Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research StudiesMichael I. Jeffery, Jeremy Firestone, Karen Bubna-Litic Cambridge University Press, 2008 M01 7 The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium of 2005 brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of the papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. It addresses issues from international, regional, and country-specific perspectives. The book is organized thematically to present a broad spectrum of issues, including the history and major governance structures in this area; the needs, problems, and prerequisites for biodiversity; area-based, species-based, and ecosystem-based conservation measures; the use of components of biodiversity and the processes affecting it; biosecurity; and access to and sharing of benefits from components of biodiversity and their economic value. |
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... Soil : Progress towards an International Instrument for the Sustainable Use of Soil 329 Ian Hannam 18 The Ghanaian Forestry Regime : Bridging the Gap between the North and the South 347 George A. Sarpong 19 Bridging the Dominant ...
... Soil : Progress towards an International Instrument for the Sustainable Use of Soil 329 Ian Hannam 18 The Ghanaian Forestry Regime : Bridging the Gap between the North and the South 347 George A. Sarpong 19 Bridging the Dominant ...
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... soil instrument , as soil is an ecological element that needs to be protected against degradation from world population and increased food production . George Sarpong examines the legal regime for forestry in Ghana with emphasis on the ...
... soil instrument , as soil is an ecological element that needs to be protected against degradation from world population and increased food production . George Sarpong examines the legal regime for forestry in Ghana with emphasis on the ...
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... soil , the rocks , and whatever other naturally - occurring materials make up the earth of the ranch .... That the fossil once was a dinosaur which walked on the surface of the earth ... [ is ] irrelevant.10 Equally irrelevant to the ...
... soil , the rocks , and whatever other naturally - occurring materials make up the earth of the ranch .... That the fossil once was a dinosaur which walked on the surface of the earth ... [ is ] irrelevant.10 Equally irrelevant to the ...
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... soil and water . Others followed , with more or less success . This was the case in Europe , with the Bern Convention ( 1979 ) , which provided a cornerstone for species and habitat conservation . There were not many conventions in Asia ...
... soil and water . Others followed , with more or less success . This was the case in Europe , with the Bern Convention ( 1979 ) , which provided a cornerstone for species and habitat conservation . There were not many conventions in Asia ...
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Contents
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Section A Needs Problems Prerequisites | 69 |
A Sequence | 94 |
Section B Implementation of the | 155 |
National and Regional Legal and Institutional Tools | 181 |
Progress | 329 |
Bridging the Gap between the North | 347 |
Reflections | 358 |
Section A Global Warming | 383 |
A Fantasy for China to Combat Global Warming? | 400 |
Section B Land Management | 423 |
Ecological Function Zoning | 441 |
The Successful Ecograss Project and the Policy and Legal Issues | 455 |
Cautionary | 193 |
Section A AreaBased Measures | 227 |
Local Peoples Perceptions and Attitudes towards the Management | 233 |
Nomination of Shiretoko for World | 251 |
Section B SpeciesBased Measures | 265 |
Sanctuaries Protected Species and Politics How Effective Is Australia | 280 |
The Emerging Ecoregime | 306 |
Section B Genetically Modified Organisms | 485 |
The Reality and Effect of Advance Informed Agreement | 500 |
Section A The Situation in Antarctica | 529 |
Section B Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights | 553 |
The Challenge of Legal Recognition of Indigenous | 579 |
Index | 593 |
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