Conservation and management of marine biodiversity

Conservation of resources constitutes an essential prerequisite of effective criminal justice management.

C. Sustainable farm management practices and conservation agriculture to foster carbon storage

Most of the adaptation options identified for agriculture relate to crop management, land management, and soil and water conservation.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation and management for local authorities and communities

We are firmly committed to the proper conservation and management of the oceans.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation valorisation and management for local authorities and communities

We hope those efforts will contribute to greater compliance with conservation and management measures.

Under the right circumstances, decentralization enhances efficiency, equity and participation in forest management and conservation.

In central and eastern Europe, soil conservation activities are implemented with the support of initiatives focusing mainly on combating soil erosion, land fertility management and water conservation.

The international community has continued to focus over the past year on issues relating to navigation, the conservation and management of living marine resources, and the conservation and management of the biological diversity of the sea bed in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

To intensify our collective efforts for the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.

The Agreement provides a framework for the conservation and management of fish stocks in the high seas.

The precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach are fundamental to the conservation and management of fishing resources.

What actions are required to improve cooperation among States in the conservation and management of high seas fisheries?

Many participants reiterated that the Governments have primary responsibility for management, conservation and sustainable development of their forests.

Pacific Island Forum countries have shown leadership in the conservation and management of the world's rich ocean resources.

For each declared Transboundary Groundwater Conservation Area, the Commission shall prepare a Comprehensive Management Plan for the rational development, use, protection and control of the waters in the Transboundary Groundwater Conservation Area.

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,

Recalling the importance of marine science in promoting the sustainable management of the oceans and seas, including in the assessment, conservation, management and sustainable use of fish stocks,

States must make sure that their regional fisheries management organizations and other arrangements have the mandates they need in order to make all necessary management and conservation decisions.

UNEP has closely linked global programmes on the conservation, management and monitoring of the marine environment and its living resources.

The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) provides a framework that could be useful for developing such objectives (Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories, IUCN and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. (1994)).

States shall cooperate with each other in the conservation and management of living resources in the areas of the high seas.

In Africa, the ongoing initiatives for rehabilitating degraded land are focused on reforestation, soil conservation and integrated management of water resources.

Iraq argues that Syria has provided no evidence of actual damage or details of planned restoration programmes or improved conservation management.

The fishery regulations also address fishing capacity and bottom trawling through a sanctions regime for non compliance with conservation and management regulations.

Recognizing also the need to further integrate ecosystem approaches into fisheries conservation and management and, more generally, the importance of applying ecosystem approaches to the management of human activities in the ocean,

Australia will continue to work hard with its neighbours to ensure that this regional fisheries management organization employs world best practice in the sustainable management and the conservation of highly migratory species.

Providing economic incentives to farmers and industries, for example in the form of low interest credit, tax relief and subsidies, could encourage investments in water conservation, low cost waste water treatment, soil conservation and other land management practices.

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1999,

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the 1999 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,

Mr. Bhagwat Singh (Observer for the World Conservation Union (IUCN)) welcomed the Outcome's recognition of the crucial role played by conservation and sustainable natural resource management in eradicating poverty and underpinning the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals.

New sustainable uses of the oceans, including the conservation and management of the biological diversity of the seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction

How can the availability of data and information that is fundamental to the effective conservation and sustainable management of fisheries resources be improved?

Some delegations stressed the importance of the application of the ecosystem and precautionary approaches in the conservation and management of marine living resources.

Those problems result from that lack of cooperation among Member States to forge a universal legal regime for the conservation and management of fisheries.

The provisions of multilateral environmental agreements include obligations for conservation and environmental protection, prevention and control of pollution, and sound management of natural resources.

WFP also carried out programmes on land conservation and water management in other sub Saharan countries such as Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

11. Calls upon all States to ensure that their vessels comply with the conservation and management measures in accordance with the Agreement that have been adopted by subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements

Noting the key and evolving role that subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements can play in ensuring effective and sustainable fisheries and ocean conservation and management, it was proposed that the General Assembly

Regional fishery management organizations and arrangements should continue to play a significant role, act according to their respective circumstances and formulate and implement fishery related conservation and management measures on the basis of full consultations.

The United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement is of paramount importance, as it strengthens considerably the framework for the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks by regional fisheries management organizations.

Similarly, a summit among the leaders of the Congo Basin countries resulted in extraordinary cross border cooperation on forest conservation and responsible management. This in turn led to a 53 million initiative by the United States State Department to promote Congo forest conservation.