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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… overexploited, depleted or collapsed, and inappropriate fishing practices causing damage to habitats and non-target … by Brazil’s environmental agency to crack down on illegal deforestation and logging, with interventions … by Brazil’s environmental agency to crack down on illegal deforestation and logging, with interventions …
State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
… Roads open the way for agriculture to expand, but also for illegal logging – as a rule, deforestation takes place less … the stricter enforcement of existing rules to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The development of low- impact aquaculture, dealing …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… agreements are being implemented or where threats such as illegal logging, fishing, or other resource use are threatening to encroach … and the capacity of the reserve authorities to control illegal resource-use activities, e.g. mining and bushmeat …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… is altering biogeochemical and climate cycles; and fishing, hunting and trade are decimating the last … of 60 sites (Figure 24). It tells us, for example, that illegal logging, charcoal burning and firewood collection are … (restricted- range) Low impact: Agricultural encroachment; illegal hunting. Sufficient: Legally protected as a National …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… All these possibilities make controlling or prohibiting illegal access activities very 26 difficult. In addition, … costs. Infringers would not be able to get away with illegal practices if a (separate) requirement for disclosure … useful to distinguish between two types of fraudulent or illegal activities: cases where access and benefit-sharing …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… decline in species diversity due to increased hunting and fishing, may result in alteration of the food web structure … threatened by other anthropogenic factors such as over-fishing, petroleum-based activities, eutrophication and … Stockholm Convention and the Basel Convention to reduce illegal dumping of hazardous waste or the uncontrolled export …
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
… of specific legal rights such as subsistence hunting, fishing, or native ceremonies. Sometimes law or policy … cruise ship passages, aircraft overflights, or commercial fishing use. E X A M P L E S O F C O M M O N E X C L U S I O … in a position to detect, control and correct restricted or illegal activities (poaching, removal of artifacts, …