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Synthesis Centres and the new societal challenges – bottlenecks and lessons to be learnt.
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This presentation was made at a IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group side event at the World Parks Congress, Sydney, on 13 November 2014
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This document discusses charting pathways for national biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. It outlines key moments in history that advanced environmental awareness, policy, and international treaties from the 1960s to 1990s. It then discusses defining and emerging priorities for sustainable development goals, including poverty eradication and sustainable resource use. The document proposes that national development trajectories can be changed by shifting from business as usual practices to more sustainable policies, practices, and management of tourism, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, energy, and water, leading to more positive outcomes.
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Tourism’s Contribution to Biodiversity Conservation is a presentation by Ron Mader for COP11. We review what's new from Planeta.com and TAPAS and preview upcoming events including Responsible Tourism Week and the World Parks Congress.
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http://planeta.wikispaces.com/biodiversity
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To meet this challenge, the FXB Center has undertaken a systematic analysis of Haiti’s child protection situation before and after the 2010 earthquake. The project examines the types of child protection, security, and developmental threats that Haitian children have faced before and after the earthquake and how children and their families respond to these threats. The overall goal of the project is to improve UNICEF’s and child protection actors’ understandings of child protection in Haiti, build a full picture of the child protection risks that Haitian children have historically faced, and the current needs that children and families now experience. It is hoped that the project will bring renewed attention to the protection and promotion of children in Haiti and serve as a foundation for evidence-based policy and programs by Haitian and international organizations advancing the rights and well-being of Haitian children.
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- The strategic framework focuses on accelerating RNR sector growth, enhancing sustainable management of natural resources, and food and nutrition security.
- Programs and budgets are outlined for various departments and agencies covering areas like agriculture, livestock, forestry, research, and others.
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2. Predicting ILUC requires complex economic models that consider factors like the elasticity of food demand, crop yields, land area expansion, and carbon stocks of converted lands.
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This document discusses land restoration efforts in Niger. It describes the land degradation issues facing the West Africa Sahel region due to fragile ecosystems and unsustainable agricultural practices. Various integrated land management techniques are being implemented and tested, including Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), cereal/legume intercropping, microdosing of fertilizers, and restoring degraded lands. These techniques are improving soil fertility and crop yields when combined. The document outlines several partnerships working to scale these efforts across Niger, including restoring over 175 hectares of degraded land managed by 11,970 women generating more income. There is growing demand from farmers and partners to expand training and testing of integrated packages to improve livelihoods and food security.
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risk+status+category+(2013)++Source:!FAO,!2013!
About!40!species!of!the!50!000!known!avian!and!mammalian!species!
have!been!domesDcated!for!use!in!agriculture!and!food!producDon,!
and!there!are!more!than!8!000!recognized!breeds!
Anna!Chenery,!Heather!Plumpton,!Claire!Brown!and!Maf!Walpole!
(UNEP–WCMC):!The!Aichi!Targets!Passport,!2013!
FAO.!2007.!The&State&of&the&World’s&Animal&GeneAc&
Resources&for&Food&and&Agriculture!
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Gene/c+
diversity++
Indicator:+No.+
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terrestrial+
domes/cated+
animals!
23+%+at+risk+
8+%+ex/nct+
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(Source: CGIAR Consortium research program 6 Forests, trees and
agroforestry: Livelihoods, landscapes and governance)!
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2000!dataset,!the!FAO!spaDal!data!on!farms!versus!forest,!and!the!analysis!by!Zomer!et!
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45. The potential natural vegetation types
each represent a species ensemble that
occurs under an unique set of
environmental conditions.
Species often occur in more than one
PNV.
Do the PNVs represent species
provenances?
In lieu of other information on a species
(which is the case for the majority of
species, this may be used as a working
hypothesis.
Testing of this hypothesis need to address
the relative importance of geographic
versus environmental distance.
Depending on the assumed importance of
geographical isolation, one may here
operate with a hyphothesis of 7- >10
genecological zones
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