Non-timber Forest Products - International Union …

The IUCN Forest Conservation Programme Non-timber Forest Products Ecological and economic aspects of exploitation in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia

  Product, Forest, Timber, Non timber forest products

Non-timber Forest Products - International Union …

IUCN Forest Conservation Programme Non-timber Forest Products: Value, use and management issues in Africa, including examples from Latin America

  Product, Forest, Timber, Non timber forest products

Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation ...

Executive summary Executive summary Conservation translocation is the deliberate movement of organisms from one site for release in another. It must be intended to yield a

  Release

Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories

Regional Council for the Environment of Junta de Andalucía The Regional Council for the Environment of Junta de Andalucía is the agency of the regional government of

Tourism and visitor management in protected areas

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) is one of the three departments within the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. Its mission is to advance scholarship concerning management and use of natural and cultural resources for rec-reation, tourism, and sport through innovative social science

  Park, Carolina, North, Recreation, North carolina, Notaries, Of parks, Rec reation

100 OF THE WORLD’S WORST INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES

Today, alien invasion is second only to habitat loss as a cause of species endangerment and extinction. ... Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) big-headed ant ... carp (Cyprinus carpio). 100 of the

  Asian, Invasion, Carps

Guidelines for planning and monitoring corporate ...

conservation organisations have been working to improve the methods and tools for biodiver-sity planning and monitoring and many of their findings are transferrable to a business context. What the Guidelines do for companies The Guidelines for planning and monitoring corporate biodiversity performance are aimed

  Performance, Corporate, Planning, Monitoring, Conservation, Biodiversity, Planning and monitoring corporate biodiversity performance

Directrices para la aplicación de las categorías de ...

La Comisión Mundial de Áreas Protegidas (CMAP) es la red de liderazgo mundial de especialistas y directores de áreas protegidas, con más de 1300 miembros en 140 países. La CMAP es una de las 6 comisiones voluntarias de la UICN. Es administrada por el Programa de Áreas Protegidas, ubicado en la sede mundial de la UICN en Gland, Suiza.

  Protegidas

Approaches to sustainable agriculture

a transition towards sustainable agriculture . It is an attempt to demonstrate that a socially fair transition to sustainable agriculture is not only possible but also opens many economic opportunities . Succeeding in this transition is the challenge we have taken upon ourselves . European food is well-known for being affordable,

  Food, Agriculture, Sustainable, Sustainable agriculture

Siting and Design of Hotels and Resorts

close to the shore, developers often include shoreline protection features, such as seawalls, groynes, moles and bulkheads. Yet, while these structures may protect the hotel, they can also prevent natural erosion and coastline changes. In the long run, they can alter coastal processes such as sediment flow, and lead to

  Design, Shorelines

Primary Microplastics in the Oceans

the plastic tap” project and the “Plastic debris in the ocean” publication,this report provides a global estimate and mapping of the sources and quantities of primary microplastics – plastics that enter the oceans in the form of small particles released from household and industrial products. Although mismanaged plastic waste is still the

  Bride, Plastics, Plastic debris in the

MARINE DEBRIS: UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTING AND …

debris can be a health and safety hazard and can also affect commercially significant resources. The vast majority of marine debris is made up of various forms of plastic that are highly persistent and often contain toxic chemicals or acquire them from the surrounding seawater. The fragmentation of plastics produces large numbers of microplastic

  Understanding, Bride, Marines, Plastics, Preventing, Marine debris

Construction and Demolition Debris Weight to Volume …

Plastic bottles (soda bottles) 1 cubic yard 30 – 40 .015 – .02 Corrugated Cardboard1 Uncompacted 1 cubic yard 50 – 150 .025 – .075 Compacted 1 cubic yard 300 – 500 .15 – .25 Concrete4 1 cubic yard 4,050 2 Rubble1 1 cubic yard 1,400 .7 Drywall1 1 cubic yard 500 .25 Scrap Metal1 (loose light iron sheet metal)

  Bride, Plastics

How much do Americans throw away - University of Utah

Plastic takes up to 1,000 years to degrade in a landfill. Recycling plastic takes 88% less energy than making plastic from raw materials. Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the Earth four times. Americans throw away 35 billion plastic bottles every year. Only about 25% of the plastic produced in the U.S. is recycled.

  Plastics

Plastic Waste ManageMent - 164.100.228.143:8080

plastic also causes soil pollution and have now started resulting in presence of micro plastics in soil. • Pollution in Oceans The increased presence of plastic on the ocean surface has resulted in more serious problems. Since most of the plastic debris that reaches the ocean remains floating for years as it does not decompose

  Bride, Plastics, Plastic debris

Plastic Bag Pollution - Los Angeles County, California

Plastic bags are now amongst the top 12 items of debris most often found along coastlines ranging from Spitzbergen in the north to the Falklands in the south. Animals and sea creatures are hurt and killed every day by discarded plastic bags - a dead turtle with a plastic

  County, California, Bride, Plastics, Angeles, Los angeles county

Plastic waste release caused by COVID-19 and its fate in ...

The plastic debris could also facilitate species invasion and transport of contaminants including the COVID-19 virus (21–23). Despite the potential impacts, the total amount of pandemic-associated plastic waste and its environmental and health impacts are largely unknown. Here, we estimate the amount of excess plas-

  Bride, Plastics, Plastic debris

Plastic Pollution Curriculum and Activity Guide

!2 World!of!Waste!! Background: ! Studentsbeginthelessonbyexaminingitemstodetermin ewhatthey aremadeof —glass,paper,plastic,ormetal.Next,studentscollect

  Plastics

Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures

FOREWORD This publication has been prepared to provide a compilation of standard requirements used by the North Carolina Department of Transportation for construction contracts.