Ecosystem Approach

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The Ecosystem Approach is considered one of the most important principles of sustainable environmental management.

The Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity defined the Ecosystem Approach in Decision V/6, Annex A, section 1 as ‘a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way’

Essentially it requres the taking into consideration of the effects of actions on every element of an ecosystem, based on the recognition that all elements of an ecosystem are linked.

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• http://www.cbd.int/programmes/cross-cutting/ecosystem/ (Convention on Biologic Diversity: Ecosystem Approach)
• http://www.cbd.int/decisions/?lg=0&m=cop-05&d=06 (Convention on Biologic Diversity: Decision V/6)