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The specific responsibilities of the minister were: [2] Green Industrial Strategy; green skills; circular economy; Zero Waste Scotland; nature recovery targets; NatureScot; biodiversity (along with the Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform) national parks and natural heritage; plant health
The following year, Kerala established its State Biodiversity Board and initiated the creation of Biodiversity Management Committees at the local self- government level. Based on the approval by the then Chief Minister of Kerala on 25 January 2005, the notification constituting the Board was made in February 2005 [GO (Ms) No. 1/2005/STED dated ...
Ecosystem management stakeholders fall into the following groups based on their diverse concerns: [3] Stakeholders whose lives are directly tied to the ecosystem (e.g., members of local community) Stakeholders who are not directly impacted, but have an interest in the ecosystem or its ecosystem services (e.g., NGOs, recreational groups)
The issue of biodiversity conservation is regarded as an important element in natural resource management. What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is a comprehensive concept, which is a description of the extent of natural diversity. Gaston and Spicer [56] (p. 3) point out that biodiversity is "the variety of life" and relate to different kinds of ...
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India established in 2003 to implement the provisions under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, after India signed Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992.
The CCBA advocates for the adherence to Climate, Community, and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, which are guidelines for investors, policymakers, project managers and civil society observers to evaluate land-based climate change mitigation projects by identifying projects that aid local communities and biodiversity, as well as delivering lower ...
Urban Forestry Management Plans in conjunction with Wildlife Management Plans can support and improve urban biodiversity by including following attributes: routine tree inventories to identify a biodiversity baseline for goal setting, intentional tree planting of hardy species to promote biodiversity, and lastly to focus on the preservation and ...
Sustainable forest management balances local socioeconomic, cultural, and ecological needs and constraints. Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative, legal, economic, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as silviculture, forest protection, and forest regulation.