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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… Series No 17 A joint publication of the International Tropical Timber Organization and the International Union for … the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL … In 2000 the CBD also adopted twelve principles of an ecosystem approach, which set biodiversity conservation in …
Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications
… Business Council for Sustainable Development Issue Brief I Ecosystem Challenges and Business Implications Business and … occurrence of extreme weather events, such as floods and tropical storms; � Increased operating costs due to … Amazon, which comprises about one-third of the world’s tropical forest, plays an important role in regulating the …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… ������ ��" ) �+���4���� A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services Using payments for ecosystem services for … General Equilibrium CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIFOR Center for International Forestry … Payments for Ecosystem Services ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization IUCN International Union for …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… is a 5-year action programme to demonstrate that ecosystem- based management and stakeholder participation … For example, in the next two cases the value of tropical forest tourism (Case 6) and improved freshwater … costs. Case 6: Using travel cost techniques to value tropical rainforest tourism in Costa Rica32 The Monteverde …
Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 6 - Reservoirs of biodiversity
… and, increasingly, by the influence of humans. Each ecosystem type – be it forests, wetlands, deserts or oceans – … area of Tanzania, Africa. Photo © David Rogers In brief… S Ecosystem & species richness – the many different types of … excessive water abstraction. Factsheet 6 in a series of 10 ecosystem services Wetland In late 2008, WWF, the …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… 250 elcsecretariat@iucn.org www.iucn.org/law Payments for Ecosystem Services Legal and Institutional Frameworks IUCN nr … 6-8 August, 2008: Alejandro Iza (IUCN ELC), Carina Bracer (Tropical América Katoomba Group), Miguel Pulgar Vidal … quite diverse, with semiarid and mountainous landscapes, tropical and subtropical plains, and climates varying from …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… Cost and Benefits of Ecosystem Based Adaptation The Case of the Philippines Saima … fisheries. Due to its location in the typhoon belt, its tropical climate, and as an archipelago, the Philippines is … 2014). In recent years it has been hit by three heavy tropical storms and super typhoons; in 2011 by Tropical Storm …
Counting coastal ecosystems as an economic part of development infrastructure
… set of costs and benefi ts — those associated with ecosystem goods and services. From an economic perspective, … Asia contains some of the richest and most extensive tropical coastal and marine ecosystems in the world. It is … Johor Barbier E (1994) Valuing environmental functions: tropical wetlands. Land Economics 70(2):155-73 Barbier E, …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… Bill Jackson IUCN – The World Conservation UnionJune 2005 Ecosystem Services supporting Human Livelihoods Depend on … unfortunately increasingly common, but most frequent in tropical countries. Over 250 million people are directly … forests and grasslands, Mediterranean forests and tropical dry forests. Dams have fragmented more than 40% of …
The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices
… island choices Developing strategies for living with rapid ecosystem change in small islands Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland … Hammond, Chucri Sayegh, Frits Hesselink and Kieran Mooney Ecosystem Management Series No. 6 “Islands are the … island choices Developing strategies for living with rapid ecosystem change in small islands IUCN Founded in 1948, IUCN …