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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean
… that supports biodiversity conservation 44 Discouraging illegal souvenirs 45 Partnerships for natural gardens 47 … the main threats to corals as climate change, destructive fishing, declining water quality from pollution and … more than 90 percent of their forest cover. For example: • Illegal logging has destroyed more than half of Indonesia’s …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… The map on the cover is a redesigned example of the fishing maps available at the website of the International … on enforcement 177 1. Preventing foreign vessels from illegal fishing in the Namibian EEZ 177 2. Monitoring and … in the last 20 years due to human pressure and illegal activities, their condition needs comprehensive …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… encourage the adoption of codes of conduct by the timber, fishing and other natural resource extraction industries, that discourage illegal or unsustainable harvesting, consumption and trade in … is paid to increasing public awareness on the rules of illegal wildlife trade. Further to that, each member state …
The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine
… their swim bladders (for use in a tonic soup) and later fishing for meat, as well as disruption to critical breeding … An awareness exists of the need to address problems of illegal and unreported fishing (Bray, 2000), discarding and … Museum. Mosman Bray, K. (2000) A global review of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Expert …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… to identify encroachment, fire risk, invasive species, illegal activities and other problems; 2. implementation … to biodiversity in tropical production forests – such as illegal mining and agriculture, hunting and the unregulated … bark from only part of a tree, and poisoning streams (for fishing) only once a year or less. There is concern, however, …
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”
… in the absence of effective enforcement (e.g. to control illegal hunting), unsustainable use and illegal trade, frequently involving members of impoverished … resources as grazing land, forests, hunting grounds, fishing sites, areas to collect medicinal plants and so on. …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… exploitation of natural resources – agriculture, forestry, fishing, human settlement, recreation et al. If these … almost half the forests are now privately owned, but illegal logging and the regulatory regimes to promote … new roads. The forests themselves are becoming victim to illegal logging, overharvesting of heart of palms, commercial …
Global Land Outlook
… to the land during the rainy season, with varying types of fishing permitted; farmers plant crops during the dry season; … crop production.68 Mining – particularly when it is illegal and thus unregulated – also creates high levels of … low capacity of public agencies, corruption, and illegal activities have all been identified as indirect …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… protective land management measures or orders to restrict illegal conduct that is threatening sustainable use of … management has been poor and development uncoordinated. Illegal occupancy of grassland occurs due to unclear … reclaiming farmland from natural lakes, draining ponds for fishing, disposing of waste water and solid wastes in wetland …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… protecting the borders surrounding the areas against illegal activities that threatened protected species. At the … from their territories, foreign groups, etc.) leading to illegal activities such as land clearing, exploitation of … the local inhabitants. In Tanguar Haor the cost of a fishing lease was increased such that the poor could no …