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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… Brief- ing Note are: to bring relevant issues related to water storage to the attention of Contract- ing Parties and … 2009- 2012, task 7.4 in Thematic Work Area 6 (Wetlands and Water Resources Management) includes a review of the role of … ‘environmental flows’ is becoming everyday language in the conservation community, it is a new and baffling concept to …
20 Jun 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

… Overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union’s Overseas … measuring the breadth of the territorial sea) is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large- scale charts … part II, section 2) The territorial sea is a belt of water not exceeding 12 nm in width measured from the …
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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… on Alien Invasive Species, prepared by IUCN-The World Conservation Union. 2. The Guide is being circulated in the … Frameworks on Alien Invasive Species IUCN - The World Conservation Union IUCN - The World Conservation Union was … Box 6. Ballast Water … 18 Box 13. Water Hyacinth …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity – the conservation of biological diversity, its sustainable use, … mollusc diversity, and electric power generation; the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) blocking waterways, … nutrient levels in the lake, promoting infestation by water hyacinths. - ! e Nile perch’s palatable bone-free white …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… or movement of listed species, and appropriate ballast water management. Border controls are designed to stop … biofouling hitchhikers or as stowaways in ships’ ballast water. The opening of new canals and seaways between … Janeiro. The Convention establishes three objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation.” 16 U.S.C. § 1531(a)(1), (2) (2015). … a poultry processor pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act and the ESA after it discharged polluted storm water into the adjacent San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. …
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International biofouling

… introduction of unwanted aquatic organisms from ballast water; FURTHER RECALLING that Member States of the IMO … for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004; FURTHER RECALLING that the Marine … species through biofouling from ships threatens the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity; …
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Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… on Biofuels and Invasive Species INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … availability of resources (light, nutrients, space, water), aiding establishment and spread. • Ecosystems are … requirements and are able to access deep sub-surface water sources in dry areas. they are also nitrogen fixing and …
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Assessment and control of biological invasion risks

… Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund, the Japan Fund for Global Environment of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency, Expo’90 Foundation and the Fund in the … humans or human delivery systems (for example: in ballast water, as contamination in soil or seeds, a contamination …
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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… that have had severe effects on the environment are the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) (Hill et al., 2011), … food webs, provide stability to landforms in and near the water line, filter sediments and provide nu- trients to the … the environment or infra- structure such as dams and water stations. They have been considered to be IAS (under …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity