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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… planning 19 3.1.1 Protected areas system plan 21 3.1.2 Ecosystem approach 22 3.1.3 Buffer zones and connectivity … 14 Schedules 207 Part III, Chapter 2: Special issues for marine protected areas 209 Introduction 209 1 Historical perspective 210 2 Marine features requiring special attention 211 2.1 Special …
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Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … and benefits of these habitats to local or regional ecosystem processes. Once constructed, the use of this …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… Instruments Intersect with all CBD Thematic Areas 17 4.1 Marine and Coastal Biodiversity 17 4.2 Inland Waters … Crosscutting and Other Issues 24 5.1 Alien Species 24 5.2 Ecosystem Approach 24 5.3 Global Taxonomy Initiative 25 5.4 … A wide variety of animals migrate. Antelopes, dolphins, marine turtles, bats and many species of birds are some of …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… and restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. In view of the different contributions to global … necessary to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment resulting from the use of technologies … of species, alien or new, to a particular part of the marine environment, which may cause significant and harmful …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 4 1.3 Ecosystem protection and management … 8 1.3.3 Coastal and marine ecosystems … 23 2.4.3 Montreal Guidelines for the Protection of the Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources … 119 7.3.5 Marine Protected … 189 10.4.2 Embracing the ecosystem approach …
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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… and least developed countries of the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of … Goal 14 (conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development) and Goal 15 … has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity Trends in incidence of …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… in that they address areas belonging to a certain ecosystem type (eg wetlands) wherever they are located and … the requirement to create protected areas in coastal and marine areas has become standard; n standard also has become … and can be described as areas of terrestrial and coastal/marine ecosystems where, through appropriate zoning patterns …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… (CCAS) - The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) - The Convention for the … living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological … Community 33 Ecological character Combination of the ecosystem components, processes and services that …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… UNEP has long been involved in the field of fresh and marine water and has developed a number of programmes and … water resource management (IWRM) incorporating an ecosystem approach is a key building block for achieving the … rain-, surface- and ground waters, and coastal and marine waters. The importance of environmental aspects stems …
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Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … means genetic material of actual or potential value. • “Ecosystem" means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and … • Inland Waters Biodiversity • Island Biodiversity • Marine and Coastal Biodiversity • Mountain Biodiversity …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance