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… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … of the copyright holder. Citation: IUCN-WCPA (2011). Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening … of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribution to the …

… the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, … the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the area of chemicals and waste management. Box 4: Strategic … from Land-Based Sources and Activities (1996) • Specially Protected Area and Biodiversity Protocol: Protocol Concerning …

… commercially used for medicinal purposes (EOAR, 2010).3 Marine resources represent a major source of protein for … Asia occupy only 1.34 per cent of West Asia’s total land area (Global Environment Outlook – GEO-4, 2007)5 but this … dominated by Abies spp, Pinus spp, and Cedrus spp. 4. Protected areas play a vital role in protecting unique …

… a closer understanding of the law and challenges in this area. I am sure lawyers and law students will also benefit … Hazardous Waste, E-Waste 50 Disasters 52 Biodiversity and Protected Areas 53 Marine and Coastal Environment 56 1.3.2 Transboundary …

… and least developed countries of the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of … on the best available scientific information Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas Target 11 By … connected systems of protected areas and other effective area- based conservation measures, and integrated into the …

… serve as a useful resource for auditors worldwide in the area of MEAs and support for their growing work in the field … natural resources – such as wildlife, air and the marine environment. Examples include the 1971 Convention on … where several SAIs auditing an issue cooperatively. Border protected areas, shared bodies of water, trans-boundary air …

… and of its associated ecosystem services, a number of protected areas have 1 UNEP, 2010. “Environment Outlook of … thus, between 1990 and 2008 the number of gazetted marine and terrestrial protected areas in Latin America and … representing more than 17 per cent of the original forest area.3 In Mexico, deforestation rates have declined: thus, …

… 318 6. Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1996 … benefit from the expertise and support they offer in this area. 14.44 The Parties shall consider practical ways to … A Ramsar site is designated after completion of a domestic protected areas procedure under national legislation, such …

… ment and population pressures on both terrestrial and marine environments, there is an urgent need for improved … conservation has been haphazard. Important areas have been protected not so much by conscious planning as by default … the Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan and Oceanian realms. The area also includes the world’s highest mountain system …

… It covers 8.6 per cent of the Earth’s total surface area and nearly 30 per cent of its land area. It is also host … proportion of the world’s surface has been designated as protected areas (figure II), progress in this regard in Asia … areas, while North and Central Asia has the lowest. Where marine protected areas are concerned, the area designated as …