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… ecosystems to services 47 3.  The significance of warming seas for species and ecosystems 55 3.1 Impacts and effects of … fill gaps in protective regimes, such as protecting the High Seas. Updated risk assessments. A re-evaluation is … Malmo, Sweden. Katrin Linse, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB30ET, UK. Alex K. …

… while others will remain unaltered. POP s with relatively high vapor pressure such as lighter PCB s are mainly in the … strongly associated with aerosol particles. Because of the high efficiency of the particle-associated deposition … with negative consequences for cod recruitment in both seas (Brander, 2010). Temporal trends in contaminant levels …

… mountain ecosystems such as cloud forest and páramos (high altitude tundra in tropical Americas) as well as … although open ocean and deep sea areas, including the high seas, are not well covered. Inadequate management of …

… in Asia and South America, which in turn helps drive high demand for metals including gold, spurring artisanal and … mercury emissions to the atmosphere. Coal does not contain high concentrations of mercury, but the combination of the … show patterns at the scales of continents or individual seas. The Mediterranean Sea, for example, is a net source of …

… values are maintained in perpetuity. Because of their high status and prestige, World Heritage sites for many … NGO partners and specific World Heritage funds, due to the high profile created by World Heritage status and the … that they are special places containing features of high value. But World Heritage status implies much more, …

… per cent of its amphibians.1 Levels of endemism are very high in the region: thus, 50 per cent of the plant life of … one of its essential features. As noted above, the high rates of deforestation place a large number of species … of chang- ing conditions in LMEs of the world´s Regional Seas”. UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 182. UNEP, …

… is on marine mammals, which, in addition to their being high-order predators in most marine ecosystems, are afforded … and structured approach to the responsible operation of high power marine seismic surveys and other forms of imaging. … this assessment. Where factors consistent with relatively high potential risks are identified, a more aggressive and …

… Assessment Biodiversity assessment provides two useful high-level indicators of biodiversity status: Ecosystem … landscape or seascape gives even un-described species a high probability of being conserved. The approach also … data is often geographically biased towards areas of high sampling intensity (such as areas that are accessible to …

… the Abruzzo National Park (Italy); the verdant woodland in high summer of the Bialowieza National Park (Poland); and a … The Grossglockner High Alpine Road ......................................27 The … fishing and anchorage are controlled by law. The onshore seas have extensive seagrass beds, mainly of Posidonia …

… hunting and trade are decimating the last populations of high-value species (Vitousek et al. 1997). Species extinction … or highly irreplaceable natural areas, or areas under high threat, as well as areas securing the most threat- ened … This distinction is further explored in Chapter 6. High irreplaceability + high vulnerability = high …