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… 6.2.3 Species assessed as Vulnerable … such as water filtration and flood control (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). The best estimate of current … ecosystems (e.g., WWF Living Planet Index 2004, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Dudgeon et al. (2006) grouped the …

… the regional level based on the importance of maintaining ecosystem goods and services for the people who depend on … ocean stress. (Table I-1) Coastal areas are particularly vulnerable because they concentrate more than half of the … where particularly haz- ardous navigation conditions and vulnerable ecosystems prevail, coastal states have the right …

… World Parks Congress, together with the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and with the full agreement of the IUCN … 1993a). Nature reserves and woodland fragments are also vulnerable to this degradation. Sizes of habitat patches … fragments with a high ratio of perimeter to area are more vulnerable to edge disturbance processes than are large …

… 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type legislation 101 3.1.9 Hydrologic … the species population or community so it is not so vulnerable to the effects of fragmentation. In some instances … direct and indirect climate change impacts. Particularly vulnerable are aquatic freshwater habitats, wetlands, …

… a real difference by sustaining or recovering wildlife and ecosystem processes; and o work on building networks should … o Ecologically. A network can help to ensure marine ecosystem function by encompassing the temporal and spatial … public understanding and protecting areas most vulnerable to impact from human activities. o Educate to …

… concepts aimed at maintaining and restoring ecosystem integrity have been undergoing rapid development … Papallacta, Ecuador: “The maintenance and restoration of ecosystem integrity requires landscape-scale conservation. … are functionally linked and buffered in ways that maintain ecosystem processes and allow species to survive and move, …

… of scientific studies, most recently the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The recognition of cultural diversity, … of extinction of populations that may otherwise become vulnerable to demographic and environmental stochastic … will identify priority areas for future activities, e.g. vulnerable habitats in undesignated areas or gaps in terms of …