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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… warming: setting the scene 17 2 Cascading effects - from species to ecosystems to services 47 3.  … contributing to global homogenization of biodiversity, as vulnerable species become extinct and “non-native” species … more soluble forms of calcium carbonate being especially vulnerable. A recent study has suggested that ocean …
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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… biodiversity features. Additional biodiversity data e.g. species, ecological processes Ecological infrastructure or … sector (such as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable). These categories are widely known, easily … + 15% of the historical extent of the ecosystem type. Vulnerable (VU) Vulnerable ecosystem types still have the …
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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… levels of biological organisation – gene, individuals, species and ecosystem. It is through the myriad interactions … containing unique characteristics have become ever more vulnerable to pressures from outside commercial interests or … or lie within a protected area? Is it a sensitive or vulnerable site with high biodiversity values? Is it a site …
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D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… particularly acute adverse impacts on some cold-water fish species. For example, salmon have a limited tolerance for … provides: “Where the same stock or stocks of associated species occur within the exclusive economic zone of two or … dehydration and diseases. However, for nations or vulnerable populations within nations whose basic food supply …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… ecosystem emphasis and efficient governance. The most vulnerable populations will continue to suffer from the … water governance. Until this is implemented, the most vulnerable populations will continue to suffer from the … such as some forests are, or just like types of migratory species, air masses, electromagnetic waves or oil and gas …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … from an ecosystem services perspective, focusing on vulnerable stakeholders; i. Determine which of these services … processes rather than just on individual species. However, vulnerable and economically important, species have to be …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… assessments 6 by for example, locating or counting certain species in the project area, instead of undertaking an … use of impact assessments as a means of protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems from significant adverse impacts … to reinforce public participation, including with vulnerable groups [31] • Need to strengthen impact …
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