest Act, No. … (ii) watershed management (especially cities in mountain areas); (iii) urban and peri-urban agriculture; (iv) …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… LU: ......... Livestock Unit MA: ........ Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MDG: ..... Millennium Development Goal … riparian and wetland zones in the drylands, or valleys in mountain pastoral systems. These resources are often coveted … towards valley bottoms and abandoned transhumance to mountain grazing zones66. The spread of invasive alien …
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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… because these organizations do not encompass wildlife and ecosystem health, IUCN is now bringing in this aspect through … Italy and Australia. Rich is based in Montana and works on mountain ungulates and bears in North America and Asia The … Asia. • Research on disease transmission from livestock to mountain ungulates. • Research on selective effects of trophy …
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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… and financial support from the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. Reviewers: Peter Laban, Lead Dryland Ecosystems Thematic Group, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, Palestine; and Piet Witt, Chair, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, the Netherlands Available from: The …
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Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.

… materials. And of course many of the coastal, lakeside and mountain areas which have a particular landscape appeal have … of Europe's most highly valued landscapes (including key mountain, coast and lakeside areas) are in public, … of natural and cultivated greenery and a sustainable ecosystem, in a very limited space of 647.5 square …
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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual

… Governance Principle: Rule of Law ƒ Handout 29: Kong Hong Mountain case study This session wraps up the introduction to … include: ƒ Resource users who are familiar with an ecosystem can put in place processes to facilitate sound … Study, Rule of Law: Kong of Law: Kong Hong MountainHong Mountain ¹¹ 204 3. Ask participants what they think the term …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… II National Park: Protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation. III Natural Monument: … while the demand for such activities as downhill skiing or mountain climbing decreases with age, elderly people … a challenging environment (e.g. through river floating or mountain climbing), while others might expect to learn about …
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Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values” (Dudley 2008, p. 8), … None Brazil Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea 2012 (v)(vi) IIb & III Tijuca National … V Japan Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range 2004 (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) III Yoshino-Kumano …
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