They form the core of most national or regional biodiversity conservation strategies.
Such places are terrestrial and coastal ecosystems of value and where biodiversity conservation is combined with sustainable uses of natural resources.
We are simply asking for agriculture to be reconciled with biodiversity conservation.
This means minimising the impacts of our business and contributing to biodiversity conservation to ensure a region ultimately benefits from our presence.
Russell Mittermeier (RM): We need to continue to demonstrate that biodiversity conservation must be a basic element in any long-term economic development strategy.
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The goal was to convene a meeting of high level experts in transboundary cooperation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of land and water resources.
"We are facing an extinction crisis, " said Jane Smart, director of the biodiversity conservation group with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Indigenous and local communities play a key role in biodiversity conservation.
The overall objective of this project is to help improve biodiversity conservation and benefit people who are dependent on the health of Niger Delta for their livelihoods.
The resolution that will be voted on at the daily voting session on 21 September calls on biodiversity conservation to be "mainstreamed" into all areas of EU policy.
Some of the key areas highlighted included marine biodiversity conservation, ocean acidification, marine pollution, and the required investment in science and capacity development for transitioning to a blue-green economy.
This new paradigm is attracting a great deal of interest in the framework of international debates not only relating to climate change, but also biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.
BirdLife describes the survey as "the first-ever attempt to list all the sites internationally recognised as the most critically important places for bird and biodiversity conservation in the region".
First of all, amazingly enough given the overwhelming evidence, the environment in general, and biodiversity conservation in particular, is still not seen as a top priority by the global community.
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Finding the balance between biodiversity conservation, and human dietary need may well constitute the toughest challenge any generation in human history has had to confront, in a context of 7 billion hungry people.
In this era of global change, we can best develop strategies for biodiversity conservation by studying the changing geographical distribution of species and how their distribution will be affected by, for example, climate change.
She was speaking at a side event where the recommendations from the International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Education for Sustainable Development (13-14 October) were presented during the Biodiversity COP 11 in Hyderabad, India.
Biosphere reserves are models that have been seeking to resolve conflicts in land use and biodiversity conservation, thus creating opportunities for education, entertainment and tourism, and international collaboration in conserving the biosphere, our common house.
Held in conjunction with the UNESCO Office in Doha, the trip was aimed at raising awareness of the students, with the focus on basic mangrove ecology, the importance of ecosystems for biodiversity conservation, re-creation, and carbon sequestration.
Mobilise extra-budgetary financial resources for the project activities for the consolidation of all UNESCO activities linked to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and protected area management using the biosphere reserves in the region as experimental sites for research and learning sites for sustainable development.
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The panel on Indigenous Knowledge noted the expanding recognition of indigenous and traditional knowledge as an essential building block for global sustainability in numerous domains such as biodiversity conservation and management, food security, natural disaster preparedness, climate change assessment and adaptation, amongst others.
It was held with the participation of Mr. Douglas Tompkins, President of Foundation for Deep Ecology and Chair of the First Global Private Donor Forum, and Mr. Takuya Okada, Chairman of AEON Environmental Foundation, and called upon its participants to move forward towards private financial commitment for biodiversity conservation.
And for a more focused trip, the museum's Web site provides downloadable "Family Adventure" self-guided tours that cover anything from scavenger hunts through the museum to biodiversity and conservation.
Promotion for reducinng the negative effects caused by anthropic pressures on the conservation capacity of the units that form the complex of natural sites of biodiversity protection and conservation.
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There is a rich biodiversity of great conservation value at this site.
"We are committed to managing sensitive sites for the benefit of biodiversity and the conservation of priority species and habitats, " a spokesman said.
The Conference recognized that the involvement of local communities has been limited and urged Parties and partners to support indigenous and local communities and ensure their participation in national and international dialogues regarding biodiversity use, conservation and management.
The KPIs need to address both the conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable use.
In those cases, the birds are being cared for by SOS Aves and the Chico Mendes Institute for Conservation of Biodiversity.
We welcomed further U.S. support for ASEAN's Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC) initiative and ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity.
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