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Developing a Global Soil Regime
… loss of biodiversity, desertification, drought, and land degradation have become more prominent. While … climate change have garnered close attention, issues of land degradation and sustainability of soils has attracted … warming to 2 degrees Celsius, and to ensure everyone access to enough food. We can achieve none of these goals …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… equity, in natural resource management • Improve women’s access to natural resources and participation in … with a poor or bad EWI cover almost half of the planet’s land and inland water surface. Those with a medium EWI cover a further 43%. Only 8.6% of land area is covered by countries with a fair EWI. Combining …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… Biodiversity Outlook 4 (ISBN- 92-9225-539-8) is an open access publication, subject to the terms of the Creative … our planet by a greater population, by climate change, and land degradation. �e work of the Parties will need to … degrees Celsius warming and combating desertification and land degradation. However, reaching these joint objectives …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… shall ensure that all persons have a right of effective access to administrative and judicial procedures, including … by employing strategies for integrated management of land, water and living resources for environmental … feed production; (c) ensure that agricultural and pasture land is primarily used for food and feed production; (d) take …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… CBD in 2000, states that the objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal … and sub- national policymakers, decision-makers and land-use planners. Principle 9 contains specific advice for … 5: Decentralization, forest tenure and natural resource access rights Decentralized management and improved …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… Ababa Principles and Guidelines ABS The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing ABS ICNP Intergovernmental … across other high priority issues such as climate change, land degradation, hazardous chemicals and wastes and ozone … can detrimentally impact upon biodiversity. Changes in land use and climate, pollution, habitat degradation and …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… of the Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources … such as the Alps and the Arctic. Almost half the Earth’s land surface lies within 263 international river basins – … 1998, Aarhus Convention on Information, Participation, and Access to Remedies in Environmental Matters. International …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… and sustainable use of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 … management of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also … abstrac- tion. Parties must also ensure that people have access to sufficient and continuous supply of water. In …
The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
… approach as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … and sanitation and having a limited ability to relocate or access surrogate income sources. Box 1: IncrEAsIng EcosysTEm … in the sustainable management of natural resources [18]. Land uSe conFLIctS In some cases, implementing EbA may …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… livelihoods and poverty reduction, governance and broader land use issues has become critical for national planning. … faces increasingly diverse information needs regarding land use and forest resources. This information is also … also use the information, for example, to track equitable access to forest benefits between men and women or between …