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… the MedRAS Project (Mediterranean Representative Areas and Species), financed by the MAVA and TOTAL Foundations, the … that the effects of climate change on habitats already threatened by other pressures can accelerate the rhythm of … of marine reserva- tions for the preservation of threatened marine organisms. — The General People’s Committee …

… . . 50 New Zealand: Precautionary principle and endangered species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 … has a specific environmental focus in which the habitat of threatened species, such as Maui’s, is considered.129 126 … avoiding adverse effects on indigenous ecosystems that are threatened or are rare.146 This is of particular relevance to …

… Biological Diversity and Ecosystems has four elements: 1. Species and habitats: assessments and development of measures … species and habitats included on the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats; 2. Marine … or fragile ecosystems, as well as the habitat of depleted, threatened or endangered species, in the Convention area.” …

… 14 Changes in native species distributions … marine and coastal en- vironments are increasingly threatened by the impacts of a growing population and rising … and Rogers-Bennett, 2004). Moreover, MPAs are increasingly threatened by the expanding coastal development and intense …

… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … update calls for availability of at least 20 per cent of threatened plant species for recovery and restoration … and restoration may be needed to maintain or recover threatened populations. At a larger scale, protected areas …

… its capacity to support life on earth – is increasingly threatened by the scale of human- induced greenhouse gas … and an increase in biodiversity at higher latitudes. Some species, populations, communities or habitats will move, … species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts …

… Precautionary approach 33 3.5 Managing for invasive alien species 34 3.6 Managing for climate change 37 3.7 Taking an … in Earth’s history, with some 20,000 species known to be threatened with extinction and many more likely to be threatened (Barber et al., 2004, p. 30). Globally, ecosystem …

… Absence of invasive alien species … noted in 2014 (Decision 38 COM 7B.91) that Lake Natron is threatened by soda ash mining. Integrity: Responding to … places around the world were being destroyed or were threatened with destruction (UNESCO 1972). As a result, sites …

… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … region, which is home to many endemic species and globally threatened species 2 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National … this region is home to numerous endemic, endangered and threatened species, both terrestrial and marine, and has deep …

… in a proposed protected area to conserve rare baobab tree species © Nigel Dudley Back: New Caledonia © Dan Laffoley … They provide the core of efforts to protect the world’s threatened species and are increasingly recognised as … strategies; and in some cases also vehicles for protecting threatened human commu- nities or sites of great cultural and …