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… accelerate, the importance of protecting areas with a high degree of ecological integrity becomes ever more … carbon stocks (Martin and Watson 2016) or to ensure a high quality freshwater supply (Watson et al. 2016). … shown in dark green, with wilderness in the high seas (delineated using the same threshold) denoted by paler …

… framework 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Our seas and oceans cover about 70% of the earth’s surface and … and sustaining the earth’s ecological balances. The seas and oceans produce a third of the oxygen that we … problem is nevertheless frequently limited to by-catch of high profile species, such as marine mammals, birds and sea …

… designated areas can build capacity through high quality and standardised education and training … Areas 23 ■ Monitoring and reporting: To ensure continuing high quality of UNESCO Global Geoparks within the IGGP, including high quality of their management, the status of each UNESCO …

… the level of threat affecting the site’s values may be high; however, if the management responses to those threats … Park* USA 64 Heard and McDonald Islands* Australia 67 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago* Finland / Sweden 76 … assessed against four possible categories: very low, low, high or very high. The 2014 IUCN World Heritage Outlook shows …

… with a 77% increase in sites where it is already seen as a high or a very high threat (62 sites in 2017, compared to 35 in 2014). The … potential threat, with 55 sites where it could have high or very high impacts in the future. Invasive species, …

… local communities, which account for an extraor- dinarily high level of both cultural and biological diversity. During … place, often for long periods of time, with resulting high levels of biodiversity. At some sacred natural sites, … occupied and used land, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their responsibilities …

… practices in wetlands in the face of demands for high economic returns. Some ancient traditional management … disputes over water based on quick, oral procedures and a high level of social consensus. Known as Water Tribunals … For the Maori people in New Zealand, the coastal seas and their fishing grounds have been as important to them …

… them to survive undisturbed for centuries. In Ladakh, high altitude wetlands lying on the western edge of the … any inhabited continent and with a very dry climate, the high productivity of Australia’s wetlands has given them …

… Programme (respectively, UNESCO and UNEP) convened a high-level round table on Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity … Thus wetlands, even if degraded or reduced, can retain a high degree of archaeological importance. Box 5: Sunken ships … develop rapid survey methods to assess wetland sites with high scientific poten- tial in which efforts should be …

… the cultural tradition itself, it also supports the high diversity of wildlife associated with the ponds. …