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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… 75 US crop species, carried out by the Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI), found that 97% of the varieties … Ethiopia there is evidence of many hundreds of years of adaptation; even in the case of Quebec, there are nearly 200 … of such approaches is likely to increase as the need for adaptation to climate change, animal and plant disease etc. …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… climate change and measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change (art. 10).1 The importance of … Finally, the Forest Code provides for a national forest fund to contribute towards precautionary, conservation and management measures (art. L.6). Resources from the fund may be allocated to local entities and organizations, …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… 1971 Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (Brussels). … 1992 Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, B&B Docs, … setback criteria have the advantage of allowing for adaptation of the rules to natural as well as artificial …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… and the biotic environment that the possibility for adaptation arises. Maintaining the potential for adaptation is important because it allows organisms to adapt … participation in the regional development plan and in fund-raising for socio-economic development outside and …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… EAGGF European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund EFSA European Food Safety Authority EPAs European … much further, with little, if any, space for national adaptation. 2.2 Soft law Soft law refers to legally … the enhancing of productivity and maintaining of local adaptation; the storing of adequate samples of as many of the …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), … management, development planning and climate change adaptation (CCA) institutions each have their own specific … central to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation without which goals of human security and …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… of the United Nations FONAFIFO Costa Rican National Fund for Forestry Funding HIVOS Humanist Institute for … farmers play a key role in the selection, improvement and adaptation of plant varieties often managing a very diverse … colour, and resistance to diseases and insect pests, adaptation to soil, and agro-climatic conditions, and …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… releases are conducted. Proposals can be used to secure fund- ing and government approvals, used as a blueprint to … allow excessive population growth. The apes’ behaviour and adaptation to the new environment should be studied … impact on ecosystem. A study of the processes of long-term adaptation by the released population as compared to wild …
Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China
… events. iii. Establish a national disaster emergency fund with joint private and public sector support for areas … partnerships encourage engagement of the private sector to fund environmental protection projects, while government can … for successful prosecution. Ghana: Having a dedicated fund which can be used to buy environmental equipment is a …