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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Regional Seas and European Union Outermost Regions and Overseas … con- tinental margin does not extend up to that distance High seas / international waters (UNCLOS part VII) The High Seas are waters not included in the exclusive economic …
Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… 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 …
Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species
… If the species has not been recorded as representing a high risk of invasiveness under similar conditions (climate, … should develop strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) to plan biofuel production at national level and … The economic costs of invasive species are extremely high. The annual cost to the United States, United Kingdom, …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… Antarctic, are often characterised by endemic species and high levels of biological di- versity. The evolutionary … spectrum, degraded and stressed areas also appear to be at high risk. These include ur- ban-industrial areas, habitats … has now spread as far as the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. Contamination problems have been much reduced by border …