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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… 40 II.D.4. Mariculture and Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) … exercises exclusive control and the fluid medium allows living resources, pollution, and ships to move freely from … Distress and Safety System (IMO) GMO genetically modified organism GOOS Global Oceanic Observing System GPA Global …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… are a key element of nature conservation in environments modified by human impacts. Accordingly, it is useful at this … to predators and com- petitors. Consequently, even though living in the same landscape, species with contrasting … closed circles represent remnant habitats from which the organism under study has been driven to local extinction and …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… using the CBD definition means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, among other … Ecosystem: a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, … conservation, some of them potentially compatible if modified (for example, sustainable forestry, grazing of …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… While landscapes all over Europe have been shaped and modified by processes of intensive agricultural (and … of economic development and the adjustment of standards of living. This can be at the expense of our environment when … life in and around protected areas. A growing standard of living also makes for an increasing pressure on the …
Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors
… natural habitats are shrinking to islands surrounded by modified landscapes. While protected areas have a role to … calling for the integrated management of land, water and living resources in such a way to promote conservation and … and generate environmental services for people living in and around these areas and beyond; buffer zones …
The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa
… ecosystems is higher as these species are restricted to living in a habitat which only covers an estimated 0.8% of … that in either terrestrial or marine ecosystems (e.g., WWF Living Planet Index 2004, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment … savanna and it’s respiratory physiology and ecology are modified for a semi- terrestrial existence (Cumberlidge …