Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Maldives
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 138
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Natural Perception
Author: Alice Palmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-08-31
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1009350099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImages of nature abound in the practice of international environmental law but their significance in law is unclear. Drawing on visual jurisprudence, and interpretative methods for visual art, this book analyses photographs for their representations of nature's aesthetic value in treaty processes that concern world heritage, whales and biodiversity. It argues that visual images should be embraced in the prosaic practice of international law, particularly for treaties that demand judgements of nature's aesthetic value. This environmental value is in practice conflated with natural beauty, ethical and cultural values, and displaced by economic and scientific values. Interpretations of visual images can serve instead to critique and conceive sensory, imaginative and emotional appreciations of nature from different cultural perspectives as proposed by philosophers of environmental aesthetics. Addressing questions of value and the visual, this landmark book shows how images can be engaged by nations to better protect the environment under international law.
Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 101
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTowards Sustainable Coastal Development
Author: Tony George Puthucherril
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2014-10-02
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9004282203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCoastal areas around the world are severely stressed due to a myriad of human activities and marine pollution. They are now detrimentally being affected by climate change and sea level rise as well. One major theater most acutely impacted by these phenomena is coastal South Asia, an overcrowded region with low adaptive capacities. Drawing on the experiences of coastal countries and regions beyond South Asia, Towards Sustainable Coastal Development: Institutionalizing Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia recommends operationalizing integrated coastal zone management and linking the same with coastal climate change adaptation under appropriately crafted coastal laws to facilitate a move towards sustainable coastal development.
Atolls of the Maldives
Author: Stefano Malatesta
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-03-01
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1786606623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeyond the tropical paradise and beyond the fear of climate change effects, the Maldives is a fascinating island country that faces social, cultural, economic and environmental transformations. Atolls of the Maldives: Nissology and Geography provides a spatial analysis on some key challenges the Maldivian society has to deal with, and guides the reader in the discovery of the human and environmental geography of this Indian Ocean archipelago. Geographers, political scientists, sociologists, geologists, biologists and experts in environmental policies help the audience to move through the complex systems of interrelations, connections and disconnections that shape the environment and the geography of this extraordinary archipelagic country.
Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2019-12-06
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9264597042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report sets the economic and business case for urgent and ambitious action on biodiversity. It presents a preliminary assessment of current biodiversity-related finance flows, and discusses the key data and indicator gaps that need to be addressed to underpin effective monitoring of both the pressures on biodiversity and the actions (i.e. responses) being implemented. The report concludes with ten priority areas where G7 and other countries can prioritise their efforts.
Guidelines for Mainstreaming Gender Into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
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Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2018-07-10
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9264303200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on experiences and insights from 16 megadiverse countries, this report examines how biodiversity is being mainstreamed in four key areas.
Atlas of the Maldives, 6th Edition (2018)
Author: Tim Godfrey
Publisher: Atoll Editions
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 1876410035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in hard cover and fully revised and updated with detailed maps of all atolls and features including dive sites, surfing sites, mangroves, turtle and bird nesting islands, protected marine areas and a complete island index with a new grid referencing system. Includes a history of early mapping and information on atoll structure and formation, based on the latest science. This book has stunning colour photos of islands and useful information for travelling in the atolls. Blurb: This 6th edition of Atlas of the Maldives has been fully revised and updated to reflect the many changes occurring on both land and at sea since the last edition in 2007. It includes new material on the early mapping of the Maldives and its impact on science. The writings of Moresby, Darwin and other recent researchers, are used to explain the formation, structure and geological history of the Maldives. • Detailed Atoll Maps • Islands & Features • History & Shipwrecks • Diving & Surfing • Wetlands & Lakes • Protected Marine Areas • Marine LIfe • Turtles & Birds "The first view of these Islands from seaward, is imposing, and impresses a stranger with a favorable idea of them. Imagine a beautiful verdant fringe, of a mile or so in extent emerging suddenly from the sea on the distant horizon." Mr ‘Prentice’ Boyce, Purser aboard Captain Robert Moresby’s survey ship Benares, 1836.
