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From reference levels to results reporting: REDD+ under the UNFCCC
… minimal environmental impact and to promote sustainable forest management. iii Contents Acknowledgements vi Acronyms and … and modalities 3 2 Summary of UNFCCC FREL/FRLs 4 2.1 Forest definition 4 2.2 Scale 6 2.3 Scope 7 Scope of REDD+ …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… BCP Bio-cultural Community Protocol BMC Biodiversity Management Committee CBD Convention on Biological Diversity … Services FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FPIC Free, Prior and … Areas REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation TK Traditional Knowledge, which is a term …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… included the compilation of a set of ASEAN wildlife and forest resource protection mechanisms and relevant … and the UNODC Global Programme on Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime. It was developed within the framework of the … the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. 6 …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… Cover layout by: L’IV Com Sàrl Produced by: IUCN Forest Conservation Programme Cover photo: © … forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Table of Contents … RISEMP Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Ecosystem Management Project RUPES Rewarding Upland Poor for the …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… Josep-Maria Mallarach Integrating traditional values and management regimes into Madagascar’s expandedprotected area … Community Conserved Area (CCA) Includes a Category III forest Community managed Malagasy Indigenous spiritual … most have had approved management plans -mainly concerning forest exploitation- prepared by expert foresters. There is …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… Japan. Photo cover: © Mark Ford-East Ship Ghost Forest - USA Printed by: Clung Wicha Press Co., Ltd. … 22 Reducing disaster risks to mangrove forest livelihoods through watershed-based protected area management Chapter 4 – …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- … means to ensure institutional performance. As far as management and administration of PES schemes are concerned, …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… and bound in Germany on PlanoArt, a paper certified by the Forest Stewartship Council (FSC). Copyright © IUCN & GTZ, … European Landscape Conventions. He wrote the Category V Management Guidelines (published in 2002) and was the series … Washington, DC. Moussouris, Y. and Regato, P. 1999. Forest Harvest: Mediterranean woodlands and the importance of …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… ecological networks. IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) has therefore dedicated its work to the … to the Convention recommended that, in order to conserve forest biological diversity, ‘ecological corridors’ should be … were managed through traditional agricultural practices. Forest habitats are also coming under increasing threat: …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… land abandonment; increased income-base for farmers and forest owners; and improved employment opportunities in rural … sectors, including the environment, forestry, water management, land and trade to name a few. Legislators and … of natural resources such as agricultural land and forest areas), and trade, labour and food security …