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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… that recognizes the interlinkages—for example, between land and water, agriculture and water, technology and water, … voluntary measures, market and information-based tools, land-use management and cost recovery of water services, … resources embracing water resources, forest resources, land use, biological communities and mineral resources. The …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… value to conservation: creating value for undeveloped land 20 4 Why biodiversity offsets? The regulatory case 21 … society should continue to trust them with access to the land and sea needed for their operations. Benefits to … that site. However, some developers may own large plots of land and in some circumstances, it could be appropriate for …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… Assessment (SEA), Appropriate Assessments (AA) and land use planning documents. Ecological networks, as one of … in the 1970s and 1980s, in countries where a strong land use planning tradition had created the institutional … and particularly those caused by inappropriate forms of land use. This function therefore permits in principle a …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… can be regarded as a strategy for the management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … of areas that are host to valuable biodiversity with local land-use needs through the delineation of core areas, buffer … European countries in the 1970s and 1980s where a strong land-use planning tradition had created the institutional …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… Approach – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at … reduction in species diversity. High heterogeneity in land use will be reduced if fire brings about more uniform … rEGioN iN WESt AfriCA Reduction in species richness due to land degradation in semi-arid areas. Negative impacts of …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… Power Company Pty Ltd 218 xv and Singleton Council, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, 86 Lgera 143 … General of Private National Parks and Wildlife and Others, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, 81 Lgera 397 … Parks and Wildlife Service and Shoalhaven City Council, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, 81 Lgera 270 …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… step towards a more strategic and integrated approach to land use planning and management that helps societies make … has taken many different forms, including setting aside land for national parks or sacred sites and imposing use … development projects; • working towards more effective land use planning systems; • pulling together, disseminating …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . .92 10. The development of cooperation and land use around Lake Neusiedl/Fert . . . . . . . . . . .101 … in Europe which has such a long history of human land modification. These core areas need to be embedded into … aspects of implementation like eco-tourism and sustainable land use, to a guideline on possible sources for funding …
Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… or loss of biological or economic productivity of land resulting from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The … deserts. The Convention defines desertification as, “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… bioenergy agenda (governments, businesses, communities, land owners, and individuals) the tools to achieve more … concerns are at root triggered by demand for additional land for producing bioenergy, which may have a number of … • Increased GHG emissions • Loss of biodiversity • Land rights and other equity issues Aim of this paper As a …