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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… on Wetlands REDD Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation RNR Renewable Natural Resource SA CITES … across other high priority issues such as climate change, land degradation, hazardous chemicals and wastes and ozone … can detrimentally impact upon biodiversity. Changes in land use and climate, pollution, habitat degradation and …
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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… destroyed, and nearly one million hectares of productive land (pastures and soybean) were embargoed. Correspondingly, … of natural flora and fauna, pollu- tion, landscape degradation and radiation hazards, with negative impact on arable land, economic crops and trees.13 A broad understanding of …
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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… 28 Land … REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation RIACM Regional Investigative and Analytical Case …  Environmental quality: crimes adversely affecting air, land, and water typically involve companies and/or organized … activities, which contribute to air pollution and land degradation, and adversely affect water resources. Air 5.1 …
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The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment

… Climate change emissions from deforestation and forest degradation Species extinction Endangered forests Mafias FISH … STUDY Liberia Forest covers as much as 45% of Liberia’s land area, making it one of the last remaining countries in … areas as part of the peace conditions following new land claims and offensives. Beni Biambwe Nitoyo Opyenge …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… desertification and other forms of environmental degradation. They also have an impact on biodiversity as they … protection, in contrast, refers to the protection of human land use, including the sustainable development, … the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol against the Illicit …
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Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… “Harm” includes “significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by … of the species are proven. See Palila v. Hawaii Dep’t of Land & Natural Res., 649 F. Supp. 1070, 1075 (D. Haw. 1986), … agency, such as FWS, EPA, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural …
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Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention

… adverse impacts on human health, the contamination of our land, air and waters can lead to irreparable damage to the … it will protect our environment from possible further degradation at the hands of improperly regulated disposal of …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… beginning of the century. Trees are felled for timber, and land cleared for agriculture (Asibey, 1978). Access roads … and those below 2700 m in, or near, potential agricultural land are the most threatened. The forest on the Mau … and Tobago No information. USA Habitat destruction and degradation from brush-clearing operations were thought to …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… that the distribution covered 29-30X of the continental land area of the country. Bolivia Although no published … and conversion of forest and scrub to agricultural land (Salas, 1985; Gruss and Waller, 1986); local utilisation … 1982). Commercial hide-hunting caused the systematic degradation of caiman populations to such an extent that the …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… and Balanites trees; in the west, heavily cultivated land dotted with baobabs. Usually seen in small flocks, but … central-western Mexico to Pacific lowlands of Guatemala (Land, 1970). Guatemala Confined to the western Pacific … (Nilsson and Mack, 1980). THREATS TO SURVIVAL Habitat degradation and destruction, hunting and, especially, …
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