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001 2012493094
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008 121126s2012 ws b i000 0 eng
010 $a 2012493094
020 $a9789820404397 (print)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn789663842
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050 00 $aKVC705$b.B64 2012
082 04 $a344.95046$223
100 1 $aBoer, Ben.
245 10 $aLegal frameworks for ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in the Pacific Islands /$cBen Boer and Pepe Clarke.
260 $aApia, Samoa :$bSPREP,$c[2012].
300 $a55 p. ;$c30 cm.
500 $a"Australian AID."
530 $aAlso available online.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 49-54).
505 0 $aBackground -- Environmental governance in the Pacific Islands -- Legal mechanisms for maintaining and restoring ecosystem resilience -- Environmental assessment and strategic planning -- Implementation, compliance and enforcement -- Monitoring and adaptive management -- Financing mechanisms -- Country snapshots -- Key priorities and recommendations.
520 $aThis report is primarily directed to analysing the legal aspects of ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. It sketches the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Island countries, recognizing that climate change directly impacts ecosystems, which provide for the needs of people as well as for the maintenance of the natural environment. It takes as a given that ecosystem-based adaptation can provide cost-effective strategies for reducing vulnerability to climate change impacts and enhancing ecosystem resilience, thereby maintaining ecosystem services and sustainable livelihoods. The report is written in light of the research reports completed by SPREP and Conservation International for this project (SPREP and Conservation International 2011). An essential aspect of the legal analysis is an examination of the way in which environmental governance operates in Pacific Island countries. The analysis is directed both to current formal legal systems as well as to customary mechanisms at the community level, exploring both potential barriers as well as the possibilities in the national legislation for achieving the aims of ecosystembased adaptation strategies. The report includes six brief legal case studies of more or less representative Pacific Island countries. The case studies provide a snapshot of the relevant legal frameworks in the selected jurisdictions in order to assess the suitability of those frameworks for providing a legally robust basis for ecosystembased adaptation. The report shows that appropriate legal mechanisms developed at the national level can play a key role in promoting adaptation, especially through restoring and maintaining ecosystem resilience, to address the effects of climate change.
650 0 $aEcosystem management$xLaw and legislation$zOceania.
650 0 $aEnvironmental law$zOceania.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$xLaw and legislation$zOceania.
650 0 $aClimate change mitigation$zOceania.
650 0 $aEnvironmental protection$zOceania.
700 1 $aClarke, Pepe.
710 2 $aSecretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
710 2 $aAustralian Agency for International Development.
856 41 $uhttp://www.sprep.org/Publications/legal-frameworks-for-ecosystem-based-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-the-pacific-islands$zClick here for online version.