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Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… Direct threats include oil and gas exploitation, gold mining, logging, dam and road construction and the associated … in Camisea, Peru, in the northern part of the region. Gold mining is poorly controlled, as is logging. The Conservation … Informal dialogues have been established with the mining and the oil and gas sectors. 17 eco_networks_2004 …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… areas sometimes are not protected (e.g. are open for mining). “Clearly defined” implies a spatially defined area … The region, however, remains rife with conflict related to mining and hydroelectric projects, in the face of which the … supports local economies through nature tourism. Unlike mining industries, nature tourism is sustainable on the long …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… APPROACH TO SOIL AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN MINING AND FLOODS AFFECTED AREA IN THE DRINA RIVER BASIN … 227 REVEGETATION OF ARID REGIONS: THE CASE OF MINING SITES IN ARGENTINA CONY, MARIANO ANIBAL; PAEZ, JESÚS … AND VEGETATION IN A TAILING POND IN CARTAGENA LA UNIÓN MINING DISTRICT,AFTER REHABILITATION BY ASSISTED …
IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets
… diversity of protected areas from the negative impacts of mining and exploration, adopted at the 2 nd IUCN World … Biodiversity, protected areas, indigenous peoples and mining activities, adopted at the 4th World Conservation … activities, including such as industrial-scale mining, oil and gas, and agriculture, and environmentally …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… and (ii) the restoration of a forest area degraded by gold mining. Recent work by the CBD supports further … in the river’s historic floodplain including gravel mining and urbanization diminish the river’s ability to scour … artificial banks created along the riverbank during gravel mining operations, which sought to prevent river flooding …
Introduction to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
Introductory Course to Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …