This study's findings provide quantitative information concerning the demand for improvements in agroecosystem services through agri-environmental protection programmes.
Essentially a skin for a system powered by Bing and Yahoo, Ecosia donates 80% of advertising revenues toward environmental protection: specifically, a rainforest protection programme run by WWF.
It is therefore crucial that environmental protection is fully integrated into international development programmes and the multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank, which administer them.
They say it will destroy the Black Sea coast's last remaining virgin stretches of beach and will have a devastating effect on the rich biodiversity of an area which has environmental protection status under the EU's Natura 2000 programme, which aims to protect endangered species and habitats.
IMO member states should "honour the original vision of the Polar Code, which saw environmental protection as a priority," said Rod Downie, WWF-UK's Polar Programme Manager.
In addition, the section about economic and social reincorporation in the accord establishes that programmes for ex-combatants will pay special attention to environmental protection and recovery and humanitarian de-mining.
It is particularly important that the child-specific actions proposed must be pursued as part of strengthening broader national development programmes combining revitalized economic growth, poverty reduction, human resource development and environmental protection.
These programmes have uncovered contradictions between what is defined as "traditional culture" and "environmental protection", and who is empowered to make and act upon these definitions.
Since independence, the "army-nation" programme has supported civilian activities, such as healthcare, infrastructure provision and environmental protection.
Ebtekar, who is the head of Iran's environmental protection organisation, said the standoff between Tehran and the west over Iran's nuclear programme and the Syrian conflict are two contemporary challenges that need to be addressed urgently.
