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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… for the cyclical extraction of timber and other products. Logging in tropical forests is often cited as a major threat … to identify encroachment, fire risk, invasive species, illegal activities and other problems; 2. implementation … to biodiversity in tropical production forests – such as illegal mining and agriculture, hunting and the unregulated …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… are still illegally hunted for bushmeat. Furthermore, logging, mining, hunting and human population growth are … and forage, etc., are becoming a focus for poaching, illegal grazing and other human activities that affect the … the fragmentation of wildlife habitats by roads, the illegal exploitation of reptiles and other human activities …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals
… were exported. Brazil The export of all wildlife has been illegal since 1967. Colombia Capture and export of primates … (the Amazonian lowlands east of the Andes) have been illegal since 1973 except for scientific purposes. Since 1976 … THREATS TO SURVIVAL Cameroon In the early 1970s intensive logging was destroying Colobus habitat. The species was …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… which originated as an action against government-sponsored logging of timber on indigenous lands of the Awas Tingni … may be used to promote sustainable forest use, combat illegal logging, and solve forest conflicts. 1 Ownership … logging agreements are often ineffective. The causes of illegal activities include flawed policy and legal …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… 31: Role Play: Sustainable Agriculture, Water Pricing and Logging Ban – The Story and Steps for the Role Play Handout … from permits for legal activities and penalties for illegal ones -- have insufficient income to cover their … encroachment, pollution, excessive use of resources and illegal fishing methods have led to deterioration of the …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… of these trees (NRDC 2012). – poaching and significant illegal trade is ongoing, but much reduced compared to the … wildlife regulation enforcement / known participant in illegal wildlife trade High magnitude of impact: … within national laws and conventions, large volumes of illegal trade also takes place which contravenes these …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… in name only and that many suffer from widespread illegal use, which in some cases is leading to loss of … pressure on landscapes from land clearing for agriculture, logging (sometimes illegal), and commercial enterprises, which are frequently …
State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
… Roads open the way for agriculture to expand, but also for illegal logging – as a rule, deforestation takes place less than 30 … the stricter enforcement of existing rules to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The development …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… being taken by Argentina to review their harvest quotas. Illegal trade may continue to be a problem and the … de cette esp4ce. 11 se pourrait que le commerce illegal de ces especes soit toujours un probieme et le … a restricted distribution and is subject to pressure from logging, it will probably be less able to withstand the …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… on-site stresses such as poor management, pollution, illegal logging or fishing, introduction of invasive alien species, … This may occur even where those activities are illegal and the resources are already depleted (Mora and …