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11-20 of 24 for the Category : Conservation and the Subcategory : CulturalGovernance
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Environmental governance is rapidly becoming a fundamental component in the management of corporations globally.
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Greenwash is not a new concept. The term emerged from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and it entered the Concise Oxford Dictionary in 1999.
Read more about GreenwashHeritage
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Heritage is that which we inherit: wildlife and scenic parks, sites of scientific or historic importance, national monuments, historic buildings, works of art, literature and music, oral traditions and museum collections, together with their document
Read more about HeritageIndigenous Peoples
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Indigenous peoples are people who have lived a traditional way of life for many centuries and who still retain close ties with the land.
Read more about Indigenous PeoplesIntegrated Environmental Management (IEM)
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Integrated environmental management is a philosophy that is concerned with finding the right balance (sometimes called the 'golden mean') between development and the environment.
Read more about Integrated Environmental Management (IEM)IUCN
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The World Conservation Union, also known as the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), was established in Fontainebleau, France, in 1948 as the world’s first international conservation organisation.
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The experts disagree on how to define land degradation and associated processes such as desertification, but as an issue it is not difficult to understand. Land degradation occurs when the economic and biological productivity of land is lost, primari
Read more about Land DegradationMedicinal Herbs
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Traditional medicine and healing has used herbs as medicine for thousands of years and over 65% of all formal medicines are based on herbal or plant-based structures or formulas.
Read more about Medicinal HerbsMires & Peatlands
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Mires are wetlands where a special type of soil called peat grows. They play a vital role in storing and purifying water and supporting biodiversity. Mires or peatlands, comprise a wide variety of ecosystems, including the coastal swamp forests of Ma
Read more about Mires & PeatlandsSocial Impact Assessment (SIA)
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Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is a stand-alone report or a subfield of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
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