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Index O<br />

451<br />

United Nations Conference on Environment <strong>and</strong><br />

Development (UNCED) 160, 186, 316, 320, 334, 350, 389<br />

United Nations Conference on Human Settlements 194,<br />

196<br />

United Nations Convention on <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sea<br />

(UNCLOS) 182, 348<br />

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in<br />

Countries Experiencing Serious Drought <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

Desertification, Particularly in Africa’ (Desertification<br />

Convention or CCD) 159-160, 350, 390<br />

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 187,<br />

319, 337, 354, 387<br />

United Nations Educational, Scientific <strong>and</strong> Cultural<br />

Organization (UNESCO) 141, 304, 320, 329, 333<br />

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 186,<br />

316, 336-337, 340, 384<br />

United Nations Food <strong>and</strong> Agriculture Organization<br />

(FAO) 79, 85, 144, 155, 162-163, 166, 263, 267, 340, 346,<br />

352, 388, 390<br />

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate<br />

Change (FCCC) 231-232, 306, 351, 388<br />

United Nations Industrial Development Organization<br />

(UNIDO) 56, 346<br />

United Nations Intergovernmental Forum on Forests<br />

(IFF) 351-352, 391<br />

URBAN 21 194<br />

urban ecology; see also urban ecosystems 140, 195<br />

urban ecosystems; see also ecosystems 191, 193<br />

urbanization; cf towns<br />

USA 63, 74-75, 79, 129, 153, 166, 178<br />

use <strong>of</strong> biological resources; see also l<strong>and</strong>scape use 138, 143,<br />

196-197, 200, 266, 334, 353<br />

– intensity <strong>of</strong> use 125, 138, 140, 190-191<br />

use potential 126, 295, 364<br />

use types 126, 140, 289, 291<br />

– use type ‘E’ (conservation despite use) 125, 138, 199,<br />

291<br />

– use type ‘M’ (conservation through use) 126, 199<br />

– use type ‘N’ (conservation before use) 125-127, 199,<br />

291<br />

voluntary commitments 186, 190, 200, 302, 312, 386<br />

W<br />

Wadden Sea 185, 198, 203, 235<br />

– hypertrophy 235<br />

water 106, 120, 145, 147, 170, 218, 225<br />

– self-purification 178<br />

water balances 217<br />

water cycle 21, 24, 91, 212, 289<br />

waters; see also lakes 108, 119, 123, 165, 168, 180, 251, 384<br />

– eutrophication 105, 107-108, 123, 167<br />

wetl<strong>and</strong>s 227, 235, 305, 344<br />

– drainage 112, 225<br />

wheat 72, 74, 79, 82, 125, 232<br />

wild forms 36, 40, 155<br />

wilderness 115-116, 174<br />

Wildlife <strong>and</strong> Countryside Act, United Kingdom 183<br />

women 203, 328<br />

wood 35, 96, 99, 108, 110, 125, 148, 161, 212, 249, 258<br />

World Bank 319, 357, 374, 387<br />

World <strong>Conservation</strong> Monitoring Centre (WCMC) 131<br />

world cultural <strong>and</strong> natural heritage; see also World<br />

Heritage Convention (WHC) 104, 107, 170, 186, 202, 304-<br />

305, 320, 342-343, 367, 390<br />

World Heritage Convention (WHC) 128, 304, 315, 320<br />

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 342,<br />

381<br />

World Trade Organization (WTO) 55, 58, 182, 321, 342,<br />

366, 381<br />

Z<br />

zoning 198-199, 202<br />

zoological gardens; cf botanical gardens<br />

V<br />

value categories 284, 286, 288, 291-292, 305<br />

– existence value 129, 287-288, 293<br />

– functional value 129, 282, 291-292<br />

– option value 129, 288, 293, 304, 354<br />

– symbolic value 129, 287-288, 292<br />

– use value 129, 292, 303<br />

value dimensions 283-284, 291-292, 294<br />

value tree analysis 295, 374<br />

values 115, 125, 129, 171, 177, 198, 275-276, 282-284, 286,<br />

288, 295, 311, 328, 330, 374<br />

– categorical values 297-298<br />

varieties 40, 59, 72-73, 75, 79-80, 83, 147, 152, 155, 303, 340<br />

vegetation period 104, 227<br />

Voluntary Code <strong>of</strong> Conduct, UNIDO 56

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