Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values

Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values
Title Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values PDF eBook
Author Thora Amend
Publisher Kasparek Verlag
Total Pages 144
Release 2008
Genre Nature
ISBN 3925064486

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Presents twelve case studies from different parts of the world illustrating the role Protected Landscapes are playing in conserving agrobiodiversity and related knowledge and practices. This title includes a synthesis that focuses on the key lessons to be learned from these case studies

Protected Landscapes and and Agrobiodiversity Values

Protected Landscapes and and Agrobiodiversity Values
Title Protected Landscapes and and Agrobiodiversity Values PDF eBook
Author Thora Amend
Publisher
Total Pages
Release 2008
Genre
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Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values

Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values
Title Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values PDF eBook
Author Josep-Maria Mallarach
Publisher Kasparek Verlag
Total Pages 191
Release 2008
Genre Conservation of natural resources
ISBN 3925064605

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Documents, using case studies, the non-material values that are to be found in protected landscapes.

Agrobiodiversity and the Law

Agrobiodiversity and the Law
Title Agrobiodiversity and the Law PDF eBook
Author Juliana Santilli
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 347
Release 2012-03-15
Genre Science
ISBN 1136580026

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A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security. Loss of agricultural biodiversity increases the risk of relying on a limited number of staple food crops. However, many laws, such as seed laws, plant varieties protection and access and benefit-sharing laws, have direct impacts on agrobiodiversity, and their effects have been severely underestimated by policy-makers. This is of concern not only to lawyers, but also to agronomists, biologists, and social scientists, all of whom need clear guidance as to the relevance of the law to their work. This book analyzes the impact of the legal system on agrobiodiversity (or agricultural biodiversity) – the diversity of agricultural species, varieties, and ecosystems. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it takes up the emerging concept of agrobiodiversity and its relationship with food security, nutrition, health, environmental sustainability, and climate change. It assesses the impacts on agrobiodiversity of key legal instruments, including seeds laws, the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, plant breeders’ rights, the Convention on Biological Diversity (regarding specifically its impact on agrobiodiversity), and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It also reviews the options for the implementation of these instruments at the national level in several countries. It discusses the interfaces between the free software movement, the ‘commons’ movement, and seeds, as well as the legal instruments to protect cultural heritage and their application to safeguard agrobiodiversity-rich systems. Finally, it analyzes the role of protected areas and the possibility of using geographical indications to enhance the value of agrobiodiversity products and processes.

Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories

Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories
Title Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories PDF eBook
Author Nigel Dudley
Publisher IUCN
Total Pages 106
Release 2008
Genre Science
ISBN 2831710863

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IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording, and classifying protected areas. They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.

World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: A Handbook for Conservation and Management

World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: A Handbook for Conservation and Management
Title World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: A Handbook for Conservation and Management PDF eBook
Author gratuit
Publisher UNESCO
Total Pages 125
Release 2009
Genre Cultural landscapes
ISBN 9231041479

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Nature Policies and Landscape Policies

Nature Policies and Landscape Policies
Title Nature Policies and Landscape Policies PDF eBook
Author Roberto Gambino
Publisher Springer
Total Pages 499
Release 2014-11-11
Genre Science
ISBN 3319054104

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The book focuses on the relationship between nature conservation policies and landscape policies. This is a relevant subject due to the current need of reviving nature conservation policies, which are today affected by a general effectiveness deficiency. To this end, landscape policies can play a crucial role, bridging nature and culture, fostering more integrated approaches to nature conservation and stimulating the active participation of local communities. The book gathers reflections, researches and experiences developed on an international level on this subject by experts coming from different international contexts (Europe, U.S.A.), various disciplinary backgrounds (geographers, planners, biologists, historians, jurists, economists, etc.) and several institutional bodies (Universities, administrative bodies, international organizations such as IUCN, EUROPARC Federation, UNESCO, etc.). The overall reflections gathered in the book - which is divided in three main sections: regulations and institutional frameworks, policies, actions and tools - combine to suggest innovative visions about the relationships between nature policies and landscape policies.