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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… of this type can usually be addressed through conventional land-use and environmental management regulations or … contributing directly to such degradation in- clude land clearance, intensive exploitation and pol- lution. Many … other components of biological diversity. Mismanagement of land or other resources may often be the proxi- mate cause …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… Some countries such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are buying land for food production in other countries (e.g., Su- dan, … areas, groundwater storage may become non-renewable. Major land use change can also affect large scale atmospheric … produced in other countries; but they are also now leasing land in Africa to grow their food, e.g., in Ethiopia …
02 Aug 2026 Document

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

… coastal State comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal State - the seabed and subsoil … State, and are open to all States, whether coast- al or land-locked Freedom of the High Seas shall be exercised by … al law It comprises, inter alia, both for coastal and land-locked States freedom of navigation, overflight, …
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Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… of an invasion by an introduced species. These include land tenure agreements, long term economic profitability, … more susceptible to invasion due to disturbances from land use change, agriculture or construction, changing … pathway can involve physical elements such as transport by land, air and sea, and means such as international trade and …
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Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… 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 … variety of investigative techniques to work backward from land to water in order to get the probable cause necessary to …
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Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based sources of marine pollution, overexploitation of … as the main threat to island biodiversity. However, land makes up less than 2% of the vast Pacific region, and …
02 Aug 2026 Literature

Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… of invasives. Invasive alien species also alter land-use and natural disturbance patterns (e.g. " res, insect … wash boats with hot, high pressure, tap water on the land-side before travelling to a new waterway. Let boat dry " …
02 Aug 2026 Literature

Marine Pollution and Ballast Waters

… ballast water within 200 nautical miles from the nearest land or in waters with depths lower than 200 meters and must …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… the protection of plants (both cultivated and wild, on land or in aquatic environments), the ap- plication of … for sustainable agriculture, it is necessary to use more land and implement more efficient production sys- tems, new …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Biological Diversity