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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… It should be possible, for example, to protect important habitat structures – such as large trees, hollow trees, dead … forest pollinators are themselves dependent on non-forest habitat outside gazetted reserves. Box 4 contains some … the invasion of weedy species, and other processes of habitat erosion. Some forest species are highly vulnerable to …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… see wildlife as a source of food. Some see wildlife habitat as potential timber or farmland. And some see … as well as any actions that remove a species from its habitat, destroy critical habitat, or otherwise harm, harass, or injure the species …
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Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

… 1 Because of the ever-increasing pressure on nature, habitat fragmentation will become more and more of a threat … species populations access to a sufficient area of habitat (for foraging, the dispersal of juveniles or the recolonization of other habitat patches), allowing seasonal migration, permitting …
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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/habitat/ esa/international03.asp P ar t I: B io d iv er si ty … as the sea-ice breaks up earlier each year (see Box 3). • Habitat conversion: Through land-use changes and … or degraded by human activity. The costs of decades of habitat conversion are now becoming all too apparent: for …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… biodiversity. Changes in land use and climate, pollution, habitat degradation and fragmentation are among the major … for the sustainable management of the parrots and habitat by peasants, and counter pressures for the conversion … climatic conditions, topography and structure of the habitat, minus the number of deaths due to natural causes …
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CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… and dust storms. It is one of the major contributors to habitat loss and subsequent species losses, leading to a … is a significant contributor to biodiversity and habitat loss and to changes in species abundance. It leads to … of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Target 5 aims to reduce habitat loss close to zero and to significantly reduce …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Global Land Outlook

… United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Habitat loss & change in species abundance Feedback loops and … activists tend to appreciate the value of land as a habitat for species or as a wilderness to be protected. … activists tend to appreciate the value of land as a habitat for species or as a wilderness to be protected. 22 …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Aquaculture - site selection and site management

… in the Mediterranean Basin, this is directly linked to habitat destruction, pollution, intensive exploitation and … investigation to protect endangered species and their habitat or specific functions of the ecosystem (such as … quantifiable variables that enable us to assess changes in habitat characteristics and ecological function and …
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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… insofar as the PGRFA are conserved outside their natural habitat and not in the surroundings where they have developed … aesthetic qualities or cultural significance. Category IV Habitat/Species Management Area: area managed mainly for … species may be moved into home gardens when their natural habitat is threatened, e.g. through deforestation. Informal …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity